OMAHA, Neb. — Tony Vitello earned a $140,000 bonus for leading Tennessee baseball to the program's first national championship.

Vitello's contract stipulates that he receives 40% of his base pay as a bonus for winning the College World Series. The seventh-year coach has a base pay of $350,000, which makes up part of his $1.5 million annual salary.

He earned the bonus after the Vols clinched the program's first national title Monday with a 6-5 win against Texas A&M at Charles Schwab Field.

The contract affords Vitello one bonus per year based on the highest achievement of the team, which was winning the CWS. He did not receive a bonus for winning the SEC regular-season title or SEC tournament title.

UT has to pay Vitello the bonus within 60 days.

What is Tony Vitello's salary and contract?

Vitello agreed in June 2021 to a contract extension and raise that pays him $1.5 million annually before incentives through June 2026. The contract is worth $7.5 million over five years.

Vitello, 45, received an extension and raise worth an average of $621,000 pre-incentives per season following the 2019 season. That deal was worth $3.105 million before incentives and was slated to run through the 2024 season.

His original contract was a five-year deal with an annual average compensation of $493,000.

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