Purdue Football Head Coaches' Salaries
Purdue
Big Ten 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Ryan Walters | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | — | — | $4,000,000 | — | $1,020,000 | — |
2022 | Jeff Brohm | $5,100,000 | $5,100,000 | — | $0 | $5,100,000 | $0 | $1,290,000 | $315,000 |
2021 | Jeff Brohm | $4,417,774 | $5,000,000 | — | $582,226 | $4,417,774 | $873,340 | $1,290,000 | $0 |
2020 | Jeff Brohm | — | $4,800,000 | $0 | — | — | — | — | $0 |
2019 | Jeff Brohm | $6,600,000 | $6,600,000 | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,290,000 | $337,500 |
2018 | Jeff Brohm | $3,800,000 | $3,800,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,290,000 | $180,000 |
2017 | Jeff Brohm | $3,333,333 | $3,333,333 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,200,000 | $0 |
2016 | Darrell Hazell | $2,190,000 | $2,190,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,545,000 | $0 |
2015 | Darrell Hazell | $2,140,000 | $2,140,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,545,000 | — |
2014 | Darrell Hazell | $2,090,000 | $2,090,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,545,000 | — |
2013 | Darrell Hazell | $2,160,833 | $2,160,833 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,095,000 | $0 |
2012 | Danny Hope | $970,000 | $970,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $778,904 | — |
2011 | Danny Hope | $925,000 | $925,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $725,738 | — |
2010 | Danny Hope | $900,000 | $900,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $637,250 | — |
2009 | Danny Hope | $825,000 | $490,000 | $335,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $558,900 | $0 |
2007 | Joe Tiller | $1,764,806 | $242,550 | $1,522,256 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
2006 | Joe Tiller | $1,217,742 | $231,000 | $986,742 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Income Notes
- 2023
In addition to School Pay, university paid $20,000 to University of Illinois in connection with buyout that Walters owed that school. University also agreed to cover any taxes, penalties or legal/professional costs that may be associated with this payment - 2022
School Pay includes $600,000 retention payment Brohm will receive only if he remains head coach through Dec. 31, 2022. - 2021
2021-2022 INCOME: Scheduled School Pay includes $600,000 retention payment Brohm will receive only if he remains head coach through Dec. 31, 2021. REDUCTION: Brohm's total compensation was reduced by $436,670 from Sept. 1, 2020 through Aug. 31, 2021. In addition, Brohm made a $436,670 donation to the athletic department's fundraising organization through payroll deductions during the same period. And no bonuses were paid. - 2020
2020-21 INCOME: Scheduled School Pay includes $500,000 retention payment Brohm will receive only if he remains head coach through Dec. 31, 2020. School buyout cannot be determined because school declined to provide specifics about announced pay reduction except that bonus plan has been suspended through Aug. 31, 2021. - 2019
School pay includes $1.7 million one-time contract signing bonus and a $300,000 retention payment for remaining coach through Jan. 1, 2019. School pay also includes $400,000 retention payment Brohm will receive only if he remains head coach through Dec. 31, 2019. - 2017
The university loaned Brohm $900,000, interest free, to cover the buyout he owed Western Kentucky. The loan is being forgiven at a rate of $150,000 for each contract year he completes. - 2016
In addition, $120,833 of a $725,000 loan made to Hazell in 2013 is being forgiven for each contract year he completes; his previous employer, Kent State, has said it received $650,000 from Hazell to settle buyout obligation. Because Hazell was fired by Purdue on Oct. 16, 2016, the outstanding amount of this loan is being forgiven. - 2015
In addition to the possible $1,010,000 portion of his Maximum Bonus amount that is tied to the team's on-field achievements, Hazell will receive a bonus to be determined by the athletics director and the university president if Purdue wins the College Football Playoff championship. In addition, $120,833 of a $725,000 loan made to Hazell in 2013 is being forgiven for each contract year he completes; his previous employer, Kent State, has said it received $650,000 from Hazell to settle buyout obligation. - 2014
In addition to the possible $1,010,000 portion of his Maximum Bonus amount that is tied to the team's on-field achievements, Hazell will receive a bonus to be determined by the athletics director and the university president if Purdue wins the College Football Playoff championship. Also, the school forgives $120,833 of a $725,000 loan to Hazell for each contract year he completes; his previous employer, Kent State, has said it received $650,000 from Hazell to settle buyout obligation. - 2013
School Pay includes $120,833, the portion of a $725,000 loan to Hazell that is being forgiven for each contract year he completes; Kent State said it received $650,000 from Hazell to settle buyout obligation. - 2010
Hope is guaranteed this amount for the 2010 season because his bonus earnings, when added to a base salary of $220,000 and supplemental fixed compensation of $335,000, will not exceed the guaranteed amount. In the future, if his base salary and bonuses exceed the guaranteed amount, he will receive only the base salary and the bonuses.
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.