Bounds said he told Green on those two requests “let’s visit that in December.”

Riley, whose original contract was five years, has signed the one-year extension, Bounds said. Two weeks into Riley’s third season, his record is 16-12 (.571) after Saturday’s 42-35 loss at Oregon.

In a statement relayed Monday night to The World-Herald, Riley said:

“I am honored to be the head football coach at the University of Nebraska, and I am so appreciative of the continued support and confidence in me and what we are doing, shown by Shawn Eichorst and our administration.”

Eichorst, in a statement, said: “The extension given to Mike is indicative of our great belief in his leadership of our program, and in our future with him at the helm.”

At Nebraska, as at other schools, neither extensions nor praise guarantee that a coach or administrator will be around to the end of a contract.

In 2007, then-Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman fired A.D. Steve Pederson less than three months after giving him a five-year contract extension — a move that cost the school $2.2 million.