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Kalen DeBoer’s hiring by Alabama as Nick Saban’s replacement was a major splash.
The operative term here is “slight,” even though there was a slight discount associated with the transfer of power.
The official terms of DeBoer’s contract with Alabama are yet unknown. The board of trustees has not yet formally approved his hiring. The accord might still collapse in theory. It may, but it won’t.
DeBoer is being paid in the meantime in accordance with the previously agreed upon terms, which have not yet been authorized.
Michael Casagrande was the first to report on the school’s final documents, which show that $834,978 was paid in February to the new head football coach. When that amount is compounded by a full year, $10,019,736 is the annual pay.
At $10 million annually, DeBoer is the fifth-highest paid coach in the nation, after Mike Norvell and Lincoln Riley. This payout amount is assuming that it stays constant for the entire year. His pay is marginally higher than that of Josh Heupel, Eli Drinkwitz, Brian Kelly, and Lane Kiffin, but it is lower than that of only Ryan Day, Steve Sarkisian, Kirby Smart, and Dabo Swinney.
