May 20, 2024

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Alabama basketball head coach Nate Oats received a healthy raise on Monday, when the UA board of trustees compensation committee approved his new contract. Oats will make a $5 million salary in the first year of his new deal, and if another school wants to grab him, it will need to pay a hefty buyout.

By the end of the contract, which now runs for six years, through the 2030 season, Oats will make $7.55 million. The deal ends on March 14, 2030.

Half of Oats’ total compensation came in base salary. The other half will be paid out for meeting certain media, speaking and other obligations.

If another school hires Oats away from Alabama in the first two years of the contract, it will owe Alabama $18 million. Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne said he believed that’s the highest such buyout in the country.
The buyout due to Alabama drops to $10 million for the third season of the contract, $4 million in the third, before zeroing out for the final two years. The new deal went into effect on March 15.

The deal also came with a plethora of bonuses. Oats can make $50,000 each of winning SEC regular-season and tournament titles, and another $50,000 for participating in the NCAA Tournament.

Once in the big dance, he can receive $25,000 for non-Final Four wins. A win in the Final Four will pay out $300,000, while winning the entire tournament pays out $500,000.
The latter two bonuses don’t stack, meaning a full run through the NCAA Tournament would net $650,000 for Oats. He can also earn money from winning SEC coach of the year ($25,000) and national coach of the year ($50,000).
Meeting certain academic standards, including an 85% graduation rate, and an NCAA-approved APR score, can earn Oats another $25,000.
The new deal for Oats was announced on Friday, shortly after the job at Michigan, a state he coached high school basketball in for over a decade, opened.

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