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Lane Kiffin, left, Deion Sanders, center, and Kenny Dillingham are among a handful of head football coaches expected to see bigger paychecks in 2025.
Florida State had no choice but to break the bank to keep Mike Norvell.
He had just won an ACC championship and narrowly missed out on the College Football Playoff. In addition, Norvell had become one of the top contenders to replace Nick Saban at Alabama following his abrupt retirement in January.
Norvell’s new contract pays him $10 million in total compensation in 2024 and includes one of the largest buyouts among active Football Bowl Subdivision coaches at $70.1 million. But the payoff for this massive deal has been AWOL: Six games in, Norvell and the Seminoles are 1-5 and the biggest disappointment in the country.
Several coaches are set to see similarly significant increases in salary this offseason. Will these raises bear fruit or will programs have buyer’s remorse? Here are five set to see a rise in pay after this season:
Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin stands on the field before his team’s game against Kentucky at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Sept. 28, 2024 in Oxford, Mississippi.
Lane Kiffin, Mississippi
At $9 million in total compensation in 2024, Kiffin is already one of the highest-paid head coaches in the Bowl Subdivision. But he’s been mentioned in connection to the likely opening at Florida, which is set to move from third-year coach Billy Napier and aim for some of the biggest names in the industry to reverse a recent slide. That increases the possibility that Kiffin will see a pay raise this offseason, and not only from the Gators. Kiffin could also be contacted by another high-profile program in the market for a new coach or have his contract reworked by the Rebels amid interest inside and out of the SEC.
Head coach GJ Kinne of Texas State holds the…
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Publish date : 2024-10-16 11:21:48
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