Ed Orgeron buyout: Official details of buyout payments for departing LSU head coach revealed

The details of LSU’s payment of the buyout to soon-to-be former head coach Ed Orgeron have been revealed.

Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger, who originally reported that Orgeron and the university had come to an agreement that he would leave the program at the end of the 2021 season, posted the official details of Orgeron’s buyout to his Twitter account on Sunday.

As you can see, Orgeron will indeed receive $16,949,000 as his contract termination will be considered a “without cause” scenario. LSU will pay that amount out in a total of 18 installments beginning with $5.68 million in December and running through Dec. 2025. The amounts are set to range from $426,000 to $1 million throughout the course of the next 4-plus years.

O payments
Dec 2021: $5.68M
Jan 2022: $667K
Jun 2022: $1M
Jul 2022: $750K
Dec 2022: $1M
Jan 2023: 750K
Jun 2023: $750K
Jul 2023: $750K
Dec 2023: $750K
Jan 2024: $750K
Jun 2024: $500K
Jul 2024: $750K
Dec 2024: $500K
July 2025: $750K
Jun 2025: $426K
July 2025: $750K
Dec 2025: $426K

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) October 17, 2021

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