University of Arizona employees frustrated with Kevin Sumlin payout
Sumlin will likely receive a $7,000,000 buyout GF Default - Wildcat Breakdown: Sumlin admits mistake By Bailey O Carroll | December 15, 2020 at 6:11 PM MST - Updated December 15 at 9:43 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -Arizona Athletics has announced Head Football Coach Kevin Sumlin has been relieved of his duties. And some current and former University of Arizona employees are not happy about it â because of pay cuts and layoffs the university has faced this year.
Sumlin has a large 7 million dollar buyout that he could collect, and employees are asking for transparency in where that money is coming from.
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Joe Moorhead’s buyout was between $4 million and $7 million, depending on what he’s making at Oregon.
Ralph “Shug” Jordan famously coached football at Auburn for 25 years, winning 67.5% of his games, including 60% of his SEC games. The nearly 90,000-seat Auburn football stadium bears his name. A statue of Jordan has been commissioned.
Gus Malzahn, Auburn’s most recent football coach, won 66% of the games he coached, 59.1% of his SEC games, nearly mirroring Jordan’s win percentages. For Malzahn, there will be no statue and certainly no renaming of the stadium. No, he has been fired.
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And get this: Auburn must now pay Malzahn $21.4 million
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Monday kicked off an incredibly busy week for Ohio State’s football program. Not only is the team hard at work preparing for the Big Ten Championship game versus Northwestern this weekend, but the Early Signing Period for the 2021 college football recruiting class is Dec. 16-19.
Ohio State’s 2021 class is mostly intact at 21 verbal commitments, and the majority are expected to sign this week. The group currently sits at No. 2 in the country in the 247Sports Team Rankings and will likely remain in this spot. Should it fall, it will remain in the top five classes barring any surprises.
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SALT LAKE CITY Not even a costly pandemic can prevent college athletic programs from tossing around millions of dollars in the name of winning football games.
Whatever it takes to get them, many universities across the country are opening the bank trying to lure the hottest coaches in college football. Too bad for those administrations possibly at BYU? not willing to match or exceed the big-money offers that are expected to roll in for new gotta-have coach.
Truth is, BYU should shower coach Kalani Sitake with more love. Never forget money talks.
Don t think Sitake didn t take notice that BYU gave basketball coach Mark Pope a long-term contract after last season, his first as the head coach at the school. In dramatic fashion in the locker room after a game last season, athletic director Tom Holmoe announced an extension for Sitake that runs through the 2023 season, but he may need to offer more years and cash to rebuff Arizona s potential interest.