EAST LANSING — New Michigan State football coach Jonathan Smith’s seven-year contract includes some different terms from his predecessor.

The school released the term sheet for Smith’s contract late Tuesday afternoon, and the 44-year-old is set to make $52,850,000 in salary between his annual base pay of $6 million and supplemental income that starts at $1.25 million his first year and increases by $100,000 annually.

Smith’s first-year salary of $7.25 million is $2.4 million more than the $4.85 million he was scheduled to make at Oregon State.

The MSU Board of Trustees must still approve the contract, which has not yet been fully released. The board’s next scheduled meeting is Dec. 15.

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Additionally, Smith has an opportunity to make up to $1.96 million annually in progressive bonuses, should he reach all 12 categories. That includes escalating bonuses from $150,000 for reaching the 12-team College Football Playoffs to $400,000 for winning a national title. He would receive $200,000 for getting to a Big Ten championship game and another $200,000 for winning a conference title.

In the first three years of Smith’s deal, once the Spartans win seven games, he will have an additional year added on to his contract. For each added year by reaching seven wins, Smith also will receive an additional $100,000 on top of his supplemental compensation.

Smith’s contract is 85% guaranteed should MSU fire him without cause, whereas Tucker’s 10-year, $95 million deal signed in 2021 was fully guaranteed under those circumstances.

MSU fired Tucker for cause Sept. 27, meaning the school is not currently obligated to pay any of his remaining deal. However, he can still file a wrongful termination lawsuit and work on a settlement to try and get a portion of what he would have been owed.

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Should Smith decide to leave for another job, his buyout starts at $7 million through Dec. 1, 2024, and drops by $1 million every year through the length of the deal. There also is a provision in Smith’s contract that should he leave if Alan Haller is no longer MSU’s athletic director, that buyout would be cut in half.

Smith will get a pool of $10.75 million for 10 assistant coaches and support staff, including strength and conditioning coaches and other operations, recruiting and administrative personnel, among others. Tucker’s 2021 contract extension had an assistant coaching salary pool of at least $7.5 million exclusively to be used for on-field assistant coaches.

Among the other benefits listed in the term sheet, Smith will receive up to $75,000 for moving expenses and short-term housing for 90 days. He also will receive 50 hours use of a private plane for personal, non-business travel, along with two courtesy luxury vehicles. Smith also will receive a country club membership and use of a private stadium box or suite at Spartan Stadium, along with other complimentary season tickets to MSU sports.

Contact Chris Solari: csolari@freepress.com. Follow him @chrissolari. 

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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan State football's Jonathan Smith contract details: Buyout, etc.