Aug 20, 2014 Technically, the new deal is actually a rewrite of the final three seasons of an eight-year deal the MAC was in, with a 10-year extension. This totals 13 years, and means ESPN will broadcast MAC football, and other sports, through the end of the 2026-2027 season when this new deal expires.
Updated 2:38 PM EST Dec 14, 2019
Although the regular season has ended, college football is still building toward its biggest moments, and so are the incentive earnings of head coaches that will end up as the largest part of incentive payouts schools also will make to assistant coaches, strength coaches, and — at some schools — to athletics directors and a range of team staffers.
But head coaches are not just qualifying for bonus money. They also are reaching benchmarks that trigger future considerations from their schools.
On Saturday, Kentucky's Mark Stoops triggered an automatic one-year contract extension when the Wildcats defeated Louisville for their seventh win of the season. Stoops is set to receive $6.25 million in basic annual pay from the school that additional year, ending June 30, 2026. Since his contract calls for him to be paid 75% of all his scheduled basic annual pay if he is fired without cause, the guaranteed value of that year stands at slightly less than $4.7 million.
For the first time, USA TODAY Sports is tracking on a weekly basis the amounts public-school football head coaches are scheduled to be getting and for what achievements. The information is based on contracts USA TODAY Sports obtained from the schools through open-records requests and is updated through the games of Nov. 30.
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DATABASE: How much each college football coach makes
Alabama: Nick Saban
- $65,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $25,000: Ninth win improves level of bowl appearance
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Alabama at Birmingham: Bill Clark
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $25,000: Eighth regular-season win
- $5,000: Ninth regular-season win
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Appalachian State: Eliah Drinkwitz
- $10,000: Play at home stadium of Power Five team in guarantee game (North Carolina)
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $25,000: Ninth win of the season
- $25,000: Win Sun Belt division title
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Arizona State: Herm Edwards
- $50,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Arkansas State: Blake Anderson
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Auburn: Gus Malzahn
- $50,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Boise State: Bryan Harsin
- $25,000: Regular-season win over Power Five team (Florida State)
- $35,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- 1-year contract extension worth at least $2.25 million: Eighth win
- $25,000: Sixth conference win
- $25,000: Seventh conference win
- $50,000: Win Mountain West division title
- $50,000: Eighth conference win
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Buffalo: Lance Leipold
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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California: Justin Wilcox
- $40,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $25,000: Victory over Stanford
- $25,000: Sixth regular-season win
- $100,000: Seventh regular-season win
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Central Florida: Josh Heupel
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Central Michigan: Jim McElwain
- $20,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $7,500: Seventh win
- $20,000: Win MAC division title, plays in MAC championship game
- $2,500: Eighth win
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Charlotte: Will Healy
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Cincinnati: Luke Fickell
- $75,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $10,000: Eighth regular-season win
- $20,000: Ninth regular-season win
- $30,000: 10th regular-season win
- $50,000: Clinched at least share of the best regular-season record in the American Athletic Conference
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Clemson: Dabo Swinney
- $50,000: Eligible for non-CFP bowl game with at least eight regular-season wins
- $50,000: Win ACC division title, plays in ACC championship game
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Connecticut: Randy Edsall
- $26,000: Win any game (Wagner), plus at least eight single-game statistical bonuses at $2,000 each
- $6,000: three single-game stat bonuses at $2,000 each
- $4,000: two single-game stat bonuses at $2,000 each
- $2,000: one single-game stat bonus at $2,000 each
- $2,000: one single-game stat bonus at $2,000 each
- $4,000: two single-game stat bonuses at $2,000 each
- $26,000: Win any game (Massachusetts), plus at least eight single-game statistical bonuses at $2,000 each
- $8,000: four single-game stat bonuses at $2,000 each
- $6,000: three single-game stat bonuses at $2,000 each
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Eastern Michigan: Chris Creighton
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Florida: Dan Mullen
- $100,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Florida Atlantic: Lane Kiffin
- $30,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Florida International: Butch Davis
- $35,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Georgia: Kirby Smart
- $50,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $100,000: Clinch SEC division title, plays in SEC championship game
- $25,000: Ninth win improves level of bowl appearance
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Georgia Southern: Chad Lunsford
- $7,500: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $9,000: Seventh regular-season win
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Georgia State: Shawn Elliott
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Hawaii: Nick Rolovich
- $7,500: Regular-season home win over Power Five team (Arizona)
- $7,500: Regular-season home win over Power Five team (Oregon State)
- $20,000: Seventh win in 13-game schedule, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- 1-year contract extension worth at least $425,000: Being eligible for bowl game
- $40,000: Wins share of Mountain West division title, plays in MWC title game
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Illinois: Lovie Smith
- $10,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Indiana: Tom Allen
- $100,000: Sixth win of the season
- $100,000: Seventh win of the season
- $100,000: Eighth win of the season
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Iowa: Kirk Ferentz
- $100,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- Additional year of contract goes from being 50% guaranteed in case of firing without cause to 100% guaranteed (potential value of $2.325 million): Seventh win
- $500,000: Eighth win of the season
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Kansas State: Chris Klieman
- $50,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $50,000: Tied for third in final Big 12 standings
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Kent State: Sean Lewis
- $15,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Kentucky: Mark Stoops
- $100,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- 1-year contract extension worth at least $4,687,500: Seventh win
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Louisiana-Lafayette: Billy Napier
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $25,000: Win Sun Belt division title
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Louisiana State: Ed Orgeron
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $250,000: 10th regular-season win
- $100,000: 11th regular-season win
- $100,000: Win SEC division title
- $150,000: 12th regular-season win
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Louisiana Tech: Skip Holtz
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- 1-year contract extension worth at least $700,000: Eighth win
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Louisville: Scott Satterfield
- $100,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Marshall: Doc Holliday
- $30,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Memphis: Mike Norvell
- $35,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $55,000: Seventh win of the season
- $35,000: Eighth win of the season
- $30,000: Ninth win of the season
- $25,000: Win AAC division title
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Michigan State: Mark Dantonio
- $75,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Minnesota: P.J. Fleck
- $75,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $100,000: Clinch at least a tie for Big Ten division title
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Mississippi State: Joe Moorhead
- $50,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Missouri: Barry Odom
- $5,000: Team in top 25 of AP media poll (week of Oct. 13)
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Nevada: Jay Norvell
- $10,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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New Mexico State: Doug Martin
- $10,000: Victory over Texas-El Paso
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North Carolina: Mack Brown
- $75,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Ohio State: Ryan Day
- $50,000: Win Big Ten division title
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Oklahoma: Lincoln Riley
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $50,000: Team plays in Big 12 championship game
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Oklahoma State: Mike Gundy
- $62,500: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Oregon: Mario Cristobal
- $100,000: Eligible for non-CFP bowl game with seven regular-season wins
- $50,000: Non-CFP bowl game with at least eight regular-season wins
- $250,000: Eighth regular-season win
- $250,000: Ninth regular-season win
- $100,000: Win Pac-12 North Division title
- $250,000: 10th regular-season win
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Penn State: James Franklin
- $200,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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San Diego State: Rocky Long
- $10,000: Win over Power Five team (UCLA)
- $50,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Southern Mississippi: Jay Hopson
- $20,000: Seventh win overall and fifth conference win, making team eligible for non-CFP bowl game with winning overall record and winning conference record
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Tennessee: Jeremy Pruitt
- $100,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Texas: Tom Herman
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Texas A&M: Jimbo Fisher
- $100,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Toledo: Jason Candle
- $20,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Utah: Kyle Whittingham
- $15,000: Team in top 25 of Amway Coaches’ or AP media poll in preseason or during season (preseason poll)
- $216,667: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $50,000: Clinch at least tie for Pac-12 division title
- $50,000: Plays in Pac-12 championship game
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Utah State: Gary Andersen
- $50,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Virginia: Bronco Mendenhall
- $75,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $50,000: Win ACC division title, plays in ACC championship game
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Virginia Tech: Justin Fuente
- $50,000: Seventh win, including two over FCS teams: eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Washington: Chris Petersen
- $75,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Washington State: Mike Leach
- $75,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
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Western Kentucky: Tyson Helton
- $50,000: Seventh win, assures winning record for the season
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Western Michigan: Tim Lester
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- $4,000: Two players named first-team Academic All-District under national Academic All-American program
Mac Conference Bowl Games
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Mac Bowl Game History
Wisconsin: Paul Chryst
Mac Teams Bowl Games
- Share of staff bonus pool now worth nearly $100,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
- Additional amount of nearly $100,000 to staff bonus pool: Seventh win
- Additional amount of nearly $150,000 to staff bonus pool: Eighth win
- Additional amount of nearly $150,000 to staff bonus pool: Ninth win
- Additional amount of nearly $250,000 to staff bonus pool: 10th win
- Additional amount of nearly $200,000 to staff bonus pool: Plays in Big Ten championship game
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Wyoming: Craig Bohl
Mac Bowl Games 2015
- $100,000: Regular-season win over Power Five team (Missouri)
- $25,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game