Report: Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State Agree to Restructured Contract After 'Standoff'

After going winless successful convention games this season, Oklahoma State and caput coach Mike Gundy person reportedly agreed to widen their partnership.

According to The Action Network's Brett McMurphy, Gundy and Oklahoma State agreed "in rule to a restructured contract" connected Saturday.

ESPN's Chris Low reported earlier Saturday location was "growing optimism" that Gundy and Oklahoma State would travel to position connected a caller contract.

ESPN's Pete Thamel first reported the 2 sides were successful a "standoff" and had meetings connected Friday. The schoolhouse reportedly asked Gundy to return a "significant salary cut" that would besides trim his buyout, which is presently astir $25 million.

Even though the 2 sides seemed inclined to get thing done, Thamel did constituent retired that Oklahoma State had discussed firing Gundy for origin if he didn't work together to a caller deal.

Gundy signed a perpetual five-year statement pinch the assemblage successful October 2021. The woody extends by a play each twelvemonth connected Jan. 1, truthful he is presently signed done 2028.

Oklahoma State announced successful March 2022 a alteration to Gundy's woody that accrued his yearly compensation by $1 million, arsenic good arsenic gave him an yearly retention prize of $1 cardinal each twelvemonth for 5 years.

Gundy has generated contention aggregate times passim the 2024 play for immoderate of his nationalist comments. He said during Big 12 media days successful July that he's astir apt driven a conveyance nether the power of intoxicant "1,000 times" successful his life to excuse prima moving backmost Ollie Gordon II's arrest connected suspicion of DUI.

In the aftermath of a 42-21 nonaccomplishment to Arizona State connected Nov. 2 that dropped the Cowboys' grounds successful Big 12 play to 0-6, Gundy said astatine a property convention that group who were captious of his coaching "are the aforesaid ones that can't salary their ain bills."

Gundy did rumor nationalist apologies aft some incidents.

After starting this play 3-0 successful non-conference games, Oklahoma State mislaid its past 9 games against Big 12 opponents. It's the first clip the programme has gone winless successful convention play since 1993 erstwhile it vanished 0-7 successful the Big 8.

The 3 wins and .250 winning percent for the Cowboys are some the worst single-season marks of the Gundy era. He was named caput coach successful 2005 aft Les Miles was hired by LSU to switch Nick Saban.

Gundy, who played backmost astatine Oklahoma State from 1986 to '89, has a 169-88 grounds arsenic caput coach astatine his alma mater. The Cowboys person won astatine slightest 10 games 8 times since 2010.