Bonus updates: A number of coaches have recently earned bowl bonuses, or wrapped up their bonuses for the year, per
Steve Berkowitz: Georgia’s Kirby Smart (ends season with $275k in on-field bonuses), Texas’ Tom Herman picked up $50k for Sugar Bowl win and ends season with $100k in bonuses, Ohio State will pay their assistant coaches nearly $2.3 million in bonuses following Rose Bowl win
(Greg Schiano earned a bonus of $446,250) while Urban Meyer finished the year with an additional $350k, Washington’s Chris Petersen made an additional $450k in bonus money, Kentucky’s Mark Stoops earned $250k bonus for their win over Penn State, UCF’s Josh Heupel earned $175k in bonus money on the year, LSU’s Ed Orgeron earned $150k for taking the Tigers to a non-semifinal bowl game, Joe Moorhead made $75k for Outback Bowl appearance, Penn State’s James Franklin ends the year with $200k in bonus money, and Kirk Ferentz made $600k in bonus money, and can make another $125k if the Hawkeyes end the year in the Coaches or AP top 25.