Report: Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood hires super agent Jimmy Sexton
Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood has reportedly hired one of the most powerful agents in sports.
Flood has enlisted the services of super agent Jimmy Sexton, the Star-Ledger reports.
It's no coincidence, either. Flood is entering the third year of his five-year contract, a critical juncture for a college coach.
Sports Illustrated calls Sexton "college football's most powerful agent".
"He can help me in some ways that’ll be good for me and good for the program,” Flood said. “I think ultimately in life you want to be associated with people who do their job at a high level.”
Sexton's other clients include Alabama head coach Nick Saban, Auburn's Gus Malzahn, and Florida State's Jimbo Fisher.
Sexton helped Saban turn an offer from Texas into a $7 million extension with Alabama, setting the precedent the elite coaching salaries.
“I would tell you that Jimmy Sexton doesn’t represent anyone that he doesn’t believe in,” Flood said. “I feel good about that. Again, I know he doesn’t necessarily need another client, so the fact that he wants to represent me, that was important to me.”
Flood will reportedly earn $950,000 this season, the lowest salary among Big Ten coaches.
[H/T College Football Talk]