In the wake of Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF leaving the AAC, the conference has opted for some stability. The American Athletic Conference Board of Directors extended Mike Aresco’s contract for an additional three seasons. This will see Aresco stay in the role through June 2025.
In a press release from the conference, the AAC Board of Directors sites Aresco’s strategic vision to develop the conference, developing the AAC brand into one of the elite conferences in college athletics, and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as reasons why they were offering him an extension.
There was no note about his salary in the press release from the conference, though according to public records Mike Aresco made $2,246,027 in total compensation for the 2020 fiscal year.