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Kyle Whittingham, Utah Agree to New Contract: Latest Details and Reaction

Utah Utes head football coach Kyle Whittingham has signed a two-year extension at $3.3 million per season to remain with the team through 2020, per Barrett Sallee of Bleacher Report.

Whittingham has led Utah since 2005, compiling a 94-46 record with a 9-1 record in bowl games, which include the 2005 Fiesta Bowl as co-head coach with his predecessor Urban Meyer. Under Whittingham's leadership, the Utes claimed the 2009 Sugar Bowl after upsetting the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide, 31-17.

Kyle Goon of the the Salt Lake Tribune put the terms of Whittingham's contract into a financial perspective:

Kyle Whittingham's $3.