[naviga:h3]Herman, Texas agree on contract[/naviga:h3]

AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas regents gave new football coach Tom Herman a five-year contract worth at least $25 million.

Herman could make even more if all goes well and he’s not fired like his predecessor, Charlie Strong. Herman gets a first-year salary of $5.25 million and it will grow to $6.25 million by the fifth year.

He also gets a $1 million bonus if he is still employed on Christmas 2019. It also includes bonuses up to $575,000 per season for on-field performance ranging from playing in a bowl game to winning a national championship, and another $150,000 for national coach of the year recognition.

Texas fired Strong after three losing seasons and moved swiftly to hire Herman away from Houston, where he was 22-4 the past seasons in his first head coaching job. The entire process took less one week.

[naviga:h3]Briles no candidate for Houston job[/naviga:h3]

HOUSTON — Houston athletic director Hunter Yurachek says former Baylor coach Art Briles is not a candidate to be the Cougars next coach.

The school released a statement after an ESPN report, citing unidentified sources, stated Briles would interview for the vacancy created by the departure of Tom Herman to Texas.

Yurachek said earlier this week Briles “expressed interest to me regarding the Houston head coach position.”

Briles played at Houston and coached the Cougars from 2003-07 before taking over at Baylor..

[naviga:h3]Rams give Fisher contract extension[/naviga:h3]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Los Angeles Rams have given coach Jeff Fisher and general manager Les Snead contract extensions.

Rams spokesman Artis Twyman confirmed the moves before Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots. The deal for Fisher was first reported by the NFL Network, which said it was a two-year extension through 2018.