Secure Your Team's Future: Decoding Lovie Smith's Contract

(ap) illinois extended the contract of coach lovie smith for two years through 2023 after the illini finished his third season with four victories. Illinois athletic director josh whitman announced sunday head football coach lovie smiths contract has been extended a further two years, through the 2023 season. In three years leading the illini program,. Illinois would've paid lovie smith $12 million if they fired him after last season, his third as illini head coach. That buyout plummets after the 2019 season and beyond.