(Air Force) Academy FB coach agrees to 5-year, $4.175M deal

[unhappycamper]

Academy FB coach agrees to 5-year, $4.175M deal
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jan 22, 2009 5:30:08 EST

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Air Force and Troy Calhoun have agreed to a five-year contract worth $4.175 million, a deal athletic director Hans Meuh hopes will keep his football coach from jumping to a higher-profile program.

Calhoun, 17-9 in two seasons at Air Force, was mentioned as a possible candidate for openings at Tennessee and Clemson. His name also came up in connection with several other openings after the Falcons went a surprising 8-5 and reached a bowl for the second straight season.

Calhoun, who made $560,000 last season, will be paid a base salary of $750,000 a year plus a benefits package worth more than $110,000 a year through 2013.

Like his previous contract, this one is a rolling deal that will be reviewed annually and, if both sides agree, another year will be added so that Calhoun always has five years remaining on his contract. The academy isn’t allowed to extend contracts beyond five years.

The rolling structure of the contract also keeps the buyout figure high. If Calhoun leaves for another coaching job, he or his new team would have to pay the Academy 25 percent of his remaining total base salary.


Rest of article at: http://airforcetimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_air_force_coach_012109/%2e



uhc comment: And the rest of us are left to deal with No Child Left Behind. :wtf:

[DrDan]

1. that is a heck of a contract - a rolling-5 years

[Scooter24]

2. There are several dozen college football coaches

making over $1m a year. Bob Stoops at Oklahoma makes over $3m a year. Pet Carroll at USC makes over $4m a year. Nothing new.

[TahitiNut]

3. That's an unconscionable waste of taxpayer dollars. Abysmal.

When (Football Hall of Fame Member, BOTH Pro and College!) Otto Graham coached football at the Coast Guard Academy (when I was there), he was a commissioned officer -- a Lt. Commander in the Coast Guard Reserve. As such, he was paid at rates equal to any equivalent officer in the Coast Guard, despite the fact that he could coach in the NFL and despite the FACT that he, using cadets NOT recruited with scholarships, had an UNBEATEN SEASON and a very winning record during his tenure as coach. Otto Graham was a model of the love of the sport and a gentleman and athlete/scholar. (A swimmer and not a football player, I worked out with Cdr. Graham, usually on the trampoline. I spotted for him and he spotted for me.)

It's disgusting to me that the Air Farce Academy spends taxpayer dollars this way. :puke:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Graham