Contracts released for football assistants

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Contracts released for Auburn football assistants Chip Lindsey, Larry Porter, Greg Brown

Updated Nov 15, 5:45 PM; Posted Nov 15, 5:13 PM

Auburn offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey before the Mississippi State game Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala(Julie Bennett)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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By James Crepea

jcrepea@al.com

The buyout language in the contracts of two of the three members of Auburn's coaching staff hired last offseason is different from their colleagues, according to contracts the school released Wednesday after more than 10 months of requests.

Offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey, tight ends coach Larry Porter and secondary coach Greg Brown all earn base salaries of $250,000, but have differences in compensation for retention bonuses, personal endorsement rights and media rights and personal appearances and their respective buyouts if they chose to leave Auburn.

Lindsey earns an annual retention bonus of $100,000 at the conclusion of Auburn's regular season, which would include the SEC Championship if the Tigers are playing. He earns $225,000 for both his endorsement and media rights, for a total of $800,000 in annual total compensation through Jan. 2020, not including performance bonuses for a bowl game or a discretionary bonus.

If Lindsey left Auburn other than to become a head coach in the FBS or FCS prior to the end of his contract, he would owe all remaining money owed to him through the remainder of his contract.

Porter eared an annual retention bonus of $50,000 on Nov. 1 and would do so again next year. He earns $75,000 for both his endorsement and media rights, for $450,000 in total annual compensation, not including performance bonuses. He would owe Auburn $55,000 if he left for another job before Jan. 31, 2018.

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Brown earns an annual retention bonus of $25,000 on Dec. 31. He earns $62,500 for both his endorsement and media rights, for $425,000 in total annual compensation, not including performance bonuses. He would not owe Auburn any money if he left for another job.

The contracts of all three are fully guaranteed if Auburn were to fire them prior to the end of their contract, with mitigating clauses for any money they would earn elsewhere during the remainder of their contract term.

All three are also allotted a car allowance of $16,250 annually, which is standard for all of Auburn's assistant football coaches.

Auburn offensive line coach Herb Hand, wide receivers coach Kodi Burns and linebackers coach Travis Williams do not owe buyouts if they were to leave Auburn for any reason, according to their contracts released last year. Hand and Williams are under contract through Jan. 1, 2018 and Burns is under contract through Jan. 31, 2018.

Auburn running backs coach Tim Horton and defensive line coach Rodney Garner also do not include buyouts if they were to leave, according to their most recently released contracts, though the most recent copy of Horton's contract expired in June.

Defensive coordinator Kevin Steele would own a deescalating buyout depending on the time at which he left, which is presently $750,000 but will drop to $500,000 after the 2017 regular season.

AL.com first requested the most current copies of contracts for Auburn's football staff on Jan. 13. On Oct. 10, an Auburn spokeswoman said the school did not have updated contacts. Brown signed his contract on Jan. 11, Lindsey signed on Jan. 20 and Porter signed on Feb. 10.

[TigerOne 1,138]

notice the negative slant of this article is Auburn is doing something wrong by taking 10 months to release it and differences in the pay for each.

updyke.com is really digging for dirt, wonder what the 100 or so uat assistants are getting paid, especially the illegal payments.

Wonder how much Auburn beat hacks are getting from uat to be moles?

[wdefromtx 3,159]

I should have been a college football coach instead of an engineer. LOL 

[AU64 10,122]

20 minutes ago, wdefromtx said:

I should have been a college football coach instead of an engineer. LOL 

Never too late for a career change....

of course most college coaches earn peanuts when they are starting out.  Congrats to the guys that make it to a major level job.

[PowerOfDixieland 3,225]

I'm betting the Travis Williams contract changes drastically and in a hurry.  It should.

[Tiger 8,817]

1 hour ago, PowerOfDixieland said:

I'm betting the Travis Williams contract changes drastically and in a hurry.  It should.

Definitely needs to!

[ValleyTiger 2,894]

5 hours ago, wdefromtx said:

I should have been a college football coach instead of an engineer. LOL 

I know right...

[shabby 1,956]

I want Lindsey and Especially Steele retained no matter what. I hope the compensation Is adequate to prevent poaching

[AU64 10,122]

17 minutes ago, shabby said:

I want Lindsey and Especially Steele retained no matter what. I hope the compensation Is adequate to prevent poaching

Guess you never know but both seem satisfied where they are at the moment though Steele must live in an RV as much as he's moved around.  

Lindsey got a great opportunity with AU and hope that means something ...but if the "no matter what" includes a new HC in the near future, both guys would likely go. It's pretty rare for a new HC to retain an existing staff though guess that depends on the relationship with the departing coach.   

For certain we need some staff stability.

[LKEEL75 2,566]

At this moment I would hope the PTB will do what they can to keep this staff in tact for the foreseeable future.  It would be nice to have a consistent staff for a couple of years.  I know that many have issues with some of the OJT but it is late November and this coaching staff has AU right in the thick of things.

[doc4aday 1,887]

Pay em right and they will come....Or is it pay em right and they will stay!

 

Coach Lindsey could very well make a good HC at the college level. Not saying at Auburn in that if Gus leaves, (I think there is a 99.9% chance he is going nowhere anytime soon including the Arky job), we will hire a proven coach.  My desire is for Gus to stay the course with us and win some championships in the near and distant future.

[Strychnine 1,802]

45 minutes ago, AU64 said:

Guess you never know but both seem satisfied where they are at the moment though Steele must live in an RV as much as he's moved around.  

Lindsey got a great opportunity with AU and hope that means something ...but if the "no matter what" includes a new HC in the near future, both guys would likely go. It's pretty rare for a new HC to retain an existing staff though guess that depends on the relationship with the departing coach.   

For certain we need some staff stability.

 

If an incoming head coach did not have immediate ideas for a defensive staff, I would say the existing staff has made an excellent case for retention, in the short-term at the very least.  While it certainly is not common, I can see the value of maintaining some recruiting continuity while trying to build a new program.

[AU-24 3,063]

8 hours ago, wdefromtx said:

I should have been a college football coach instead of an engineer. LOL 

 Create the right invention, get the “Patent”, then set for life!

[LKEEL75 2,566]

30 minutes ago, AU-24 said:

 Create the right invention, get the “Patent”, then set for life!

Yep... It's that easy.

[augolf1716 21,096]

11 hours ago, AU64 said:

Never too late for a career change....

of course most college coaches earn peanuts when they are starting out.  Congrats to the guys that make it to a major level job.

just ask @bigbird

[bigbird 60,368]

33 minutes ago, augolf1716 said:

just ask @bigbird

I would've loved peanuts my 1st coaching job. I barely got peanut shells