The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees approved contracts for eight assistant coaches earlier this week. The school approved multi-year contracts for each assistant coach with special team coordinator and associate head coach Pete Lembo receiving three years and the rest of the coaches receiving two years.
Analyzing the contract summaries released by the school, which are the only ones available until the contracts are signed, most of them are quite straightforward. The former assistant coaches who were hired on the last technical commission continue to receive the same salary as the previous year.
There are a few things that stand out, however. Here are some of my lessons …
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– The first lesson is that, although assistant coaches are on two-year contracts, the school is not committing to double the amount it did on previous one-year contracts. Although previous coaches were technically on a one-year contract, their contracts ran until the end of May of a given year. Each coach who has had a multi-year contract has seen his contract end on December 31 of a calendar year. All contracts now expire on December 31 of a given year.
Gamecocks are committed to paying Bobby Bentley their current annual salary until May 31, 2021. However, in the future, if the head coach decides to part ways with an assistant coach at the end of a season, the university will have one year left as an obligation or nothing if the Gamecocks do one. bowling game at the end of a contract.
– Mitigation was certainly a topic of conversation after the dismissal of the former head coach Will Muschamp. The “mitigation” aspect of a lead coach’s contract in South Carolina is to pay only part of the remaining contract, and Muschamp received 75% of his remaining salary.
Each technical assistant has mitigation that will offset the salary due based on the technician’s next job. Each assistant coach wrote in his contract: “The coach can be terminated without the need to show the cause, with 3 days written notice. In this case, the Coach must receive damages for an amount equal to the Coach’s guaranteed annual compensation for the remainder of the Employment Contract. Payment of settled damages will be subject to applicable deductions and deductions as required by law.
“The University’s obligation to pay damages will be subject to the Coach’s duty to mitigate, as follows: In the event that the University terminates the Employment Contract without cause, the Coach agrees to act in good faith to mitigate the total amount of indemnity to which he is entitled to make reasonable and diligent efforts to obtain another comparable job as soon as possible after the termination of the Employment Contract. After the Coach accepts any new job, the total amount of damages that the University is required to pay and the Coach is entitled to receive must be reduced by the largest of any (i) an amount equal to the total compensation earned by the Coach for such new job until the expiration date of the Employment Contract, or (ii) an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the total annual remuneration paid by the new Coach employer to the person immediately prior to the Coach who was employed in the same or position for which the Coach was hired, proportionally, for the number of days equal to the period from the date the Coach starts the new job until the expiration date of the Employment Contract.
“The University will pay indemnity in equal monthly installments until the Agreement expires, unless the parties mutually agree otherwise. Payment of settled damages will be subject to all applicable state and federal tax reporting and withholding tax requirements. “
– Interestingly, straight to the point above, offensive lineman Will be friend has in its contract a clause that the other coaches do not have, which is a way to escape the payment of any type of purchase. The friend will not be required to pay the University any money if he accepts the job as a head coach at the college or NFL level, or if he becomes a coordinator with primary play-call functions at the college level or if he is a NFL coordinator.
– The school is providing a loan to the first-year recipient coach Justin Stepp, which is required to pay for an acquisition of the University of Arkansas. Stepp is required to “pay the UA an indemnity amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the Employee’s Annual Salary and Other Compensation (if any) that the Employee would have earned under the Agreement between the effective date of termination by Employee and the end of the Contract Term. ”
The South Carolina loan to Stepp will be forgiven if he remains in South Carolina until December 31, 2022, which is the total duration of his initial contract. Half of the loan will be forgiven if it stays until the end of this year. If he leaves before December 31, 2022, he will be indebted to the school on a pro rata basis and must be repaid in 60 days.
– The incentives remain the same for each assistant coach, which gives them a car or a monthly stipend of $ 400 per month. Each assistant will receive $ 25,000 if Gamecocks make an appearance in the SEC Championship Game or $ 50,000 for winning the SEC Championship Game. Here are the bowl bonuses for the trainer:
Appearance of the CFP-free bowl (except Citrus Bowl): $ 20,000 OR
Appearance of the Citrus Bowl: $ 25,000 OR
New Years 6 CFP Bowl Game Appearance: $ 30,000 OR
CFP Semifinal Game Appearance: $ 40,000 OR
CFP National Championship Game Appearance: $ 50,000 OR
National CFP championship game win: $ 65,000
To be eligible for the bowl bonus, South Carolina must win at least 50% of regular season games.