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Steve Addazio (Colorado State)

Steve Addazio

Andy Avalos (Boise State)

Andy Avalos

 

Danny Gonzales (New Mexico)

Danny Gonzales

Brady Hoke (San Diego State)

Brady Hoke

Marcus Arroyo (UNLV)

Marcus Arroyo

Kalen DeBoer (Fresno State)

DeBoer, Kalen

Brent Brennan (San Jose State)

Brent Brennan

Jay Norvell (Nevada)

Jay Norvell

Craig Bohl (Wyoming)

Craig Bohl

 

Blake Anderson (Utah State)

Blake Anderson

Mike Bobo (Colorado State)

Mike Bobo

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

The Most Bizarre Stuff in NCAA Coaches’ Contracts

bizarre

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

Todd Graham (Hawaii)

Todd Graham

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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