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Bobby Wilder

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Bobby Wilder contract at Old Dominion

Bobby Wilder

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College: Old Dominion

Conference: C-USA

State: Virginia

Base compensation

  • 2017 guaranteed pay: $650,000
  • Total contract pay: $3,250,000
  • Contract length: 5 years
  • Start date: 4/10/2017
  • Expires: 1/31/2022

Incentives

  • National title bonus: $350,000
  • CFP semifinal appearance: $100,000
  • Conference title bonus: $10,000 for appearing and $19,505 for winning
  • Misc athletic-based incentives: $100,000 annual raise for 10 wins, $75,000 for 9 wins, $50,000 for 8 wins, $25,000 for 7 wins;
  • Coach of the year award bonus: $25,000 for national coach of the year;
  • Car: one car or $400 monthly allowance

Other Perks

  • Buyout if coach leaves for another coaching job: $500,000 before 12/1/17; $400,000 before 12/1/18; $300,000 before 12/1/19; $200,000 before 12/1/20; $100,000 before 12/1/21

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Matt Luke

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Matt Luke contract at Ole Miss

Matt Luke

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College: Ole Miss

Conference: SEC

State: Mississippi

Base compensation

  • 2017 guaranteed pay: $1,160,000
  • Total contract pay: $2,480,000
  • Contract length: 3 years
  • Start date: 2/1/2017
  • Expires: 1/31/2020

Other Perks

  • Miscellaneous perks: $100,000 per month additional salary from 7/21/17 to 12/21/17 to serve as interim head coach

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Willie Taggart

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Willie Taggart contract at Oregon

Willie Taggart

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College: Oregon

Conference: Pac-12

State: Oregon

Base compensation

  • 2017 guaranteed pay: $2,900,000
  • Total contract pay: $16,000,000
  • Contract length: 5 years
  • Start date: 12/7/2016
  • Expires: 1/31/2022

Incentives

  • National title bonus: $500,000 for winning; 250,000 for qualifying
  • CFP semifinal win: $200,000
  • CFP semifinal appearance: $175,000
  • Conference title bonus: $150,000
  • Conference regular season division title bonus: $100,000
  • Misc athletic-based incentives: $100,000 for 9 wins, $100,000 for 10 wins, $200,000 for 11 wins, $250,000 for 12 wins;
  • Coach of the year award bonus: $25,000 for PAC 12 coach of year; $50,000 for National coach of year.
  • Academic bonuses: $100,000 for annual team APR of at least 985.
  • Car: University provides two cars
  • Tickets: 12 tickets and suite to football home games; 4 tickets to other sports.
  • Golf/country club: Family membership to Eugene Country Club and Downtown Athletic Club.

Other Perks

  • Miscellaneous perks: family travels to all road games; “Nike Elite” allowance.
  • Buyout if coach leaves for another coaching job: $3,000,000 before 1/31/18; $2.500,000 before 1/31/19; $2,000,000 before 1/31/20; $1,500,000 before 1/31/21; $1,000,000 before 1/31/22.

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Gary Andersen

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Gary Andersen contract at Oregon State

Gary Andersen

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College: Oregon State

Conference: Pac-12

State: Oregon

Base compensation

  • 2017 guaranteed pay: $2,650,000
  • Total contract pay: $19,250,000
  • Contract length: 7 years
  • Start date: 12/15/2014
  • Last amended: 12/20/2016
  • Expires: 2/28/2022

Incentives

  • CFP semifinal appearance: $100,000
  • Conference title bonus: $50,000 for appearing, $100,000 for winning
  • Misc athletic-based incentives: $100,000 for 8 wins, $150,000 for 9 wins, or $200,000 for 10 wins; $50,000 for beating Oregon; 5% of season ticket sales over 23,000;
  • Coach of the year award bonus: $25,000 for Pac-12 coach of year, $50,000 for national coach of year.
  • Academic bonuses: $35,000 if team APR is in top 6 of Pac-12; $50,000 if APR is top 1 or 2.
  • Car: $20,000 annual car allowance
  • Tickets: unspecified amount of tickets to all athletics
  • Golf/country club: membership at Corvallis Country Club

Other Perks

  • Miscellaneous perks: 6 seats for guests on all team charters.
  • Buyout if coach leaves for another coaching job: $3,000,000 if leaving for Pac-12/NFL or $2,500,000 for elsewhere before 2/21/18; $2,500,000 for NFL/Pac-12 or $2,000,000 afterward

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James Franklin

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James Franklin contract at Penn State

James Franklin

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College: Penn State

Conference: Big Ten

State: Pennsylvania

Base compensation

  • 2017 guaranteed pay: $4,600,000
  • Total contract pay: $47,000,000
  • Contract length: 9 years
  • Start date: 1/1/2014
  • Last amended: 8/18/2017
  • Expires: 12/31/2022

Incentives

  • Retention bonus: $300,000 on 12/31/17, 12/31/18, 12/31/19, 12/31/20 and 12/31/21; $1,000,000 on 12/31/22
  • National title bonus: $300,000
  • CFP semifinal win: $100,000
  • CFP semifinal appearance: $400,000
  • Conference title bonus: $350,000 for winning, or $250,000 for losing
  • Conference regular season division title bonus: $150,000 only if doesn’t advance to conference title game
  • Coach of the year award bonus: $150,000 for national coach of year; $100,000 for conference coach of year
  • Car: one car or $10,000 annual car allowance
  • Private jet use: 50 hours of private jet for personal use

Other Perks

  • Buyout if coach leaves for another coaching job: $2,000,000 in 2017 or $1,000,000 thereafter

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Pat Narduzzi

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Pat Narduzzi contract at Pittsburgh

Pat Narduzzi

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College: Pittsburgh

Conference: ACC

State: Pennsylvania

Base compensation

  • 2017 guaranteed pay: 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.

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Jeff Brohm

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Jeff Brohm contract at Purdue

Jeff Brohm

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College: Purdue

Conference: Big Ten

State: Indiana

Base compensation

  • 2017 guaranteed pay: $3,333,333
  • Total contract pay: $20,000,000
  • Contract length: 6 years
  • Start date: 12/5/2016
  • Expires: 12/31/2022

Incentives

  • CFP semifinal appearance: $600,000
  • Conference title bonus: $150,000
  • Conference regular season division title bonus: $90,000 for first place; $45,000 for second
  • Misc athletic-based incentives: $45,000 for a top 25 ranked recruiting class;
  • Coach of the year award bonus: $150,000 for national coach of year; $75,000 for conference coach of year
  • Academic bonuses: $90,000 if graduation rate is greater than national average for football teams; $45,000 if team GPA meets target rate set by school annually and additional $45,000 if GPA exceeds target rate
  • Car: $15,000/year
  • 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
  • Golf/country club: Family membership in Lafayette Country Club
  • Private jet use: use of Purdue’s aircraft for recruiting and business use;

Other Perks

  • Miscellaneous perks: $20,000 NikeElite apparel allowance; spouse and children can travel to away games at school’s expense.

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David Bailiff

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David Bailiff contract at Rice

David Bailiff

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College: Rice

Conference: C-USA

State: Texas

Base compensation

  • 2017 guaranteed pay: Private schools are not obligated to release contracts.

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Chris Ash

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Chris Ash contract at Rutgers

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College: Rutgers

Conference: Big Ten

State: New Jersey

Base compensation

  • 2017 guaranteed pay: $2,100,000
  • Total contract pay: $11,000,000
  • Contract length: 5 years
  • Start date: 12/7/2015
  • Expires: 2/28/2021

Incentives

  • National title bonus: $500,000
  • CFP semifinal win: $250,000
  • CFP semifinal appearance: $175,000
  • Conference title bonus: $100,000 for appearing and $50,000 for winning
  • Conference regular season division title bonus: $50,000 only if not advancing to conference title game
  • Coach of the year award bonus: $50,000 for conference coach of year; $100,000 for national coach of year;
  • National poll bonus: $100,000 for final top 15 poll finish; $50,000 for final top 25 poll finish.
  • Academic bonuses: $50,000 for APR of 960; $10,000 for each academic All-American.
  • Car: annual stipend of $15,000
  • Golf/country club: country club membership

Other Perks

  • Buyout if coach leaves for another coaching job: about $1,800,000 if before end of 2017; about $1,200,000 if before end of 2018; about $500,000 if before end of 2019.

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Rocky Long

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Rocky Long contract at San Diego State

Rocky Long

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College: San Diego State

Conference: Mountain West

State: California

Base compensation

  • 2017 guaranteed pay: $826,304
  • Total contract pay: $8,931,520
  • Contract length: 11 years
  • Start date: 1/12/2011
  • Last amended: 1/20/2017
  • Expires: 1/31/2022

Incentives

  • National title bonus: $400,000
  • CFP semifinal win: $300,000
  • CFP semifinal appearance: $200,000
  • Conference title bonus: $25,000 for appearing in championship game
  • Conference regular season division title bonus: $75,000
  • Misc athletic-based incentives: $75,000 for two wins over top 25 teams; $25,000 for win over highest CFP ranked Mountain West team; $10,000 for win over a Power Five Conference team; $10,000 if player named All-American first team or Heisman winner.
  • National poll bonus: $50,000 for final ranking in top 15; $25,000 for final ranking 16-25.
  • Academic bonuses: $15,000 for single year APR over 950 or four-year APR over 940.
  • Car: one car including insurance
  • Golf/country club: country club membership

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