NCAA D1 Football Coaching Contracts

In-depth Contract Analysis

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12.9 Million Reasons not to Shed a Tear for Les Miles

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

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