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 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 Fresno State | coach Jeff Tedford | conference Mountain West | state California | 2017 guaranteed pay $1,550,000 | Total contract pay $8,250,000 | National title bonus $1,000,000 | Bowl game bonus $300,000 for appearing in major bowl & $150,000 for winning; $200,000 for appearing in bowl with payout of $2.1 million & $100,000 for winning; $100,000 for appearing in other bowls & $100,000 for winning | tickets 12 'best available' and 20 bench seats to football games; 6 tickets to men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball and volleyball | Reach CFP $400,000 |
| college San Diego State | coach Rocky Long | conference Mountain West | state California | 2017 guaranteed pay $826,304 | Total contract pay $8,931,520 | National title bonus $400,000 | Bowl game bonus $150,000 for appearing in a major bowl; $75,000 for playing in bowl with greater than $1,500,000 payout; $50,000 for appearing in other bowls | tickets | Reach CFP $200,000 |
| college San Jose State | coach Brent Brennan | conference Mountain West | state California | 2017 guaranteed pay $575,004 | Total contract pay $2,875,020 | National title bonus | Bowl game bonus $100,000 for a major bowl; $10,000 for other bowls and $5,000 for bowl victory | tickets | Reach CFP |
| 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 |
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