The guaranteed part of Cron's current deal was due to expire at the end of this Super Rugby Pacific season, with the 10th-placed Force (4-7) needing to win their final three games to have any chance of reaching the finals.
But no matter what happens in the coming weeks - starting with Saturday night's home clash with the Queensland Reds - the Force are certain Cron is the right man to lead them to greener pastures in 2027, and have thus triggered another year of his current deal.
Cron, who is in his fourth season at the helm, is yet to lead the Force to finals action.
In fact, the Force have never reached the finals of a full Super Rugby competition since their inception in 2006.
Cron wants to be the man who changes that, and the 50-year-old feels the hard work over recent years will soon bear fruit.Â
"Finals is unfinished business," Cron said on Friday.
"But there's also some players in our environment that I would like to think that we can get in a (Wallabies) gold jersey."
Cron was initially happy to focus on the final part of the regular season rather than his contract.
But with current players and potential recruits keen to know who will be leading the Force next year, chief executive Niamh O'Connor wanted to lock Cron in now.
"Niamh's been chatting to me in the background about making decisions faster, she'd like me to be a little bit quicker on those things," Cron said with a smile.
"The answer (as why we've done it now) is really about uncertainty in the player group, and some of the guys getting a little bit anxious around what's happening.
"And then also probably people who are going to come, they want a little bit of certainty too around what they're coming into.
"So those things are more important than me."
The Force have become somewhat of a destination club under Cron, with players viewing the set-up as an ideal environment to further their Wallabies ambitions.
Carlo Tizzano, Nick Champion de Crespigny, Harry Potter, Hamish Stewart and Jeremy Williams have all earned their Wallabies debuts since linking up with the Force program.
Former NRL star Zac Lomax said a major reason why he chose to join the Force over rival clubs was because of Cron.
O'Connor believes the team has headed in the right direction under Cron's watch, and said the stability created has been crucial in setting up the club for future success.
Force captain Jeremy Williams said Cron was the "man for the job".
"He's been immense for our group and the development he's brought to the club in his tenure both on and off the field has been awesome," Williams said.
