The details of a contract for a Power Four head coach, like that of Morgan Scalley at Utah, is typically significant news during a normal March news cycle.
However, earlier today documents revealed just how tense the circumstances were surrounding the situation that saw Morgan Scalley take the reigns of the Utes program from longtime head coach Kyle Whittingham, and it turns out the school's transition from Whittingham to Scalley was far from as common sense driven and civil as it seemed to those outside the program.
Nonetheles, details of Scalley's contract as he moves from the program's longtime defensive coordinator to head coach became available today, thanks to work done by KSL.com.
Scalley inked the five-year deal worth $27 million total back on December 13th, a day after being named head coach and about two weeks before Whittingham would eventually wind up at Michigan as the new head coach of the Wolverines.
Scalley is set to make a base salary of $3.6 million in his first season, with increases of $150k annually, as well as $1 million for promotional opportunities, and an additional $500k from Under Armour each season.
Should Scalley leave for another role he would owe the school 75% of his base salary, and other payments attached to his deal for each year of his contract through the remainder of the term. The terms appear the same (75% owed) should the school terminate Scalley without cause.
Incentives for the new Utes leader include; $25k to making it the conference title game, and $50k for winning the conference, while making $10k for going to non-College Football Playoff bowl game and twice that for winning it or $200k for playing the first round of the CFP, $400k for being a quarterfinal participant, $600k for making the semis, $900k for punching their ticket to the national title game and a bonus of $1.2 million for winning the national title.
Scalley can also earn $50k if Utah finishes among the top 25 int he final College Football Playoff Rankigns poll, and $25k if the team is listed among the top 25 for the CFP rankings at any point in the year. He can also earn $100k for national coach of the year honors.
See a full breakdown of incentives in the screen shot below.
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