Toledo, Ohio - The University of Toledo and head football coach Jason Candle have agreed to a contract extension through the 2021 season, UT vice president and athletic director Mike O'Brien announced today.
Candle led the Rockets to a 9-4 record and an appearance in the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl in his first full season as Toledo's head coach in 2016. Candle took over the head coaching position at the end of the 2015 regular season, leading UT to a 32-17 victory over No. 24 Temple in the Marmot Boca Raton Bowl. Before assuming the head coaching position, Candle had been an assistant at Toledo for seven years, the last four as the program's offensive coordinator.