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Louisiana-Lafayette signs Mark Hudspeth to six-year extension

By Patrick Schmidt

Dec 21, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns director of athletics Scott Farmer, university president Joseph Savoie and head coach Mark Hudspeth hold the R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl trophy after defeating the Tulane Green Wave, 24-21, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 21, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns director of athletics Scott Farmer, university president Joseph Savoie and head coach Mark Hudspeth hold the R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl trophy after defeating the Tulane Green Wave, 24-21, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports /
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Louisiana-Lafayette has agreed to a six-year contract extension with head football coach Mark Hudspeth.

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ULL athletics director Scott Farmer, who announced the deal on Friday, says Hudspeth will earn a base salary of $950,000, plus incentives, according to ESPN. Farmer says the new contract “is a show of faith between the university and Coach Hudspeth in that both sides agree the football program is headed in the right direction.”

Hudspeth, 45, has guided the Ragin Cajuns to three straight 9-4 seasons and three straight wins in the New Orleans Bowl. He picked up a share of the Sun Belt last season with a 5-2 conference mark and owns a 17-6 record in conference play since taking over in 2011.

Hudspeth came to Louisiana-Lafayette after serving as the wide receivers coach for two years on Dan Mullen’s staff at Mississippi State.

Prior to his two-year stint with the Bulldogs, Hudspeth was the head coach at North Alabama from 2002-2008 where he compiled a 66-21 record, including two Gulf South conference titles and five appearances in the Division II playoffs, including advancing to the semifinals in 2003, 2005 and 2008.

He has a career record of 93-33 overall and is 27-12 at ULL where they locked up one of the more underrated coaches in all of college football.

Locking up Hudspeth for the next six years is “good for both sides” he said because of the stability it brings that will be beneficial on the recruiting trail and he added that the deal also shows ULL is “ready to take the next step in becoming a major program.”

Hudspeth has been linked to a number of openings at bigger programs in the past couple years after his success at ULL, including at Louisville and Vanderbilt this past offseason after Charlie Strong left the Cardinals for Texas and James Franklin left the Commodores to accept the head coaching job at Penn State, respectively.

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