What would Purdue owe Ryan Walters to fire the football coach after this season?

INDIANAPOLIS – A miserable 52-6 loss at Wisconsin on Saturday intensified scrutiny of the Purdue football program’s direction under coach Ryan Walters.

The product on the field has arguably hit rock bottom, ranking among the worst FBS teams in numerous offensive and defensive measurements. Unlike an NFL team suffering through a lost season, Boilermakers fans cannot look forward to the competitive correction of earning a high draft pick.

INSIDER: Ryan Walters falling short in head coach’s main job

DOYEL: Purdue football is bad, folks. How bad? Perhaps hopeless.

Quite the opposite. Purdue’s already low-ranked 2025 class lost two commitments in the past week — including the only player ranked in the top 400 of the 247Sports composite. Its four-star 2026 quarterback also back off his commitment.

The call for change among alumni and fans grows louder each week. However, college athletics’ present economic environment makes firing a second-year football coach inconvenient at best — and potentially unrealistic.

What is Ryan Walters’ buyout?

Coaching contracts stipulate the conditions for firing coaches “with cause” — think NCAA violations, legal matters, breaking university conduct rules, etc. — or “without cause,” typically, losing. As a general rule, schools owe coaches nothing when firing them with cause.

To fire Walters without cause, though, would require a significant buyout at the same time the athletic department is bracing for revenue sharing with athletes and other increased expenditures.

Per contract language, Purdue would owe Walters 75% of his base compensation if firing him without cause. Walters is due to make $4.1 million in 2025, $4.15 million in 2026 and $4.2 million in 2027. He would be owed a buyout of $9.3375 million for those three remaining years if terminated after this season.

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Publish date : 2024-10-07 14:12:18

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