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With his team having set a program record for wins in a season with 10, Iowa State football Matt Campbell will head to this week’s Big 12 Conference championship game with $1.3 million in bonuses already headed his way.
That’s the greatest total so far among Bowl Subdivision public school head coaches, who have combined to claim nearly $10.2 million in bonuses, according to tracking by USA TODAY Sports based on contracts acquired through open-records requests.
But Campbell’s counterpart in Saturday afternoon’s conference title game, Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham, not only has $945,000 in bonuses so far, he also would more than double that amount with a victory.
The combined figure for FBS head coaches does not include amounts that are all but assured for those whose teams seem certain to appear in the 12-team College Football Playoff, including No. 1-ranked and undefeated Oregon.
In addition, seven coaches have reached goals this season that were set to result in automatic contract extensions scheduled to be worth a combined $41 million, although Indiana and Curt Cignetti already have settled on a longer and more lucrative agreement.
Campbell’s total so far is greater than the basic annual pay that at least 47 FBS coaches had been scheduled to receive from their respective schools this season.
Iowa State coach Matt Campbell reacts on the sidelines as his team plays Kansas State in the fourth quarter at Jack Trice Stadium.
However, if Arizona State defeats the Cyclones this week, Dillingham will get $395,000 for winning the Big 12 title (10% of his $3.95 million annual pay this season) and another $1.135 million for the CFP appearance that will accompany it (30% of his annual pay, minus the $50,000 bonus he already had secured for a non-CFP bowl appearance).
The combined amount Dillingham could get is…
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Publish date : 2024-12-01 14:17:00
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