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Will Hall (Southern Mississippi)

Bill Bradford Clark (UAB)

Bill Bradford Clark

Charles Huff (Marshall)

Charles Huff

What’s the Most Unrealistic Contract Clause in College Football?

Seth Littrell

Head coaching contracts within College Football have become more and more complicated over these last couple of decades. It comes from the absurd amount of money generated by these teams during their respective seasons. Universities want to ensure their teams remain a financial dynamo, allowing them to use those profits to improve the school’s resources…. Read More

Ricky Rahne (Old Dominion)

Ricky Rahne

Jeff Traylor (Texas at San Antonio)

Traylor, Jeff

Will Healy (North Carolina Charlotte)

Tyson Helton (Western Kentucky)

Tyson Helton

Dana Dimel (UTEP)

Dana Dimel

 

Butch Davis (Florida International)

Butch Davis

Rick Stockstill (Middle Tennessee State)

Rick Stockstill

Skip Holtz (Louisiana Tech)

Skip Holtz

Seth Littrell (North Texas)

Seth Littrell

Willie Taggart (Florida Atlantic)

Willie Taggart 2018

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

Coach Contract Ranking – Top 25

  1. Dabo Swinney (Clemson)
  2. Nick Saban (Alabama)
  3. Steve Sarkisian (Texas)
  4. Lincoln Riley (Oklahoma)
  5. Ryan Day (Ohio State)
  6. Mel Tucker (Michigan State)
  7. Kyle Whittingham (Utah)
  8. Jeff Brohm (Purdue)
  9. Bret Bielema (Illinois)
  10. Scott Frost (Nebraska)
  11. Jim Harbaugh (Michigan)
  12. Geoff Collins (Georgia Tech)
  13. Dana Holgorsen (Houston)
  14. Neal Brown (West Virginia)
  15. Chip Kelly (UCLA)
  16. Bryan Harsin (Auburn University)
  17. Jimbo Fisher (Texas A&M)
  18. Tom Allen (Indiana)
  19. Mike Norvell (Florida State)
  20. Jedd Fisch (Arizona)
  21. Dan Mullen (Florida)
  22. Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State)
  23. Ed Orgeron (LSU)
  24. Paul Chryst (Wisconsin)
  25. Matt Campbell (Iowa State)

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