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 Kentucky coach Mark Stoops conference SEC state Kentucky 2017 guaranteed pay $3,500,000 Total contract pay $34,083,333 National title bonus $500,000 Bowl game bonus $200,000 for appearing in a major bowl; $100,000 for appearing in SEC affiliated bowl; $50,000 for appearing in non-SEC affiliated bowl tickets 16 regular tickets and 14-seat box; 4 basketball tickets Reach CFP $300,000
college Louisville coach Bobby Petrino conference ACC state Kentucky 2017 guaranteed pay $3,925,000 Total contract pay $38,400,000 National title bonus $200,000 Bowl game bonus $327,083 for appearing in a bowl game. tickets one luxury box with 18 football tickets; 8 men's basketball tickets Reach CFP $100,000
college Western Kentucky coach Mike Sanford Jr conference C-USA state Kentucky 2017 guaranteed pay $800,000 Total contract pay $3,200,000 National title bonus Bowl game bonus $50,000 for a bowl victory; $100,000 for major bowl appearance tickets 10 football tickets, 4 men's and women's basketball tickets Reach CFP

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