Sources: Bama agrees to record deal to keep GM

Alabama football general manager Courtney Morgan has agreed to a new, precedent-setting contract with the Crimson Tide following a summer approach from USC, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday night.

Morgan will earn an average of $825,000 annually under the three-year contract, a deal that bolsters his place as college football’s highest-paid front office figure.

The new deal will be formally approved by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees on Tuesday, but sources tell ESPN that the updated contract has been agreed upon for some time.

Morgan’s upgraded salary figures were first reported by 247Sports.

Morgan, the general manager behind Washington’s 2024 national runner-up finish, stands among the highest-rising stars of college football’s rapidly growing front office and personnel space.

Morgan spent the past two seasons with Kalen DeBoer at Washington, then followed the 49-year-old coach to Alabama earlier this year when the Crimson Tide hired DeBoer to replace Nick Saban. The former Michigan, San Jose State and Fresno State staffer has been critical in assembling a 2025 recruiting class that sits second nationally in ESPN’s latest team rankings for the cycle.

Morgan’s success has attracted interest from across the country. Sources told ESPN that after USC attempted to hire Morgan this summer to a similar personnel position, DeBoer moved quickly to secure Morgan’s future in Tuscaloosa, sealing a market-smashing extension.

Morgan earned an annual base salary of $500,000 in his initial contract with Alabama, finalized in February. His upgraded deal marks the latest piece of significant investment in the front office space across football.

ESPN’s Jake Trotter reported earlier this summer that Texas Tech general manager James Blanchard had received a new, two-year contract worth $800,000 total.