Bo Pelini has signed a five-year extension at Nebraska. (Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY Sports)
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini received a five-year contract extension that runs through 2018, according to CBS Sports.
Financial terms were not released.
Pelini is 58-24 in six years as the Cornhuskers’ coach. The team has won at least nine games in each of those seasons. The Cornhuskers, 9-4 last season, finished it with a 24-19 victory over Georgia in the Gator Bowl, their first bowl win since 2009.
CBS Sports’ Gregg Doyel, who spent Friday in Lincoln with Pelini, wrote on Twitter: “That much-discussed contract extension Nebraska hasn’t given Bo Pelini? He got it last week. Signed it Wednesday. Five years left.”
Pelini said the contract was on his desk for a week, but he did not have time to officially sign it.
Earlier this week, athletic director Shawn Eichorst would not comment when asked if Pelini signed his usual one-year contract extension.
Pelini caused a stir in November after a 38-17 loss to Iowa when he said after the game, “If they want to fire me, go ahead. I believe in what I’ve done. I don’t apologize to you. I don’t apologize to anybody, myself or this staff.”
Pelini was also the center of controversy after a home loss to UCLA when audio from 2011 emerged of him making disparaging comments about Nebraska fans.
