Los Angeles ? Football coach Mack Brown and the University of Texas agreed to a 10-year contract worth more than $25 million that would keep him at the university through 2014.

“We’re excited about everything Mack has done in building our football program back into one of the nation’s elite,” athletic director DeLoss Dodds said Wednesday, three days before the sixth-ranked Longhorns face No. 13 Michigan in the Rose Bowl.

“He’s a perfect fit for us,” Dodds said.

The new deal needs approval from the school’s board of regents, but Dodds said he thought that wouldn’t be a problem.

Brown’s old pact runs through 2011, Dodds said. The new contract would boost Brown’s $2.06 million annual salary by $100,000 in the first year, with additional $100,000 raises each year. He’d earn a little more than $3 million in 2014.