ATLANTA — Georgia Tech announced a new five-year contract for football coach Brent Key on Wednesday, rewarding him with an extension for the second consecutive year.
Key led No. 24 Georgia Tech to a 9-3 regular season. Georgia Tech announced the athletic association’s board of trustees approved the new deal, which will extend through the 2030 season. Key also received a new five-year deal in 2024, when the Yellow Jackets finished 7-6.
Key, a former Georgia Tech offensive lineman, has led the Yellow Jackets to a 27-19 record in three-plus seasons, including eight games as interim head coach in 2022. His interim label was removed at the end of that season.
Georgia Tech did not release terms of the new deal. Yahoo Sports reported the contract’s average value is $6.5 million per year, which would be an increase of about $2 million in total compensation.
The Yellow Jackets closed the regular season with losses in three of their last four games, including Friday’s 16-9 loss to nonconference rival Georgia, a national and Southeastern Conference power ranked third in this week’s AP Top 25 poll. It was the Bulldogs’ eighth consecutive win in the series nicknamed “Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate.”