Jimbo Fisher Biography, Contract Details and Salary, Wife or Girlfriend, Is He Divorced?

Jimbo Fisher was an American college football player who played as a quarterback between 1985 and 1988 before becoming a college football coach. Currently the head coach of Texas A&M, he has worked with different teams including Florida State, LSU and Cincinnati. With over 3 decades of coaching experience, Fisher has made significant achievements in his career. Here are more facts about his professional and personal life.

Jimbo Fisher Biography,

More popular than Jimbo Fisher, he was born JohnJames “Jimbo” Fisher Jr. on October 9, 1965, in Clarksburg, West Virginia. While her father, John James Fisher Sr, worked in the coal mines for many years apart from having a farm, her mother, Gloria Fisher, was a schoolteacher for most of her life. His father died in 1994 after suffering from lung disease as a result of his work as a coal miner.

Jimbo who was brought up alongside a brother, Bryan Fisher started playing football since he was a child. One of the things that set him apart from most was the toughness he brought to the sport, proof of how he was raised.

He was educated at North View Junior High School and later moved to Liberty High School. After graduating, he joined Salem College, now known as Salem International University, in West Virginia. In college, he played for the school team as a quarterback. However, he later transferred to Samford University where he continued to play.

Having had a very successful college career, he went on to play for the Chicago Bruisers of the Arena Football League in 1988. After his freshman season, Fisher decided to focus more on coaching. So he returned to Samford, where he worked as a graduate assistant coach with Terry Bowden. In 1992, he left Samford for Auburn University, where Bowden took up a coaching job. They worked together until 1998, when Terry quit.

He spent 1999 at the University of Cincinnati where he worked as a quarterback coach and offensive coordinator before moving to Louisiana State University where he would stay from 2000 to 2006. His work there helped develop players such as Rohan Davey and JaMarcus Russell.

Fisher’s next move was to Florida State, where he got a job in 2007 as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Two seasons later, he was named head coach of the varsity team. He led the team to the BCS National Championship in 2013, 3 ACC Conference Championships and 4 bowl game wins.

Contract details and salary

After spending seven years with Florida State, Jimbo moved to Texas A&M where he still remains. The most important point of the transfer is that he got a 10-year contract worth $75 million. According to him, the move to Texas was due to a variety of things, including the facilities and his connection to college athletic director Scott Woodward.

With $75 million fully guaranteed, his contract is the richest guarantee ever given to a college football coach. This means he can spend the entire ten years in college. Indeed, according to the agreement, if he is fired, he will still have his full salary and he cannot leave for nothing if he gets something better.

He is expected to earn an average annual salary of $7.5 million, based on the value of his contract. His base salary is $500,000 per year while his other income is $7 million.

Wife or girlfriend, is he divorced?

While he has so far enjoyed what many would describe as a successful coaching career, not too many would say the same of his married life. He married Candi Fisher, but after 22 years together, the union ended in divorce in 2015.

Before the marriage came to an unhappy end, Jimbo and Candi Fisher had two sons together, Trey and Ethan. Trey now plays football at Christian School in Tallahassee North Florida, while Ethan is expected to head to College Station. He was born with a genetic condition, Fanconi anemia, which he manages.

After the divorce from his wife, Jimbo Fisher started a relationship and went public with his girlfriend, Courtney Harrison. Although the two remain close, it remains to be seen if they would take the relationship further.