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 Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder conference C-USA state Virginia 2017 guaranteed pay $650,000 Total contract pay $3,250,000 National title bonus $350,000 Bowl game bonus $39,010 for appearing in a major bowl; $10,000 for appearing in all other bowls tickets Reach CFP $100,000
college Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall conference ACC state Virginia 2017 guaranteed pay $3,400,000 Total contract pay $21,750,000 National title bonus $1,000,000 Bowl game bonus $500,000 for major bowl; $75,000 for ACC affiliate bowl tickets 10 football tickets plus a suite; 8 men's basketball tickets Reach CFP $500,000
college Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente conference ACC state Virginia 2017 guaranteed pay $3,250,000 Total contract pay $25,900,000 National title bonus $250,000 Bowl game bonus $100,000 for appearing in a major bowl; $75,000 for appearing in Russell or Citrus Bowl; $50,000 for appearing in ACC defined tier I or tier II bowl tickets suite for football games and 6 tickets to basketball games Reach CFP $150,000

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