TOLEDO, Ohio - The University of Toledo and head football coach Jason Candle have agreed to a contract extension through the 2021 season, according to UT vice president and athletic director Mike O’Brien.
Candle led the Rockets to a 9-4 record and an appearance in the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl in his first full season as Toledo’s head coach in 2016. Candle took over the head coaching position at the end of the 2015 regular season, leading UT to a 32-17 victory over No. 24 Temple in the Marmot Boca Raton Bowl.
Before assuming the . . .
Candle led the Rockets to a 9-4 record and an appearance in the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl in his first full season as Toledo’s head coach in 2016. Candle took over the head coaching position at the end of the 2015 regular season, leading UT to a 32-17 victory over No. 24 Temple in the Marmot Boca Raton Bowl.
Before assuming the . . .
. . . head coaching position, Candle had been an assistant at Toledo for seven years, the last four as the program’s offensive coordinator.
“We are very pleased to announce the extension of Jason Candle’s contract through the 2021 season,” said O’Brien. “Jason has played a very important part of the success of our football program over the last eight years, first as an assistant coach and now as head coach. He is a tremendous leader and teacher of young men, and has a great desire to elevate our football program to even greater heights. We look forward to his leadership for many years to come.”
“We are very pleased to announce the extension of Jason Candle’s contract through the 2021 season,” said O’Brien. “Jason has played a very important part of the success of our football program over the last eight years, first as an assistant coach and now as head coach. He is a tremendous leader and teacher of young men, and has a great desire to elevate our football program to even greater heights. We look forward to his leadership for many years to come.”
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