USC Gamecocks Football

Inside look at Will Muschamp’s contract

gmelendez@thestate.com

The basics

Term: 5 years

Beginning date: Dec. 9, 2015

Ending date: Dec. 31, 2020

Annual Guaranteed compensation

12/05/15--12/31/16: $3,000,000

1/1/17--12/31/17: $3,100,000

1/1/18--12/31/18: $3,200,000

1/1/19--12/31/19: $3,300,000

1/1/20--12/31/20: $3,400,000

Incentive compensation

(Can add up to $1.075 million if all are reached in one year

Playing in SEC championship game: $100,000

Winning SEC championship game: $150,000

Non-Big 6 bowl game: $ 50,000

Capital One bowl: $100,000

Big 6 bowl game: $250,000

Wins Big 6 bowl game: $300,000

NCAA post-season playoff game: $300,000

Playing for National Championship: $300,000

Wins National Championship: $400,000

SEC Coach of the Year: $ 50,000

AFCA National Coach of the Year: $75,000

Football team has APR of 950-964: $50,000

Multi-year APR of 965-974: $75,000

Multi-year APR of 975 or higher: $100,000

Additional Benefits

1. Football Tickets

(a) Home Games: Use of one (1) suite at Williams-Brice Stadium containing sixteen (16) seats, plus eight (8) additional tickets, to each regular season home game.

(b) Away Games: Twelve (12) tickets to each regular season away game. Spouse will be allowed to travel with the team to away football games.

(c) Post-Season Bowl Games: Twenty four (24) tickets to any bowl game.

2. Insurance

(a) Life Insurance: University will pay annual premiums on a term life insurance policy featuring a death benefit equal to $2 million.

(b) Disability Insurance: University will pay annual premiums on a disability insurance policy featuring a disability benefit equal to $250,000.

3. Automobiles: Use of two (2) courtesy vehicles.

4. Club Memberships: Membership in one (1) country club and one (1) dining club approved by University.

5. Moving Expenses: Reimbursement for actual moving expenses incurred in relocation to Columbia.

Buyout

If Muschamp decides to leave in the first year of the deal, he will owe the school $7 million, and that buyout will decrease by $1 million each year.

Firing

If the school fires Muschamp without cause during the deal, it will owe him 70 percent of the remaining value of the contract.

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