Bama offers DeBoer top-5 annual wage at $10

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First-year Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer will make an average of $10.875 million annually, ranking him in the leading five nationally amongst the highest-paid coaches in college football.His eight-year agreement was authorized Monday by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees, and DeBoer will make$10 million in the very first year of his offer that will go through Dec. 31, 2031. His settlement will increase$ 250,000 per year and grow to$11.75 million in the final year of the deal.DeBoer’s contract is 90 percent guaranteed if he were to be fired without cause, and there is no mitigation. His buyout if he were to leave Alabama before his agreement is up is $5 million in 2024,$ 4 million in 2025,$3 million in 2026 and nothing from 2027-31. Editor’s Picks 1 Related DeBoer’s typical income ranks fourth among all college football head coaches, market sources informed

ESPN. Clemson’s Dabo Swinney is at the leading with a typical annual income of$11.5 million. Georgia’s Kirby Smart and USC’s Lincoln Riley are likewise over the $11 million figure yearly. DeBoer is fourth($10.875 million)followed by Texas’Steve Sarkisian ($ 10.64 million)and Florida State’s Mike Norvell ($10.52 million). Sarkisian and Norvell both accepted new offers taking them over the$10 million mark in January about the time of DeBoer

‘s hiring. DeBoer made$ 4.2 million last season at Washington in leading the Huskies to the national championship game. Washington athletic director Troy Dannen stated he provided DeBoer$9.4 million after the Sugar Bowl, but DeBoer declined that deal to become Alabama’s coach and change Nick Saban.Saban, who retired on Jan. 10 after winning 6 championship games in 17 seasons at Alabama, was set up to make$ 11.5 million in 2024. In other salary news for Alabama assistant coaches, protective organizer Kane Wommack will make $1.55 million in 2024, offensive planner Nick Sheridan

$1.35 million, co-offensive coordinator/receivers coach JaMarcus Shephard$1.1 million, associate head coach/defensive line coach Freddie Roach $1 million, strength coach David Ballou$950,000, assistant head coach/running backs coach Robert Gillespie $850,000, co-defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach Maurice Linguist $875,000, offensive line coach Chris Kapilovic$875,000, outside linebackers coach Christian Robinson $650,000, co-defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach Colin Hitschler $625,000, tight ends coach Bryan Ellis $550,000, general manager Courtney Morgan$500,000 and special teams organizer Jay Nunez$250,000.