Lane Kiffin salary: Ole Miss football APR entitles coach to six-figure bonus
OXFORD — Ole Miss football's efforts in the classroom will entitle coach Lane Kiffin to a six-figure bonus.
Kiffin will receive an additional $150,000 bonus payment after his team recorded a single-year Academic Progress Rate score of 993. The threshold for Kiffin to receive the bonus was a single-year score of 975 or better.
The NCAA released its 2022-23 APR data on Tuesday. Ole Miss' athletic department-wide multi-year score of 992 tied a school record.
The additional payment brings Kiffin's bonus earnings related to the 2023 season to at least $800,000. He received $250,000 from Ole Miss' participation in the Peach Bowl, $150,000 each for the Rebels' fifth and sixth SEC wins of the season, as well as $100,000 for a nonconference win over Power Five opposition (Georgia Tech). His base compensation in 2023 was $8.75 million.
Season ticket sale totals could entitle Kiffin to up to $200,000 more in bonus payments. Ole Miss did not respond to a previous request made by USA TODAY for its season ticket data.
Baseball coach Mike Bianco will also receive $50,000 for an APR score of 979. Women's basketball coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin will earn $75,000 for an APR of 973.
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Ole Miss has not released the financial terms of a new contract signed by men's basketball coach Chris Beard in March. Because the university's athletics foundation is not subject to public records requests, his contract terms are not publicly available. He would have been due $50,000 for the team's 950 single-year APR under the terms of his previous contract.
David Eckert covers Ole Miss for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at deckert@gannett.com or reach him on Twitter @davideckert98.
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