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 Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen conference SEC state Mississippi 2017 guaranteed pay $4,500,000 Total contract pay Declined, citing separate contract not subject to public records laws National title bonus Bowl game bonus tickets Reach CFP
college Ole Miss coach Matt Luke conference SEC state Mississippi 2017 guaranteed pay Total contract pay National title bonus Bowl game bonus tickets Reach CFP
college Southern Miss coach Jay Hopson conference C-USA state Mississippi 2017 guaranteed pay $500,000 Total contract pay $1,958,333 National title bonus $250,000 Bowl game bonus $100,000 for major bowl appearance and $100,000 for winning; $15,000 for other bowls (as long as above .500 record) and $10,000 for winning tickets private suite with food and beverage for home football games; 20 home football tickets and 10 away tickets; 6 basketball tickets Reach CFP $150,000

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