Jimbo. Largest contract in history

[Dawg1979]

10 years $75 million. Largest guaranteed contract ever. Crazy money to coach a game

 

[MaroonNation]

And he is guaranteed every cent of that even if he never wins a game in College Station.

I believe Saban’s contract stipulates that he has to be the highest paid coach in the nation. So, expect The Ninja to tweak Saban’s contract to exceed Jimbo’s by $1.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

That's good news for Saban because I think his contract automatically adjust to $1 higher.

 

[WrapItDog]

Coaches hot seat ranking has Saban at 11.25 million and Harbaugh at 9.25 million a year

 

[Go Budaw]

Coaches hot seat ranking has Saban at 11.25 million and Harbaugh at 9.25 million a year

Wow. What an enormous waste of money on Harbaugh. Damn near 8 figures for 8-4 and 0-3 against Ohio State.

 

[L4Dawg]

10 years $75 million. Largest guaranteed contract ever. Crazy money to coach a game

They guaranteed the whole thing? WOW. I don't think I would have done that. I'm not sure I would do that for Saban.

 

[Go Budaw]

And he is guaranteed every cent of that even if he never wins a game in College Station.

Not only that, but Kevin Sumlin is owed the entirety of his $10 million buyout WITHIN 60 DAYS of his termination. All of it. And none of it is offset by his salary at another job if he takes one.

Remember this when anyone ever says Texas A&M isn’t a sleeping giant. Within the past 15 years they have now successfully hired coaches away from the greatest college football program of all time as well as probaby a Top 5 program in the past 40 years. They literally have more money than God. If Jimbo goes 0-12 next year, they’ll simply fire him immediately, pay him all of his $75 million, then pay the next guy even more. It’s unreal.

 

[patdog]

Insanity. That's a long time to lock yourself in for if things go sour. He's lost 12 games in the last 3 years at FSU. I doubt he'll do any better in the next 3 years at A&M. That's a lot of money for 1 less loss per year than you fired Sumlin for.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

The FSU AD said that Jimbo Fisher went to A&M because FSU simply could not match that offer. I would say that he probably meant "would not match that offer." And neither should any one else. Mississippi State WILL beat A&M next year and it may not be as close as it was this year!

 

[o_dawgnabit]

A lot of money for someone to go 8-4 every year

 

[fang]

They were the initial pacesetters with the Kang too. The indignation over and the perceived absurdity of his salary in 1982 is funny now. The university president threatened to resign. Oh the humanity....

http://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/20/sports/texas-a-m-signs-sherrill-to-richest-college-pact.html

 

[PineGroveBully]

To bad he couldn't get it into his contract that he had to be one inch taller than any other coach

 

[Bulldogg31]

Wow. What an enormous waste of money on Harbaugh. Damn near 8 figures for 8-4 and 0-3 against Ohio State.

And 1-3 against Michigan State.

 

[Philly Dawg]

It’s not more per year than Saban, it’s more total because it’s for ten years.

 

[BlueRidgeMtns]

I guess as long as college football keeps making money, coaches will be getting astronomical salaries.