Sources - ASU rewards Kenny Dillingham with new 5-year deal - ESPN

Arizona State and football coach Kenny Dillingham have agreed to a new five-year contract that will put him in the top tier of Big 12 coaching salaries, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.

Dillingham's five-year deal includes a «pathway» to extend to 10 years, according to sources. While Arizona law limits state school contracts to five years, sources said incentives give the deal a runway to get to 10 years.

The new deal includes a wide-ranging commitment to football at Arizona State, which won the Big 12 this season and plays Texas in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals Wednesday. It was the school's first outright conference title since 1996.

The deal will come in concert with the addition of 20 more football scholarships next season, as rosters are set to expand to 105. The deal includes an increased commitment to staff, according to sources, and ASU also plans to be a full participant in revenue share.

Arizona State won the Big 12 after being picked last — No. 16 overall — in the preseason poll. And this significant commitment is indicative of the school's desire to remain atop the Big 12.

«We are in the national conversation,» said a source with knowledge of the deal. «We want to be committed to give our program the resources to stay in the national conversation and compete nationally for the best coaching talent and recruit the talent to compete at the highest level.»

Dillingham is currently among the lower tier of Big 12 coaches in base salary at $4.05 million. But he has already earned more than $2.5 million in bonuses after leading ASU to an 11-2 season and conference title. The additional bonus money puts him near the top of the league.

That bonus number is expected to climb past $3 million later in the