Virginia Football Head Coaches' Salaries
Virginia
Atlantic Coast Conference
2020 Total Pay figures takes into account reductions due to issues caused by COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 Max Bonus amounts not tallied. 2021 Total Pay does not take into account reductions.
Total Pandemic Reductions shown may actually have been lower due to changes made after publication of 2020 figure. For all notes, see below.
Year | Coach | Total Pay | Scheduled School Pay | Other Pay | Contract Year Pandemic Reduction | Actual School Pay | Total Pandemic Pay Reduction | Max Bonus | Prior Year’s Bonus |
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2023 | Tony Elliott | $4,250,000 | $4,250,000 | — | — | $4,250,000 | — | $1,600,000 | $0 |
2022 | Tony Elliott | $4,450,000 | $4,450,000 | — | — | $4,450,000 | — | $1,600,000 | — |
2021 | Bronco Mendenhall | $4,251,500 | $4,250,000 | $1,500 | $0 | $4,250,000 | $264,794 | $2,165,000 | $0 |
2020 | Bronco Mendenhall | $3,836,706 | $4,100,000 | $1,500 | $264,794 | $3,835,206 | $264,794 | — | $125,000 |
2019 | Bronco Mendenhall | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,165,000 | $85,000 |
2018 | Bronco Mendenhall | $3,550,000 | $3,550,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,165,000 | $75,000 |
2017 | Bronco Mendenhall | $3,400,000 | $3,400,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,165,000 | $0 |
2016 | Bronco Mendenhall | $3,275,000 | $3,275,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,445,000 | $0 |
2015 | Mike London | $3,198,400 | $3,196,724 | $1,676 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $715,000 | — |
2014 | Mike London | $2,303,599 | $2,298,413 | $5,186 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $715,000 | — |
2013 | Mike London | $2,189,703 | $2,173,200 | $16,503 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $715,000 | — |
2012 | Mike London | $2,556,460 | $2,552,760 | $3,700 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $715,000 | — |
2011 | Mike London | $1,794,679 | $1,780,000 | $14,679 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $715,000 | — |
2010 | Mike London | $1,780,000 | $1,780,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $715,000 | — |
2009 | Al Groh | $2,072,339 | $291,700 | $1,780,639 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $940,000 | $0 |
2007 | Al Groh | $1,874,250 | $264,600 | $1,609,650 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $940,000 | $0 |
2006 | Al Groh | $1,785,000 | $252,000 | $1,533,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $940,000 | $0 |
Income Notes
- 2023
School Pay includes $500,000 annual life insurance premium payment by the university, which is entitled to reimbursement from the policy's death benefits. - 2022
School pay includes $350,000 one-time signing bonus. All figures based on term sheet, not full-form contract - 2021
REDUCTION: Supplemental compensation ($3.6 million) reduced by just under 9% from April 27, 2020 through Dec. 10, 2020. The 2020-21 contract year ended Jan. 15, 2021. - 2020
REDUCTION: Supplemental compensation ($3.6 million) reduced by just under 9% from April 27, 2020 through Dec. 10, 2020. Contract year ends Jan. 15, 2021. - 2016
School pay includes $25,000 signing bonus to assist with transition expenses in addition to school-paid moving costs. - 2015
School pay includes one-time payment of $750,000 to London for being head coach on Jan. 15, 2015.
The information below applies to the data obtained for the 2023-2024 contract season: To see the methodology behind this data, click here.
Where the table does not display a number, it means the amount could not be obtained. An asterisk means additional information about the coach's compensation is available by clicking on the number shown.
“School Buyout” figures are the amount a school would owe coach if it fired coach without cause on April 1, 2024. Many of these amounts are expressly subject to coach's duty to make good-faith efforts to find another job, with income from that employment offsetting the amount owed. If mitigation and offset are not addressed in a contract, coach still may have obligation to make efforts in that regard. The amount listed may be owed to coach over an extended period of time, rather than as a lump sum at termination.
Coaches' records are going into 2023-24 season, compiled from information displayed in NCAA statistics database at NCAA Statistics – so they may be impacted by games vacated or forfeited by the NCAA or the schools.
"Record at school" data for Murray State’s Steve Prohm is based on his current tenure at the school.
CREDITS
By Steve Berkowitz, Sean Dougherty, Leo Wotzak and Brad Jennings of USA TODAY; Robert Lattinville of WME, who represents college coaches and athletics directors as well as NCAA member schools.