On the other hand, it does force us to do what got us into trouble with Paris and Beamer: give a big raise based on one year of performance.
If he's offered a G5 head coaching gig, we probably can't keep him. Unless he's willing to continue building his coordinator resume at the P4 level, holding out for a P4 head coach gig.
If a larger program comes sniffing around at him for OC, we would get in a bidding war and are unlikely to win.
One factor could be family. He's moved 7 times since 2017...from Tx to Fl, back to Tx, back to Fl, to Arkansas, back to Tx and now SC. He has a son that's probably in about 10th grade, and a couple younger kids, so maybe they want some stability as one kid nears graduation.
He's a Texas boy, though.
And, if he leaves, he most likely takes Clements with him, likely undoing our offensive gains from this year.
I'm not sure a see a great ending for us. Even if we can hold onto him for next year, if our offensive improvement sticks, there's no way he doesn't move to a bigger job or a HC gig somewhere. The only way we can keep him is probably naming him HC, but that would be based on the offense performing well which likely mean we have a decent enough record to retain Beamer.