Following Louisville’s upset win over Miami in Week 8, head coach Jeff Brohm became a scorching hot candidate for the vacancies at Penn State, Florida, and others. With other highly sought-after candidates like Curt Cignetti, Matt Rhule, and Mike Elko signing extensions midseason, Brohm’s name presumably shot to the top of multiple coaching searches, and Louisville started working on a new deal to keep its former quarterback at his alma mater.
However, the tide has changed in the last three weeks. Louisville has fallen out of the ACC Title race, and after Saturday, has lost three straight games, falling to Cal, Clemson, and SMU. In Week 13, Brohm kept transfer quarterback Miller Moss on the sidelines, gave Deuce Adams his first career start, and dropped to 7-4 with a 38-6 loss.
Brohm’s name may still be circulating for Penn State, which has whiffed on Cignetti, Rhule, and Elko, and whichever of LSU or Florida misses out on Lane Kiffin could set its sights on Brohm. An extension would keep those programs at bay; not signing to him could leave Louisville vulnerable, but after this losing skid, that might be a risk worth taking.
Louisville may slow its efforts to sign Jeff Brohm to a contract extension
When Brohm returned to Louisville, leaving Purdue in 2022, he signed a six-year contract with a base salary of roughly $5.9 million. His contract has since been extended to 2030, at the same rate, based on the performance incentives written into the deal…