KILL'S CONTRACT IN DETAIL
Here are the details of new Gophers football coach Jerry Kill five-year contract:
Guaranteed base: $500,000 a year
Guaranteed supplemental income: $600,000 a year
Raises: Yearly review, with possible salary increases based on performance. There is no specific escalator.
Annuity: Standard University of Minnesota retirement plan.
Incentives: Can earn more than $800,000 in athletic performance and academic incentives; of course he'd have to win the BCS and Big Ten titles to pocket that sum.
If he leaves Minnesota early: Kill would have to pay two times his current base salary.
Northern Illinois buyout: Minnesota will pay Kill's $500,000 buyout to the school.
If Minnesota terminates Kill: He will be paid one-half of the guaranteed compensation for the deal's remaining years.DENNIS BRACKIN