Boise State releases details of football coach Andy Avalos’ five-year contract
Andy Avalos will earn at least $1.4 million in his first year as Boise State’s head football coach, the university announced Sunday.
Avalos’ initial contract is for five years, potentially keeping him in Boise through March 2026. His base salary begins at $1.4 million, and the deal includes an annual raise of $75,000 beginning in year two, which would increase his base salary to $1.7 million by 2025.
He also may receive performance incentives up to $200,000 a year (details to be announced) and $100,000 per year in deferred compensation. The deferred compensation vests if Avalos remains the Broncos’ coach on March 31, 2024, and vests immediately after that.
Avalos signed a material term sheet with Boise State. His full contract still must be finalized and approved by the State Board of Education.
Avalos’ base salary at Oregon in 2020 was $815,000. He was due to make $865,000 in 2021, according to The Oregonian.
Former football coach Bryan Harsin was scheduled to make $1.95 million this year at Boise State. He left Dec. 22 for Auburn, where the details of his new contract have not yet been released.
Avalos will have a pool of $2.1 million to split among 10 on-field assistant coaches this year. That’s less than the $2.32 million Boise State was expected to spend on assistant coaches in 2020, but the department ended up spending closer to $1.94 million because of furloughs and salary reductions related to COVID-19.
It’s less than the $2.19 million Boise State spent on assistants in 2019, but Avalos’ deal includes an annual $50,000 bump to the assistant salary pool beginning in year two.
It also includes a $631,000 budget for support staff, which includes the strength and conditioning coach and chief of staff and will increase by $30,000 a year beginning in year two.
Avalos would receive 75% of his base salary for the remainder of the contract if the university were to fire him by March 31, 2023. That grows to 85% if he’s terminated by March 31, 2025, and to 100% after that.
If Avalos decides to leave before March 31, 2023, he’ll owe the university $3 million. That drops to $2 million if he leaves between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024, and $1 million if he leaves between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.
The term sheet doesn’t include the ability to earn a one-year contract extension each time the Broncos win a certain number of games. That provision started under Chris Petersen and continued under Harsin.
This story was originally published January 10, 2021 at 5:24 PM.
