Jeff Brohm finalizing 6-year, $35 million deal with Louisville

Louisville is bringing Jeff Brohm home, finalizing a six-year deal worth $35 million with the current Purdue football head coach.

ESPN’s Chris Low was the first to report the agreement, a move that will bring Brohm back to his alma mater.

Jeff Brohm and @LouisvilleFB are in the process of finalizing a deal to bring Brohm back to his alma mater as head coach, sources tell ESPN. The deal would be for six years in the $35 million range. Brohm has been at @BoilerFootball the past six seasons.

— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) December 7, 2022

Brohm spent six seasons at Purdue, racking up 36 wins and 34 losses in West Lafayette (.514). He previously coached three years at Western Kentucky, finishing his time in Bowling Green with a 30-10 (.750) final record.

In nine years as a head coach, Brohm led his teams to seven bowl births and five wins, including four in a row to begin his career (2014-17). His biggest season came in 2022, leading the Boilermakers to an 8-5 record and an invite to the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl for just the second time in school history. With a win, it would mark back-to-back nine-win seasons for Purdue for just the first time since the 1997 and 1998 seasons.

Brohm is one of two coaches in Purdue history to make four bowl appearances in their first six years guiding the program.

The former Cardinal — Brohm played quarterback at Louisville from 1989-93 — is set to replace Scott Satterfield, who left the program to take the head coaching job at Cincinnati on Monday. Satterfield leaves UofL with a 25-24 (15-18) final record and three double-digit losses to archrival Kentucky.

Will Brohm be able to right the ship in Louisville?