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SEC buyouts per school: Recent payouts in wake of Jimbo Fisher’s $76 million pay off
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Jimbo Fisher is going to receive a massive $76 million buyout after he was fired by Texas A&M Sunday morning.
Fisher’s buyout makes some recent SEC buyouts look nominal and SEC fans can feel much better about the money their teams had to dish out after firing coaches.
Before Fisher’s big pay day, Guz Malzahn held the biggest buyout number at $21.45 million following his firing by Auburn. Former LSU head coach Ed Orgeron also got a big pay day at $17.1 million and Arkansas’ Bret Bielema, Flordia’s Dan Mullenand South Carolina’s Will Muschamp also all had buyouts worth more than $10 million.
With Fisher’s historic buyout, here is a look at each SEC team’s most recent buyouts.
- Alabama
Mike Shula — $4 million (offset by NFL salary) - Arkansas
Bret Bielema — $12 million - Auburn
Gus Malzahn — $21.45 million - Florida
Dan Mullen — $12 million - Georgia
Mark Richt — $4.1 million - Kentucky
Joker Phillips — $2.55 million - LSU
Ed Orgeron — $17.1 million - Mississippi State
Joe Moorhead — $7 million – $900,000 (offset by annual Oregon OC contract, ran through 2022) = $6,100,000 - Mizzou
Barry Odom — $2.85 million – $1.3 million (offset by Arkansas DC contract) = $1.55 million - Ole Miss
Matt Luke — $9.6 million - South Carolina
Will Muschamp — $12.9 million - Tennessee
Butch Jones — $8.6 million – $105,000 (Alabama analyst) – $825,000 (Arkansas State HC) = $7,670,000 - Texas A&M
Jimbo Fisher — $76 million - Vanderbilt
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