Courtney Morgan's fingerprints were all over last year's College Football Playoff championship.
After all, Morgan had helped assemble the University of Michigan roster for Jim Harbaugh before he joined Kalen DeBoer's renaissance work at the University of Washington in a top personnel role.
Now Morgan, after being doggedly pursued in recent weeks by USC and Lincoln Riley, sources with direct knowledge tell FootballScoop that Morgan is going to almost single-handedly reset the collegiate football market for general managers.
On Tuesday, University of Alabama officials are expected to formally approve a multiyear contract for Morgan that will elevate him from his $500,000 annual salary to a perch that pays more than $750,000 and escalates well beyond $800,000 in average annual value.
Sources told FootballScoop that USC officials had offered Morgan a compensation package worth more than $1 million annually -- believed to be the first of its kind for any individual in the college football space.
Alabama, despite its offseason transition from the legendary Nick Saban to the DeBoer era, still closed the 2024 cycle with the recruiting class that industry leader 247Sports tabbed as the nation's No. 2 overall recruiting haul.
The Crimson Tide, despite the recent verbal defection of consensus four-star linebacker Jaedon Harmon to rival Tennessee, still hold the 247Sports Composite No. 2 class in the 2025 cycle, less than four months until the December early signing period.
On the field, Alabama is set to open its 2024 season with consecutive home games against Group of Five programs Western Kentucky and South Florida before traveling to Wisconsin to square off against Luke Fickell's second Badgers group.
Matt Zenitz on Monday night also shared the news of Morgan's impending raise/extension.