Oklahoma Baseball Head Coach Skip Johnson Agrees to Extension Through 2032

Oklahoma baseball head coach Skip Johnson isn’t going anywhere. After the Sooners won their first national championship since 1994, athletics director Roger Denny did not wait long to secure Johnson’s future in Norman.

On Tuesday, Johnson agreed to a contract extension that keeps him in the Sooner State until at least 2032. The new deal makes him within the top three of highest-paid coaches within the SEC.

While Denny has faced a lot of scrutiny for keeping men’s basketball coach Porter Moser around, as well as the extension he recently gave football coach Brent Venables, this move was a no-brainer.

After winning the national title, Denny made his intentions clear to keep Johnson in town long-term, and now he’s delivered on that promise. Johnson’s new deal will be official on Wednesday at OU’s Board of Regents meeting. 

The exact financial details are not available yet. Johnson previously signed an extension in 2024 that was set to expire in 2029. The old contract paid him approximately $1.28 million, so the new deal is expected to be a significant raise.

Johnson’s squad went on an historic run this past season, en route to claiming the program’s third national championship. The Sooners entered the NCAA tournament having not won a three-game series since April against Missouri. They then found lightning in a bottle, going 11-2, becoming the first team in NCAA Baseball history to win nine games against national seeds.

The Sooners’ postseason run included wins against heavyweights like Georgia Tech, Kansas, Georgia, and Alabama, before sweeping North Carolina in the Men’s College World Series final. Oklahoma finished the season with a 43-23 overall record. Following the national championship crown, Johnson was named the 2026 ABCA National Coach of the Year

Prior to Oklahoma’s national title run, Johnson had an excellent track record with the Sooners. Under Johnson, Oklahoma had five other appearances in the NCAA Baseball tournament, including a runner-up finish in the NCAA Men’s College World Series in 2022.

Johnson’s resume also included a Big 12 tournament championship in 2022, a Big 12 regular season crown in 2024, as well as being named the Big 12 Coach of the Year also in 2024. He joined the Sooners’ staff as an assistant in 2017, and was named as the program’s head coach the following season in 2018. Under Johnson, his teams have developed 56 draft picks—including four first-rounders.

In 2027, Johnson will enter his 10th season as Oklahoma’s head baseball coach. Their title defense will begin on February 19, 2027, against Arizona at Globe Life Field in the Shriners Children’s College Showdown.