College football coaches salaries and contracts

Using public-records requests, Newsday obtained the contracts for college football coaches at 109 public schools and services academies in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A. See the basic salary details along with the incentives and perks for each of these coaches.

Notes

2017 guaranteed money - Represents all earnings the head coach stands to gross during the calendar year. This figure includes base salary along with automatically vesting bonuses for various reasons such as length of service, marketing, public appearances, public relations, team apparel/equipment sponsorships, etc.

Pennsylvania law* - Public universities in Pennsylvania are not subjected to the same public records laws as most other states and are not obligated to release contract info.

Private school - Private schools are not subject to public records laws and are not obligated to release contract information.

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college coach conference state 2017 guaranteed pay Total contract pay National title bonus Bowl game bonus tickets Reach CFP
college Ball State coach Mike Neu conference MAC state Indiana 2017 guaranteed pay $425,000 Total contract pay $2,125,000 National title bonus Bowl game bonus $100,000 for appearing in Chick-fil-A, Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, Rose or Sugar Bowls and $50,000 for winning; $10,000 for appearing in non-major bowl and $15,000 for winning tickets 10 football tickets and 10 tickets to other sports Reach CFP $100,000
college Indiana coach Tom Allen conference Big Ten state Indiana 2017 guaranteed pay $1,820,000 Total contract pay $10,795,000 National title bonus Bowl game bonus tickets 8 football season tickets and 25 additional tickets per game; 8 men's basketball season tickets; 2 passes to all other sports; 3 season parking passes for football and 2 for basketball; season credentials to football and basketball. Reach CFP $125,000
college Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly conference Independent state Indiana 2017 guaranteed pay Private school Total contract pay National title bonus Bowl game bonus tickets Reach CFP
college Purdue coach Jeff Brohm conference Big Ten state Indiana 2017 guaranteed pay $3,333,333 Total contract pay $20,000,000 National title bonus Bowl game bonus $375,000 if appearing in Rose Bowl; $270,000 if appearing in Capital One Orange; $180,000 if appearing in Citrus, TaxSlayer, Music City or Outback Bowls; $150,000 if appearing in the Holiday or Pinstripe Bowls; $112,500 if appearing in any other bowl. tickets 8 football season tickets, 25 football tickets for business use and 8 ticket suite for family; 2 season tickets for men's and women's basketball and volleyball Reach CFP $600,000

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