JUST NOW: Contract information for Kalen DeBoer’s first agreement was made public……..

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama: The University of Alabama board of trustees’ pay committee approved Kalen DeBoer’s first contract as head

football coach on Monday.

DeBoer agreed to an eight-year contract that would expire on December 31, 2031. The first year’s compensation would be $10 million,

and the last year’s income would increase to $11.75 million. The agreement was unanimously approved by the pay committee.

During the discussion, Greg Byrne, the director of athletics for Alabama, stated, “College athletics is under very unique changes.”

We’re currently always changing. College football and athletics have undoubtedly seen the University of Alabama at the forefront.”

Through an open records request, Bama247 was able to obtain DeBoer’s contract. The breakdown by year is as follows:

$10 million in 2024

$10.25 million in 2025

$10.5 million in 2026

$10.75 million in 2027

$11 million in 2028

$11.25 million in 2029

$11.5 million in 2030

$11.75 million in 2031

Furthermore, if DeBoer leads Alabama to an SEC championship, a national College Football Playoff championship, SEC Coach of the

Year or any national Coach of the Year award, and if the Alabama football team’s graduation rate is fourth or higher among all SEC

programs, he may receive an additional $1.175 million in incentives each year.

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The whole list of incentives is as follows:

DeBoer will receive $75,000 for making it to the SEC title game and an additional $50,000 (for a total of $125,000) if he prevails;

DeBoer’s compensation will be as follows: $150,000 for participating in the College Football Playoffs; $100,000 more for making it to

the quarterfinals; $150,000 more for making it to the semifinals; $200,000 more for making it to the championship game; and

$275,000 more for taking home the national championship;

If DeBoer is selected the SEC Coach of the Year by his fellow head coaches, he will receive $25,000; if the National Sportscasters and

Sportswriters Association, the Associated Press, and others select him as the national coach of the year, DeBoer would receive

$50,000.

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