Missouri coach Gary Pinkel has already made $200,000 in bonuses for the Tigers’ 11-1 season and could make even more under the terms of his contract if they keep winning.
He received a $50,000 bonus for guiding Missouri to Saturday's SEC championship game against Auburn in Atlanta, and his staff — nine assistant coaches and three others — will share a $60,000 bonus, which would bump up to $65,000 with a win against Auburn.
Pinkel also got a $25,000 bonus for reaching 11 victories this season and a $125,000 bonus because the Tigers’ average home attendance (63,505) was higher than 55,000.
If the Tigers are selected for a BCS game, Pinkel would receive an additional $100,000 — $150,000 if it’s the BCS National Championship Game — and his nine assistants would receive the equivalent of three months’ base salary as a lump-sum bonus.
If Mizzou brings home a national title, those bonuses will jump to $250,000 for Pinkel and four months’ base salary for his assistant coaches.
If Missouri winds up outside the BCS, the bonus will be $75,000 and one month’s base salary as a lump-sum bonus for his assistants.
Pinkel, 61, signed a two-year contract extension in April 2011 that runs through the 2017 season. It pays him $2.6 million a year.
Among other contract bonuses Pinkel could trigger:
— SEC coach of the year, $25,000.
— National coach of the year (American Football Coaches Association or Associated Press), $50,000. Pinkel was announced Tuesday as a finalist for the Maxwell coach-of-the-year award.
— Top 25 in final BCS standings ($50,000) or top 10 ($75,000).
