Tom Herman contract at Texas
Tom Herman Photo Credit: AP
College: Texas
Conference: Big 12
State: Texas
Base compensation
- 2017 guaranteed pay: $5,250,000
- Total contract pay: $29,750,000
- Contract length: 5 years
- Start date: 12/1/2016
- Expires: 12/31/2021
Incentives
- Retention bonus: $1,000,000 on 12/25/2019
- National title bonus: $250,000
- CFP semifinal win: $125,000
- CFP semifinal appearance: $100,000
- Conference title bonus: $100,000
- Coach of the year award bonus: $100,000 for national coach of year; $50,000 for conference coach of year
- National poll bonus: $180,000 for final top 5 poll ranking; $120,000 for final top 10 poll ranking.
- Car: two dealer cars
Other Perks
- Miscellaneous perks: Texas paid Herman’s $2,500,000 buyout fee from his Houston contract
- Buyout if coach leaves for another coaching job: $3,000,000 for each remaining year on contract plus the amount of salary the school would have to pay assistants under contract
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