Mark Harlan has received a new contract extension that ties him to Utah through June 30, 2028.

Harlan, who is in his 5th year at Utah, has enjoyed success overseeing the Utes and was named the 2023 Athletics Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics in March. Before Utah, Harlan spent 4 years in the same position at South Florida.

“Mark is one of the top athletic directors in the country,” President Taylor Randall said in a news release. “He is the right person at the right time to continue leading our athletic programs as we navigate the changing landscape of collegiate athletics. I look forward to continued partnership with him and his impressive leadership team in the years ahead.”

This move came as Brett McMurphy of the Action Network reported that Harlan was Harlan was among Southern Cal’s top targets to fill the Trojans’ vacancy.

Utah’s 10 conference championships in 2022-23 included regular season titles and conference championship games or meets, and include 6 Pac-12 titles, 2 in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association and 2 by the lacrosse program in the ASUN (regular season and conference tournament).

The Utes have won back-to-back Pac-12 football championships and made consecutive appearances in the Rose Bowl.