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[BMF]

Why would they give a first time head coach this type of buyout?

Jeremy Pruitt's Tennessee Contract: Salary, Buyout, and Bonuses

Jeremy Pruitt's Tennessee Contract: Salary, Buyout, and Bonuses

When Tennessee fired Butch Jones in 2017, they agreed to pay a buyout of $8.5 million (in monthly installments of $200,000), which could be "mitigated" by the salary of Jones' next job, which is currently offensive analyst at Alabama. If the Vols fire his successor Jeremy Pruitt anytime soon, they could pay another buyout in the high eight figures.

When Pruitt arrived in Knoxville in December 2017, he signed a six-year, $22.8-million contract that called for an annual salary of $3.8 million, the combined total of $275,000 in base salary and $3,525,000 in supplemental compensation. He is also eligible for several bonuses:

APR of 945: $50,000
APR of 985: $100,000
AP SEC Coach of the Year: $50,000
AP National Coach of the Year: $100,000
Top 25 in final CFP, USA Today, or AP: $50,000
Top 10 in final CFP, USA Today, or AP: $100,000
Top 5 in final CFP, USA Today, or AP: $150,000
SEC Championship appearance: $100,000
Win SEC Championship: $300,000
Bowl Appearance: $100,000
CFP Access Bowl Appearance: $200,000
CFP Semifinal Game Appearance: $300,000
CFP National Championship Game Appearance: $400,000
Winning National Title: $500,000

If fired without cause efore his contract expires on Jan. 31, 2024, Pruitt is owed 60 percent of the remaining balance. For example, for simplicity's sake, if Pruitt is fired on Feb. 1, 2020, after his second season as head coach, Tennessee owes him 60 percent of $15.2 million ($3.8 million over four years): $9.12 million.

Full buyout breakdown:

Feb. 1, 2020: $9.12 million
Feb. 1, 2021: $6.84 million
Feb. 1, 2022: $4.56 million
Feb. 1, 2023: $2.28 million

If Pruitt left voluntarily before Dec. 15, 2018, the buyout would've been $6 million. It now decreases by $1 million each year until Dec. 15, 2022.

You can read Jeremy Prutt's entire contract here.

 

[SeabeeGator]

I’m guessing UToothless won’t have to worry about those incentives any time soon. At least they have that going for them.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Why would they give a first time head coach this type of buyout?

Jeremy Pruitt's Tennessee Contract: Salary, Buyout, and Bonuses

Jeremy Pruitt's Tennessee Contract: Salary, Buyout, and Bonuses

When Tennessee fired Butch Jones in 2017, they agreed to pay a buyout of $8.5 million (in monthly installments of $200,000), which could be "mitigated" by the salary of Jones' next job, which is currently offensive analyst at Alabama. If the Vols fire his successor Jeremy Pruitt anytime soon, they could pay another buyout in the high eight figures.

When Pruitt arrived in Knoxville in December 2017, he signed a six-year, $22.8-million contract that called for an annual salary of $3.8 million, the combined total of $275,000 in base salary and $3,525,000 in supplemental compensation. He is also eligible for several bonuses:

APR of 945: $50,000
APR of 985: $100,000
AP SEC Coach of the Year: $50,000
AP National Coach of the Year: $100,000
Top 25 in final CFP, USA Today, or AP: $50,000
Top 10 in final CFP, USA Today, or AP: $100,000
Top 5 in final CFP, USA Today, or AP: $150,000
SEC Championship appearance: $100,000
Win SEC Championship: $300,000
Bowl Appearance: $100,000
CFP Access Bowl Appearance: $200,000
CFP Semifinal Game Appearance: $300,000
CFP National Championship Game Appearance: $400,000
Winning National Title: $500,000

If fired without cause efore his contract expires on Jan. 31, 2024, Pruitt is owed 60 percent of the remaining balance. For example, for simplicity's sake, if Pruitt is fired on Feb. 1, 2020, after his second season as head coach, Tennessee owes him 60 percent of $15.2 million ($3.8 million over four years): $9.12 million.

Full buyout breakdown:

Feb. 1, 2020: $9.12 million
Feb. 1, 2021: $6.84 million
Feb. 1, 2022: $4.56 million
Feb. 1, 2023: $2.28 million

If Pruitt left voluntarily before Dec. 15, 2018, the buyout would've been $6 million. It now decreases by $1 million each year until Dec. 15, 2022.

You can read Jeremy Prutt's entire contract here.

Safe bet he's not collecting any of those bonuses......

 

[5-Star Finger]

It’s kind of odd how former UT quarterback Tee Martin declined to leave Southern California when Butch Jones was the head coach at Tennessee. However, Martin jumped at the chance to join Pruitt’s staff. What changed? There was a new athletic director in Knoxville with a very familiar feel.

It’s also odd that former UT defensive coordinator John Chavis is languishing at Arkansas after various SEC stops. Would he come back to Knoxville? Yes.

Sweet dancing Moses can you imagine the memes? Think of the memes!

The Vols are perhaps the only program in the country so schizophrenic they can turn to themselves after something stupid and say "hold my beer."

 

[FireFoley]

Why would they give a first time head coach this type of buyout?

Perhaps Fooley was asked to advise as an independent outsider?

 

[SeabeeGator]

Perhaps Fooley was asked to advise as an independent outsider?

No, wrecking UT’s program is helpful to ours. Helping our football program is out of character for him. You know this.

 

[neteng]

It really makes you appreciate what you have. We dont have much right now, but we aint got that.

For the love of all things Orange and Blue, please let Krispy Kreme coach dem'Vols again. He is the most irrelevant coach they could possibly find in this moment. Throw gas on that dumpster fire ...



Think of how different their program would be had they hired Schiano ...

 

[gatormandan]

He just needs a little more time.

 

[Ancient Reptile]

University makes shirt from boy's design after he's bullied



Maybe they had watched the GSU-Tinerce game.

Serious question 72, when I read about 'bullying" in the press, is that what they are talking about,? Some girls made fun of you?

 

[JDW]

Noon kickoff for UT...awesome

 

[SeabeeGator]

Noon kickoff for UT...awesome

At least it’ll be on tv. Was worried the networks would be too embarrassed to show that disaster.

 

[JDW]

At least it’ll be on tv. Was worried the networks would be too embarrassed to show that disaster.

That’s true but for fans going to the swamp in September at noon is rough

 

[Gator By Marriage]

That’s true but for fans going to the swamp in September at noon is rough

Was trying to decide last month if we wanted go to Tennessee or Auburn (can't really do both). Glad we picked Auburn.......

 

[SeabeeGator]

That’s true but for fans going to the swamp in September at noon is rough

No one turns out to watch us feast on cupcakes anyway.

 

[JDW]

Was trying to decide last month if we wanted go to Tennessee or Auburn (can't really do both). Glad we picked Auburn.......

Good call

 

[JDW]

No one turns out to watch us feast on cupcakes anyway.

I’m gonna

 

[OllieGator]

This posted already?

 

[SeabeeGator]

This posted already?

Well, the interior of the line is going to be pretty bored but I feel for LT - about to get bum rushed!

 

[oxrageous]

The fact that a single one of them honestly believes that Fat Phil would resurrect UT football as coach is a cringe-worthy embarrassment. My God, the game passed him by when he WAS coaching a decade ago. How bad would he be now?

It was like when Al Davis brought Art Shell back to be the coach after firing him the first time, mostly because he felt guilty that he let him go. It was an unbelievable one-year disaster before he was mercifully fired.....again. Shell had absolutely no clue how to coach a NFL team. Fulmer is in the same boat.

 

[SeabeeGator]

The fact that a single one of them honestly believes that Fat Phil would resurrect UT football as coach is a cringe-worthy embarrassment. My God, the game passed him by when he WAS coaching a decade ago. How bad would he be now?

It was like when Al Davis brought Art Shell back to be the coach after firing him the first time, mostly because he felt guilty that he let him go. It was an unbelievable one-year disaster before he was mercifully fired.....again. Shell had absolutely no clue how to coach a NFL team. Fulmer is in the same boat.

(Shhhh.... I’m not convinced their Athletic Department doesn’t surf message boards for input on decisions. That’s the only logical conclusion I can come to for why they screwed up the coaching search so badly last time...)