… at the University of Texas make?
… [Augie] Garrido, the highest-paid coach in college baseball, received a $160,000 raise this offseason that will bring his annual salary to $800,000. The five-year contract, which begins in September, calls for Garrido’s salary to be increased by at least $50,000 per year, meaning he is scheduled to become the first college coach to make $1 million or more by September 2012.
The contract also states that if Garrido was dismissed from his job, he would receive $300,000 per year for each year left on the contract. However, he would not receive that money if he resigned or was terminated for cause under the university’s “standard of conduct” provisions.
Well, ol’ UD‘s gonna draw on her years of experience with university coaches and make a prediction about that standard of conduct thing. Although UT just suspended him for driving his Porsche drunk as a skunk at one in the morning — he was too wasted to remember to turn on his headlights, which attracted police attention — Garrido, with the help of an attorney, will get that money.
UT probably won’t even try to cite the provision. Fans would be furious.