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Geoff Collins

Collins, Geoff

Chuck Martin

Chuck Martin

Bronco Mendenhall

Bronco Mendenhall

Dave Doeren

Dave Doeren

Dabo Swinney

Dabo Swinney

Willie Taggart

Willie Taggart 2018

Justin Fuente

Justin Fuente

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When A College Football Coach Gets Fired: The Sizable Cost of Saying Goodbye

Sizable Costs, Lots of Money

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

Top Perks in NCAA Coaches’ Contracts

Coaches with contract perks

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

Coach Contract Ranking – Top 25

  1. Nick Saban
  2. Jim Harbaugh
  3. Jimbo Fisher
  4. Chip Kelly
  5. Willie Taggart
  6. Kevin Sumlin
  7. Kirby Smart
  8. Ed Orgeron
  9. Dabo Swinney
  10. Lincoln Riley
  11. Scott Frost
  12. Matt Luke
  13. Chris Petersen
  14. Gus Malzahn
  15. Will Muschamp
  16. Mario Cristobal
  17. PJ Fleck
  18. Kirk Ferentz
  19. Mark Dantonio
  20. Paul Chryst
  21. Dave Doeren
  22. Mike Gundy
  23. Bronco Mendenhall
  24. Kyle Whittingham
  25. Lovie Smith

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