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 Louisiana Tech coach Skip Holtz conference C-USA state Louisiana 2017 guaranteed pay $700,000 Total contract pay $3,500,000 National title bonus Bowl game bonus tickets Reach CFP
college Louisiana-Lafayette coach Mark Hudspeth conference Sun Belt state Louisiana 2017 guaranteed pay $1,100,000 Total contract pay $9,450,000 National title bonus Bowl game bonus $15,000 if team didn't win conference championship and appears in bowl game; $10,000 for bowl game victory tickets 25 football tickets for personal use and 300 for marketing the program use Reach CFP
college Louisiana-Monroe coach Matt Viator conference Sun Belt state Louisiana 2017 guaranteed pay $350,000 Total contract pay $1,050,000 National title bonus Bowl game bonus tickets 12 football tickets and 4 tickets to other sports Reach CFP
college LSU coach Ed Orgeron conference SEC state Louisiana 2017 guaranteed pay $3,500,000 Total contract pay $17,500,000 National title bonus $500,000 Bowl game bonus $150,000 for appearing in a major bowl; $25,000 for appearing in other bowls tickets unspecified number of tickets to football and other sports Reach CFP $150,000
college Tulane coach Willie Fritz conference American Athletic state Louisiana 2017 guaranteed pay Private school Total contract pay National title bonus Bowl game bonus tickets Reach CFP

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