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The University of Utah Athletics
Whittingham Signs Contract Extension
6/9/2017 3:54 PM | Football
Extension Goes Through 2021
SALT LAKE CITY—Kyle Whittingham, who is 104-50 in 12 years as Utah's head football coach, has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the school through 2021.
              The 2008 National Coach of the Year, Whittingham has a 10-1 bowl record—tied for second among active coaches—and his 91-percent bowl win ratio is the best in NCAA history.
              Whittingham came to Utah in 1994 as the defensive line coach and was promoted to defensive coordinator the following year. On December 8, 2004, he was named the school's 20th head coach. His first victory came three weeks later when he co-coached (with Urban Meyer) the 2005 Fiesta Bowl win over Pittsburgh.
              Overall, he has averaged nearly nine wins a season as Utah's head coach. The Utes have wins over every team in the Pac-12 Conference since joining the league in 2011 and Whittingham's impressive non-conference resume includes a winning record against current members of the other Power Five conferences: 4-0 vs. the Big Ten, 7-1 against the ACC, 1-0 vs. the SEC and 4-3 over the Big 12.
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              The 2008 National Coach of the Year, Whittingham has a 10-1 bowl record—tied for second among active coaches—and his 91-percent bowl win ratio is the best in NCAA history.
              Whittingham came to Utah in 1994 as the defensive line coach and was promoted to defensive coordinator the following year. On December 8, 2004, he was named the school's 20th head coach. His first victory came three weeks later when he co-coached (with Urban Meyer) the 2005 Fiesta Bowl win over Pittsburgh.
              Overall, he has averaged nearly nine wins a season as Utah's head coach. The Utes have wins over every team in the Pac-12 Conference since joining the league in 2011 and Whittingham's impressive non-conference resume includes a winning record against current members of the other Power Five conferences: 4-0 vs. the Big Ten, 7-1 against the ACC, 1-0 vs. the SEC and 4-3 over the Big 12.
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