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After Tulsa Loss, Pressure Mounts on Mike Gundy at Oklahoma State

A reworked deal sets a flat $15 million buyout through 2027, creating a financially viable path to act before season’s end.

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Overview

  • Boos and “Fire Gundy” chants rang out during a 19-12 home defeat to Tulsa, the Golden Hurricane’s first win in Stillwater since 1951.
  • Gundy’s contract, restructured in December, runs through 2028 and carries a flat buyout of $15 million if he is terminated through 2027, dropping to $10 million thereafter.
  • The revised agreement includes an AD‑discretionary succession‑planning clause that allows Gundy to help identify and develop a replacement.
  • Local reporting indicates Oklahoma State could explore a negotiated buyout or an announced end‑of‑season retirement if results do not improve.
  • The heightened scrutiny follows a 3-9 season in 2024 and a 69-3 loss at Oregon this year, with media already speculating on successors such as Jim Knowles, Zac Robinson, Alex Golesh, Jon Sumrall and G. J. Kinne.