College coaching sources tell me this afternoon that the University of Kansas is in the process of discussing a possible buyout of the contract of football coach Mark Mangino with representatives of the coach. Also, the University of Maryland is meeting with reps of Ralph Friedgen to discuss a possible buyout of his contract. Additionally, Paul Wulff of Washington State is facing the same scenario at this time.
Discussions are ongoing, and none of the deals will likely be announced today. Though my source indicates agreements for each of the three could be consumated by the end of the weekend.
CoachesHotSeat.com lists Mangino’s contract buyout to be $2.5M. Friedgen’s $4,560,000 and Wulff’s $1M.
I’ll have more information as it becomes available.
UPDATE: Joe Schad of ESPN today reports that Mangino will coach the Jayhawks against Texas tomorrow.
5:58 pm on November 20th, 2009
2 of the fattest coaches out there getting the fattest price to go away, Makes sense/.
6:47 pm on November 20th, 2009
what a creative comment, denverpilot
9:29 pm on November 20th, 2009
The only ones happy about this are the owners of the local Golden Corals buffet.
9:12 pm on November 22nd, 2009
Wow. Look at those slobs.
12:11 pm on November 23rd, 2009
Perhaps the schools could trade coaches….
4:05 pm on November 24th, 2009
FTA: Discussions are ongoing, and none of the deals will likely be announced today. Though my source indicates agreements for each of the three could be CONSUMED by the end of the weekend.
Fixed
10:02 pm on May 10th, 2010
YOU ARE NICE GUY