Mike Elko base salary, assistant pool and incentives at Texas A&M revealed

Mike Elko was introduced as Texas A&M’s new head coach Monday afternoon. There, Elko gave his vision for the program and conveyed his excitement to lead Texas A&M football in coming seasons.

Following the press conference, reports of Elko’s salary at Texas A&M came from the press conference. Elko will make a base salary of $7 million yearly with an $11 million assistant pool.

He will also receive incentives, including the following:

• $100K to reach SEC Championship
• $1 million for reaching the CFP
• $1.5 million to reach CFP quarterfinals and/or win the SEC Title
• $2 million to advance to CFP semifinals
• $2.5 million to reach CFP title game
• $3 million to win CFP national title

Here are the full terms:

Contract terms for Mike Elko

$7 million base a year pic.twitter.com/ACOxerLXPB

— Mike Craven (@CravenMike) November 27, 2023

AD Ross Bjork later said that Elko has a buyout in his contract, but numbers are still being finalized.

.@RossBjorkAD said that Mike Elko has a buyout in his contract at Duke but that the numbers are still being finalized.

— TexAgs (@TexAgs) November 27, 2023

Ethan Stone

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