BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo coach Turner Gill is staying put for at least one more season and won't consider interviewing for any other jobs after securing a contract extension that includes a pay raise.

The new deal was announced by the school on Tuesday and is a reward for a first-time coach who in three years turned around a laughingstock Bulls program that won its first Mid-American Conference title this season and will face Connecticut in the International Bowl at Toronto on Jan. 3. And the extension comes after Gill was a candidate for openings at Auburn and Syracuse.

Gill lost out on both jobs when Auburn hired Iowa State coach Gene Chizik and Syracuse went with New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator Doug Marrone last week.

There was further speculation that Gill would be considered a candidate to take over at Iowa State.

Gill put an immediate end to any further speculation by saying he's not going anywhere.

"I'm going to be here at the University at Buffalo," the former Nebraska star quarterback and Heisman Trophy said after practice. "I've given you my word, I've given my football team our word that I will be the football coach in 2009 at the University at Buffalo."

Terms of the extension were not released, but this is the second year Gill has earned a new contract. He signed an extension in January that locked him up through the 2012 season after coaching a 5-7 finish, the Bulls best record since joining the MAC in 1999.

Buffalo (8-5) has bettered that record this year and is coming off the program's biggest victory after upsetting previously undefeated No. 12 Ball State 42-24 in the MAC championship game on Dec. 5. The Bulls have a 15-22 record in three years under Gill after going 10-69 in their previous seven seasons.