Overview
- Regents unanimously approved a two-year agreement on Dec. 12 that pays Marion $1.5 million annually through Jan. 31, 2028.
- The deal includes a $400,000 base and $1.1 million in supplemental community-outreach pay each year, making him CU’s highest-paid OC and its No. 2 assistant behind DC Robert Livingston.
- If fired without cause, Marion is due 85% of remaining pay, and if he departs for another assistant job he owes CU 40% in year one or 12.5% in year two, with an extra 5% if the job is in the Big 12.
- No repayment is required if he leaves for an NCAA head-coaching role or an NFL head coach or coordinator position.
- Marion arrives from a 7–5 season as Sacramento State’s head coach and is bringing his Go-Go offense to a program that went 3–9 in 2025 as CU increases football spending, including Sanders’ $10 million salary, despite a projected $27 million athletic deficit.