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 Memphis coach Mike Norvell conference American Athletic state Tennessee 2017 guaranteed pay $1,860,000 Total contract pay $11,520,000 National title bonus $300,000 Bowl game bonus $50,000 for appearing in major bowl; $25,000 for other bowls tickets unspecified number of football and men's basketball tickets Reach CFP $100,000
college Middle Tennessee coach Rick Stockstill conference C-USA state Tennessee 2017 guaranteed pay $801,504 Total contract pay $10,078,050 National title bonus Bowl game bonus $60,142 for appearing in a bowl game tickets 20 football tickets Reach CFP $50,000
college Tennessee coach Butch Jones conference SEC state Tennessee 2017 guaranteed pay $4,110,000 Total contract pay $30,630,000 National title bonus $500,000 Bowl game bonus $300,000 for appearing in a major bowl; $200,000 for appearing in Citrus bowl; $100,000 for other bowls tickets 8 football lower-bowl tickets, 16-seat suite and two parking passes. Reach CFP $350,000
college Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason conference SEC state Tennessee 2017 guaranteed pay Private school Total contract pay National title bonus Bowl game bonus tickets Reach CFP

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