Texas A&M extended Kevin Sumlin through the 2017 season and increased his salary to $3.1 million per year. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Texas A&M football coach Kevin Sumlin has been financially rewarded for the Aggies’ successful debut season in the SEC with a new contract featuring a raise of $1.1 million and extension through the 2017 season, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Sumlin’s annual salary will increase to $3.1 million, according to his new contract acquired through an open records request. The previously announced extension did not reveal financial details.

Sumlin and his staff of assistant coaches received raises after the Aggies went 11-2 in a season and postseason that included winning the AT&T Cotton Bowl and quarterback Johnny Manziel winning the Heisman Trophy.

Interest in Sumlin from NFL teams may also have helped his cause during negotiations.

According to the Morning News, Sumlin will begin receiving $500,000 annually, plus an annual supplemental payment of $2,600,000 on April 1, 2013. The supplemental amount increases to $2,725,000 on April 1, 2015 and then decreases to $2,350,000 on April 1, 2017.

Houston head coach Kevin Sumlin denied reports stating that he would become the next coach at Texas A&M, according to the Houston Chronicle. Sumlin spoke to the media following Houston’s 49-28 loss to Southern Mississippi in the Conference USA Championship Game.

“That is not true,” Sumlin said, according to the paper. “I said earlier this week, two weeks ago that I wasn’t going to talk to anybody period, during the football season. Many of the things that have been reported have now been found out to be false already. I’ve been consistent with that and that is not the case.”

A Houston sports radio station had reported that Sumlin would be named the coach of Texas A&M within the next 24 hours. Sumlin denied the rumor, saying he hasn’t spoken with anyone about a job opening.

“I haven’t talked to anybody,” Sumlin told the paper. “I haven’t said anything to anybody about that.”

Texas A&M fired head coach Mike Sherman earlier in the week.