Spencer Danielson receives pay raise, multi-year contract extension from Boise State

After leading the Boise State football team to the College Football Playoff, Boise State coach Spencer Danielson is getting a hefty pay raise.

The Broncos announced that it had reached a five-year contract extension with Danielson meaning the coach will be under contract through the 2029 season, and well into the new Pac-12 era.

According to a contact sent out by Boise State, Danielson is set to make $11 million over the five-year course of the contract. He will make $2 million this upcoming season, with a raise of $100,000 each year after.

Under his previous deal, signed when Danielson was named the full-time head coach in December 2023, he was set to make a $1.2 million during the 2025 season.

ESPN’s Pete Thamel was the first to report the contract.

“I truly believe it’s my calling to be the head coach at Boise State,” Danielson said in a release. “My family and I want to be here and serve Bronco Nation through our football program — not only with wins and championships, but as we help develop young men for the next stages of their lives. We are fired up for the future of Boise State football.”

In his first full season as the Broncos head coach, he led Boise State to a second straight Mountain West Championship and the team’s first-ever appearance in the College Football Playoff. Boise State earned the No. 3 seed in the playoffs, where it lost to Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl.

He was named the Mountain West Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson and Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year awards.

Danielson has a 15-3 record as coach of the Broncos.

“Spencer has proven to be the right leader at the right time for Boise State football and our university as a whole,” Boise State Athletic Director Jeramiah Dickey said in a statement. “We ask all of our staff to be bar raisers, and Spencer is a perfect example of what it means for Boise State and this community. I am proud to see him not only develop champions on the field, proven by this past year’s trip to the College Football Playoff, but also champions in life. We are grateful for him and his family believing in this place, and we are excited for What’s Next.”