After years of jumping from job to job, Texas State coach G.J. Kinne finally found a place to call home and a program to build into a long-term winner.
G.J. Kinne spent the past seven years hopscotching from job to job, an ambitious young coach scaling a serpentine career ladder. SMU in 2017. Arkansas the following year. The Philadelphia Eagles , Hawaii , Central Florida , Incarnate Word and Texas State over the next five. All that roving mirrored Kinne ’s rootless days in pro football. Seven teams in four different leagues across a five-year span. Now, the Bobcats’ 35-year-old head coach is adjusting to something new — stability.
Kinne signs contract extension with Texas State, pledges to continue to build program Texas State was still five days away from steamrolling the Owls last December when Kinne signed a restructured contract that bumped up his annual base salary from $800,000 to $1 million through 2028. That show of long-term support, at last, allowed the nomadic Kinnes to start looking for a permanent address.
Traylor Talk: Walk-ons and assistants in focus as UTSA's 2024 kickoff nears Overall, Texas State returns 17 starters and 44 letterwinners. And in a conference that welcomed five new head coaches to Sun Belt media days this week, Kinne is reveling in this newfound sense of continuity. “I think we’ve got a real opportunity ,” Kinne said. 'You look at the Sun Belt, there’s so much turnover. Troy has a new coach. South Alabama has a new coach. Monroe has a new coach.
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