Wisconsin head coach Luke Fickell ranks No. 21 in USA TODAY’s updated college football head coach salary database.
Fickell’s salary is listed at $7,825,000 annually, with the potential for another $1,450,000 in bonuses. His buyout, a hot topic as the Badgers sit at 2-3 through five games, is listed at $27,493,333. Fickell still has four years left on the original terms of the seven-year contract he agreed to in November of 2022, a term that does not include the program’s procedural one-year rollover extensions.
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Fickell is the seventh-highest-paid Big Ten coach this season, behind Ohio State‘s Ryan Day ($12,575,000), Oregon‘s Dan Lanning ($10,400,000), Nebraska‘s Matt Rhule ($8,500,000), Penn State‘s James Franklin ($8,500,000), Indiana’s Curt Cignetti ($8,300,000) and Illinois’ Bret Bielema ($8,200,000).
As mentioned, Wisconsin sits at 2-3 (0-2 Big Ten) entering its Week 7 matchup against Iowa. That rough start to the year, which includes consecutive losses to Alabama, Maryland and Michigan, respectively, has dropped Fickell’s overall record at Wisconsin to 14-16. The head coach is somewhat held in place by a prohibitive buyout figure. But if things continue to trend negatively, a change shouldn’t be out of the question.
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