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Before Chip Hale was introduced as the new head baseball coach on Wednesday, the Arizona Wildcats released his contract details.
Hale inked a five-year contract on July 6 that will pay him a base salary $435,000 in his first season and increase by $5,000 every season. He will also earn a $65,000 payout from Nike each season, bringing his salary to $2.55 million over five years and $500,000 in his first season.
For reference, Jay Johnson’s salary was roughly $850,000 in his final season at Arizona but that included $300,000 from the school’s Longevity Fund.
Hale can also earn bonuses for his team’s academics and performance. They are...
APR bonuses
- 975-985 — $3,000/team
- 986-999 — $7,500/team
- 1000 (single year) — $15,000/team
GPA bonuses
- 3.00-3.20 GPA — $1,500/team
- 3.21-3.40 GPA — $2,500/team
- 3.41-3.90 GPA — $5,000/team
- 3.91-4.00 GPA — $7,500/team
Annual performance bonuses (which cannot exceed $160,000)
- Pac-12 regular season championship — $20,000
- Pac-12 conference tournament championship — $10,000
- Team advances to NCAA Regionals — $10,000
- Team advances to NCAA Super Regionals — $20,000
- Team advances to College World Series — $25,000
- Team reaches CWS championship series — $20,000
- Team wins CWS — $100,000
- Pac-12 Coach of the Year — $10,000*
- National Coach of the Year — $10,000*
*does not count toward $160,000 bonus cap
Athletic/event tickets
- 6 baseball tickets for away games
- 10 baseball reserved seat season tickets (home games)
- 2 football season tickets (home games)
- 2 men’s basketball season tickets (home games)
- 2 women’s basketball season tickets (home games)
- 2 Wildcard Sports Passes (home games)
Buyouts
- Termination for clause payment by coach to university for damages resulting from violations of NCAA or conference regulations — $100,000
- Buyout without cause — 65% of the base salary of the remaining contract
- Termination by coach liquidated damages payable to university — 65% of the base salary of the remaining contract