Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham has agreed to a five-year contract extension on the eve of the Sun Devils’ College Football Playoff quarterfinal game, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.

On Wednesday, the No. 4 seed Arizona State Sun Devils and head coach Kenny Dillingham nearly shocked the college football world in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl against the No. 5 seed Texas Longhorns. They went into the game as 13.5-point underdogs and were given almost no chance of advancing to the semifinals of the College Football Playoff.

If he continues channeling his inner Frank Kush, ASU's Kenny Dillingham can become the "Saint of the Sun Devils."

Arizona State, on the eve of its first appearance in the College Football Playoff, rewarded coach Kenny Dillingham with a contract extension. Sun Devils athletic director Graham Rossini announced the

After the game, Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders — who, like Dillingham at Arizona State, moved from the Pac-12 to the Big 12 — sent a message to Dillingham regarding his stellar season.

"Now that this is over, I'm really going to challenge my guys to reflect on where this all started because it really is remarkable."

Arizona State's impressive season came to a close in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals as head coach Kenny Dillingham's Sun Devils lost to the Texas Longhorns in a double-overtime