Dabo Swinney Signs 10 Year $115 million Contract

[Zak57]

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney agreed to a new 10-year, $115 million contract Thursday, the largest college football coaching contract by total compensation.

The new, enhanced contract runs through the 2031 football season and averages $11.5 million over 10 years. In 2022, Swinney is set to earn $10.5 million, just behind Alabama coach Nick Saban, who recently got a raise and extension that will pay him $10.7 million this season.

Over the length of his contract, which runs through 2030, Saban will make an average of $11.7 million per year. In July, Georgia coach Kirby Smart signed a 10-year, $112.5 million contract that averages $11.2 million per year.

Dabo, Clemson agree to new 10-year, $115M deal

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney agreed to a new 10-year, $115 million contract Thursday, the largest college football coaching contract by total compensation.

www.espn.com

 

[MGSA99]

This is what we would have to pay Schiano if we have a 2006-like season.

 

[RUPsyched]

Great coach and appears to be a really good guy. He earned it. And yes, Rutgers may need to double Schiano's and significantly raise the other coach's salaries to keep up. Want to play with the big dogs?

 

[RUBubba]

I just couldn't take that kind of pay cut...

 

[SirPerceval]

Do you think the South Carolina Post and Courier will run a story on how Dabo is paid 60 times more than the Clemson women’s soccer coach?

 

[fsg2]

This is what we would have to pay Schiano if we have a 2006-like season.

Would have to be better than a 2006 result.

 

[NickRU714]

But sure....NIL is the money is ruining this "amateur" sport.

 

[NickRU714]

If the ACC is only distributing approx $36m per school, how is Clemson paying $11m for a football HC?

https://theathletic.com/3490895/202...-578-million-revenue-for-2020-21-fiscal-year/

 

[anon_ivydyf0amkzay]

Smart because it’s always been the rumor that when Saban retired they’d come hard after Dabo. If they do, they will have to pay LOTS!

 

[brgRC90]

But sure....NIL is the money is ruining this "amateur" sport.

It started with overpaid coaches.

 

[RutgersNo1]

Smart because it’s always been the rumor that when Saban retired they’d come hard after Dabo. If they do, they will have to pay LOTS!

Bama is probably Dabo’s dream job. He is an alumnus and was born there.

 

[RU at the shore]

If we have any success this year (5 or 6 wins), I would expect Greg to get a 1 year extension with a salary that starts with a 5 .

 

[REDRICH65]

6 wins first

 

[BeantownKnight]

I think that Greg's going to have to hire more big name assistants (and pay them accordingly). That's the only way he is going to build and sustain success.

If anything, his salary (locked in for 8 years) begins to look more and more like a "deal" with each passing day.

 

[LotusAggressor]

This is what we would have to pay Schiano if we have a 2006-like season.

Schiano was deified after his only season with more than 10 wins. Clemson was 10-3 last season and that was a "bad" year. It's just a different level.

 

[RUBlackout7]

But sure....NIL is the money is ruining this "amateur" sport.

Hilarious when people who have a problem with NIL but not this.

 

[LotusAggressor]

But sure....NIL is the money is ruining this "amateur" sport.

Coaches have certainly never been amateurs.

 

[MGSA99]

Bama is probably Dabo’s dream job. He is an alumnus and was born there.

Bama will back a truck up into his front yard filled with gold bars the day Saban retires.

 

[bitnez]

Funny when people try to compare an 18 year old out of HS to a professional who has 30 years of coaching experience and demonstrated that he’s elite as his craft.

 

[RU from Jersey]

I wonder if Dabo has a Bama clause in his new contract?

 

[RutgersNo1]

I wonder if Dabo has a Bama clause in his new contract?

“Dabo Swinney has just received a new contract that runs through 2031. He’ll make $10.5 million in 2022 and will incrementally work his way up to $12.5 million at the end of the contract. His buyout for the Alabama job remains 1.5 times higher than the buyout for any other school.”

 

[JayDogSmooth]

If the ACC is only distributing approx $36m per school, how is Clemson paying $11m for a football HC?

https://theathletic.com/3490895/202...-578-million-revenue-for-2020-21-fiscal-year/

IPTAY

 

[JayDogSmooth]

Smart because it’s always been the rumor that when Saban retired they’d come hard after Dabo. If they do, they will have to pay LOTS!

Although I wish he'd leave tomorrow, he was never going anywhere
He has it made at Clemson and he knows it
Plus him and his family love it there

 

[JayDogSmooth]

Hilarious when people who have a problem with NIL but not this.

Bingo
The amateurism aspect of college fb / bb has been dead for awhile
It's very simple in regard to coaches, support staff and players... pay up or get left in the dust

 

[Pils86]

This is what we would have to pay Schiano if we have a 2006-like season.

Swinney has 11 straight 10+ win seasons and two national championships.

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

But sure....NIL is the money is ruining this "amateur" sport.

Thank you for posting this. Beat me to it.

 

[ashokan]

CFB is dead

 

[NickRU714]

Funny when people try to compare an 18 year old out of HS to a professional who has 30 years of coaching experience and demonstrated that he’s elite as his craft.

Not sure what you mean.
So 18 year old's shouldn't get paid?
Dam, that sucks for entry level jobs.
At what age should you start getting paid?

Someone should tell baseball, hockey, basketball, soccer that these youngsters shouldn't get paid until they have 30 years experience.

 

[NickRU714]

Coaches have certainly never been amateurs.

And neither have the athletes.
As the "anti-NIL" people keep saying - "they are already getting paid with a scholarship, room, board, meals, gear, apparel, etc."

Once schools started paying players to attend (scholarship et. al.) then the athletes weren't amateurs either.
Just because you (and others) keep saying the word "amateurs" doesn't actually make it true.

 

[bitnez]

Not sure what you mean.
So 18 year old's shouldn't get paid?
Dam, that sucks for entry level jobs.
At what age should you start getting paid?

Someone should tell baseball, hockey, basketball, soccer that these youngsters shouldn't get paid until they have 30 years experience.
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Sure they should get paid but not like the CEO. Haha. Most 18 year olds with no experience get paid minimum wage. Seems about right. But if you supplement it with excellent health care, a free education now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, food, clothing, etc., that’s a damn good deal.

Sure they should get paid but not like the CEO. Haha. Most 18 year olds with no experience get paid minimum wage. Seems about right. But if you supplement it with excellent health care, a free education now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, food, clothing, etc., that’s a damn good deal.