Everything You Need to Know about the Les Miles Golden Parachute On September 25, 2016, Les Miles got fired. On that same day, LSU just incurred a possible $12.9 million liability for a former employee. How Much Does LSU Have to Pay Les Miles? In 2005, Les Miles signed his first contract with LSU. That… Read More
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When A College Football Coach Gets Fired: The Sizable Cost of Saying Goodbye
Someone famous once said: “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes, and a college terminating a coach before his contract expires means they’ll owe him a bunch of money.” Universities across the country offer generous compensation and benefits to attract coaches who will bring glory to the team and… Read More
College Football Coaches Are Making Millions Off A Useless Metric
As a part of a project helmed by HKM and Deadspin, we have retrieved and reviewed the contracts of every Division I public university head football coach. In this space, we will look at the academic incentives within these coaches’ contracts and how they were brought upon by the NCAA’s focus on the APR system and refocus… Read More
Steve Sarkisian Lawsuit Details
On December 7, 2015, Steve Sarkisian filed a lawsuit against the University of Southern California claiming he was improperly fired from his role as head coach of the USC football team because his alcoholism was a disability and therefore protected under California state law. This article will explain everything you wanted to know about the… Read More
15 million potential reasons why LSU did not fire Les Miles
Everything You Need to Know about the Les Miles Golden Parachute As you know, Les Miles was on the hot seat. After beating Texas A&M, however, the LSU Athletic Director said that he would not fire Les Miles. Here’s everything you need to know about the contractual issues behind any possible termination of Les Miles…. Read More
Harbaugh’s Employment Contract – Deep Dive
Total Guaranteed Compensation Harbaugh’s salary is only $500,000/year, which puts his salary in line with middle of the road coaches. That being said, he also gets paid $4,500,000 per year for agreeing engage in various other coaching duties like promotional activities, booster events, and radio. Basically, his “salary” really comes to $5M per year. Further,… Read More
Contract Faceoff – Harbaugh vs. Meyer
Jim Harbaugh and Urban Meyer represent two of the most popular football coaches in college today. We all know about their strengths and weaknesses – we can dissect wins and losses. But who has the better employment contract? Although Meyer’s team recently pasted Michigan on the football field, does Meyer’s employment contract also dominate over… Read More
Top Perks in NCAA Coaches’ Contracts
The fact that NCAA football coaches are the highest paid state employee in most states is absurd, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the ridiculousness of their contracts. In addition to a lot of guaranteed money, personal cars, and free tickets, there are also some odd provisions schools and… Read More
The Most Bizarre Stuff in NCAA Coaches’ Contracts
Contracts between employer and employee are usually pretty standard, but when it comes to NCAA coaches’ contracts there’s all kinds of odd stuff. Here’s some of the weirdest things HKM Employment Attorneys found in NCAA contracts… Doug Martin – New Mexico State Odd provision: No tobacco during practices or games Looks like Doug can… Read More