College football head coaches at public schools earn over $12.2 million in bonuses for season

With all of the team trophies handed out and all of the final poll votes counted Tuesday,

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college football head coaches at Bowl Subdivision public schools hit benchmarks this season worth just over $12.2 million in bonuses,

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according to tracking by USA TODAY Sports based on contracts acquired through open-records requests.

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That figure does not take into account the guaranteed value of automatic contract extensions,

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that nine coaches picked up this season and will be worth at least $24 million in later years.

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(A 10th coach, Kentucky's Mark Stoops, was one win from an extension .

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A year ago, the single-year bonus total was nearly $13.6 million.

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But this was the first time that a private-school team advanced to the College Football Playoff championship ,

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game since the CFP format began in the 2014 season, and TCU coach Sonny Dykes' bonus total —

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like the other terms of his contract — is not publicly available.

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