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Boise State, Bryan Harsin agree on 5-year extension

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Dec 31, 2014; Glendale, AZ, USA; Boise State Broncos head coach Bryan Harsin celebrates after beating the Arizona Wildcats 38-30 in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl at Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 31, 2014; Glendale, AZ, USA; Boise State Broncos head coach Bryan Harsin celebrates after beating the Arizona Wildcats 38-30 in the 2014 Fiesta Bowl at Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports /
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Bryan Harsin had a solid first season at Boise State, leading the Broncos to a 12-2 record, a Mountain West title and a New Year’s Six bowl win.

According to a report, Boise State and football coach Bryan Harsin have agreed to terms on a five-year contract extension.

From B.J. Rains of the Idaho Press-Tribune:

The Broncos were 12-2 and won the rugged Mountain West Mountain Division title—a division that included 10-win teams Colorado State, Air Force and Utah State—and went on to upset then-No. 10 Arizona in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve, 38-30.

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Harsin was scheduled to make $1 million in 2015, but under terms of the new deals, which is pending approval by the Idaho State Board of Education on Thursday, that would bump up to $1.5 million, according to Dave Southorn of the Idaho Statesman.

The extension adds one year to his original deal and would run through the 2019 season. The buyout of the deal would be $2 million next season, $1.75 million in 2016, $500,000 in 2017 and nothing after that.

Along with the deal for Harsin, defensive coordinator Marcel Yates is up for a three-year, $990,000 deal—a departure for Boise State, which has typically had its assistant coaches on one-year contracts.

The state board documents had a similar multi-year contract for the offensive coordinator, but Yates was the only name in the document.

Offensive coordinator Mike Sanford is expected to be hired to the same post at Notre Dame this week.

The 38-year-old Harsin was a quarterback at Boise State from 1995-99. The Boise native got his start in coaching as a running backs/receivers coach at Eastern Oregon before joining the Broncos staff in 2011 as a graduate assistant.

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    • He coached tight ends at Boise State from 2002-05 and was promoted to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach in 2006.

    He was co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas under Mack Brown from 2011-12 and was named head coach at Arkansas State for the 2013 season.

    In his lone season at the helm with the Red Wolves, they were 7-5 and shared the Sun Belt Conference regular-season title. Harsin left Arkansas State for Boise State after former coach Chris Petersen left to take the head coaching position at Washington.

    The Broncos opened the 2014 campaign with a 35-13 loss to then-No. 18 Ole Miss in one of the two Chick-fil-A Kickoff Games held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, but rebounded to win three straight before taking a 28-14 loss at Air Force that left Boise State 3-2 and 1-1 in the Mountain West.

    The Broncos didn’t lose again, running the table with nine straight wins to close out the campaign.

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