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 |
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| college Arizona | coach Rich Rodriguez | conference Pac-12 | state Arizona | 2017 guaranteed pay $2,875,000 | Total contract pay $14,750,000 | National title bonus $1,000,000 | Bowl game bonus $25,000 for non-major bowl; $100,000 for Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta or Peach, or $200,00 for winning any of those | tickets 8 football season tickets, 5 men's basketball season tickets, 4 "Wildcard Sports Passes" and 15 people to bowl games | Reach CFP $150,000 |
| college Arizona State | coach Todd Graham | conference Pac-12 | state Arizona | 2017 guaranteed pay $3,200,000 | Total contract pay $27,500,000 | National title bonus $1600000 for winning; $1,280,000 for losing | Bowl game bonus $480,000 for appearing in a major bowl and $320,000 for winning; $266,667 for appearing in other bowls and $25,000 for winning | tickets | Reach CFP $960,000 |
| college California | coach Justin Wilcox | conference Pac-12 | state California | 2017 guaranteed pay $1,600,000 | Total contract pay $10,183,500 | National title bonus | Bowl game bonus $100,000 for appearing in a major bowl; $100,000 for appearing in Top 2 Pac-12 bowl; $100,000 for appearing in another bowl with 6 wins; "up to $100,000" for appearing in another bowl with less than six wins | tickets four premium football season tickets; five parking passes to all football games | Reach CFP $100,000 |
| college Colorado | coach Mike MacIntyre | conference Pac-12 | state Colorado | 2017 guaranteed pay $2,007,550 | Total contract pay $12,030,200 | National title bonus $750,000 | Bowl game bonus $250,000 for appearing in major bowl; $200,000 for appearing in non-major bowl | tickets 10 suite tickets for football games and 10 season tickets to men's and women's basketball games | Reach CFP $ |
| college Oregon | coach Willie Taggart | conference Pac-12 | state Oregon | 2017 guaranteed pay $2,900,000 | Total contract pay $16,000,000 | National title bonus $500,000 for winning; $250,000 for qualifying | Bowl game bonus $100,000 | tickets 12 tickets and suite to football home games; 4 tickets to other sports. | Reach CFP $175,000 |
| college Oregon State | coach Gary Andersen | conference Pac-12 | state Oregon | 2017 guaranteed pay $2,650,000 | Total contract pay $19,250,000 | National title bonus | Bowl game bonus $100,000 | tickets unspecified number of tickets to all athletics | Reach CFP $100,000 |
| college Stanford | coach David Shaw | conference Pac-12 | state California | 2017 guaranteed pay Private school | Total contract pay | National title bonus | Bowl game bonus | tickets | Reach CFP |
| college UCLA | coach Jim Mora | conference Pac-12 | state California | 2017 guaranteed pay $3,550,000 | Total contract pay $32,535,000 | National title bonus $200,000 | Bowl game bonus $40,000 for playing in any bowl game; $100,000 for playing in Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta, Peach, and $100,000 for winning one of those. | tickets suite for immediate family at home games; access to tickets to football and basketball games | Reach CFP $100,000 |
| college USC | coach Clay Helton | conference Pac-12 | state California | 2017 guaranteed pay Private school | Total contract pay | National title bonus | Bowl game bonus | tickets | Reach CFP |
| college Utah | coach Kyle Whittingham | conference Pac-12 | state Utah | 2017 guaranteed pay $3,400,000 | Total contract pay $27,950,000 | National title bonus | Bowl game bonus $300,000 for appearing in a major bowl; $189,000 for other bowls | tickets 28 football tickets and 4 men's basketball tickets, and a parking pass for both sports | Reach CFP $300,000 |
| college Washington | coach Chris Peterson | conference Pac-12 | state Washington | 2017 guaranteed pay $4,125,000 | Total contract pay $44,806,720 | National title bonus $500,000 | Bowl game bonus $300,000 for CFP bowl; $75,000 for other bowls | tickets "mutually agreed upon number of tickets" | Reach CFP $400,000 |
| college Washington State | coach Mike Leach | conference Pac-12 | state Washington | 2017 guaranteed pay $2,950,000 | Total contract pay $27,700,000 | National title bonus $400,000 | Bowl game bonus $100,000 for appearing in a major bowl; $75,000 for other bowls | tickets 12-seat family suite plus 60 tickets for each football game. | Reach CFP $200,000 |
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