Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman will receive a raise and contract extension later this month, according to a release from the university.
The three-year extension will be considered at the Nov. 16 Board of Trustees meeting.
The new eight-year contract will keep Whitman with Illinois through June 2031 “and hopefully beyond,” as Whitman penned in an open letter Thursday afternoon.
A letter from our leader to the Illini family.
Read more : https://t.co/tiTBNcHJv1#Illini | #HTTO pic.twitter.com/TyCpJM6ihc— Illinois Athletics (@IlliniAthletics) November 2, 2023“Josh Whitman will be the third-longest serving athletic director in the Big Ten Conference by next summer,” said University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Robert J.