Spencer Danielson is one of college football’s most promising young head coaches. The 36-year-old led the Boise State Broncos to the College Football Playoff in 2024, as the first non-Power 4 “auto-bid” conference winner after breezing through the Mountain West undefeated in his first full year at the helm.
Now, Danielson has finalized a new contract that runs through the 2029 season. The deal doubles his salary to an average of $2.2 million per year. The deal totals nearly $11 million over five years and makes him the second-highest paid coach in the Mountain West behind UNLV’s Dan Mullen, whose contract is worth $3.5 million this year.
Spencer Danielson’s Family Life: Meet His Wife Raechel and Their Children
Danielson, originally from Solana Beach, California, was born on Nov. 2, 1988 to Joyce and Roger Danielson.
Danielson, a devout Christian, married Raechel, an Azusa Pacific University graduate and former volleyball player, in 2015. He played linebacker at Azusa Pacific from 2009-2011 and took on a graduate assistant role under head coach Victor Santa Cruz in 2013. He was promoted to linebackers coach in 2014, a role he held until 2016.
“I chased him around, at least that’s what he says,” Raechel told KTVB. “He was very persistent.”
The Danielsons moved to Boise in 2017, with two daughters, Eleanor and Rosalie. As of April 2025, Eleanor is 4 years old, and Rosalie is 2 and a half years old. According to KTVB, Raechel and the girls often visit him at the Boise State Campus football facility.
At Boise, Danielson started off as a defensive graduate assistant before being promoted to a stand-up defensive linemen coach in 2018.
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He was promoted to co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach in 2019, a role he held until 2021, when he was promoted to full-time defensive coordinator and inside linebacker coach. Danielson served as interim head coach in 2023 when Andy Avalos was fired, going 3-1 before being signed on as the full-time head coach.
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