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The length of Tennessee's proposed deal with Schiano was for six seasons through Jan. 31, 2024, and the former coach at Rutgers and of the NFL's Tampa Bay Bucs would have earned a starting base salary of $4.4 million with a built-in raise of $50,000 each year.
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That salary would have ranked as the 16th-highest salary in the country in 2017 among head coaches. That's a lot to pay for a coach who hasn't led a program of any kind since 2013.
Perhaps the Vols dodged a bullet there, but we'll never know for sure, as Schiano will remain at Ohio State for the time being.
Here's the ridiculous contract Tennessee was prepared to give Greg Schiano