Contract details revealed: UCLA got a bargain with Bob Chesney
Bob Chesney could be quite the bargain for a floundering football program.The new UCLA coach’s five-year, $33.75-million contract that will pay him an average salary of $6.75 million doesn’t rank among the top 35 college football coaching salaries in terms of annual value, according to the most recent USA Today database.Chesney’s deal would have put him directly behind Arkansas coach Sam Pittman’s $6.81-million salary for 2025, which ranked No.35, and ahead of Auburn coach Hugh Freeze’s $6.73-million salary that ranked No.
36.Chesney’s contract, which was obtained by the California Post, includes modest increases each year.It will pay him $5.4 million in Year 1, $5.5 million in Year 2, $5.6 million in Year 3, $5.7 million in Year 4 and $5.8 million in Year 5.Chesney also received a hiring bonus of $3.7 million, with $2.65 million of that amount scheduled to be paid on or before Feb.
2 and the balance paid on or before March 2.Chesney’s buyout clause calls for him to be paid 75% of his base salary and talent fee for the remainder of his contract should he be terminated without cause.A mitigation clause would require Chesney to seek employment that would offset any buyout amount owed.If Chesney departed for another job on or before Dec.
21, 2026, he would have to pay $8 million to UCLA.That amount drops to $5 million if he were to leave on or before Dec.
31, 2027, $3.5 million on or before Dec.31, 2028, $2 million on or before Dec.
31, 2029, and $1 million on or before Dec.31, 2030.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!Chesney will receive a retention bonus of $550,000 if he stays on the job through Feb.
15, 2027, and the same amount on the same date every subsequent year through the balance of the contract.He c...