Snyder’s contract set for five years

So much for Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder retiring anytime soon.

Just days after saying he felt energized heading into this season, the school announced Thursday it had signed Snyder, 78, to a new five-year contract that includes a pay bump to $3.45 million for 2018 and could keep him with the Wildcats through the 2022 season.

Snyder already had a contract that essentially rolled over each year. The new deal increases his salary immediately while adding an additional $300,000 each of the next two seasons, though, and it includes a clause that allows for a salary renegotiation after the 2020 season.

Snyder resurrected the Wildcats when he arrived in 1988, taking a program that had been dubbed “Futility U” to national prominence. He stepped away in 2005, citing a desire to spend more time with his family, only to return in 2009 when the program had again fallen on hard times.

He was treated for throat cancer last year, when he led a young team to an 8-5 record.