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 Illinois coach Lovie Smith conference Big Ten state Illinois 2017 guaranteed pay $3,000,000 Total contract pay $22,807,692 National title bonus $200,000 Bowl game bonus $10,000 for fourth-tier bowl game, $50,000 for third-tier, $100,000 for second-tier, $200,000 for first-tier. tickets one suite, 2 VIP parking passes, 20 regular-season additional tickets; 20 tickets to away games; 4 season tickets and 1 parking pass to other sports Reach CFP $200,000
college Northern Illinois coach Rod Carey conference MAC state Illinois 2017 guaranteed pay $615,000 Total contract pay $3,875,000 National title bonus Bowl game bonus $25,000 tickets 30 football tickets; 8 tickets to other sports; 2 VIP parking passes Reach CFP $100,000
college Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald conference Big Ten state Illinois 2017 guaranteed pay Private school Total contract pay National title bonus Bowl game bonus tickets Reach CFP

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