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Top 5 most ridiculous coaching buyouts in college football

By Hollis McLain

DURHAM, NC - OCTOBER 14: Head coach Jimbo Fisher of the Florida State Seminoles watches on during their game against the Duke Blue Devils at Wallace Wade Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
DURHAM, NC - OCTOBER 14: Head coach Jimbo Fisher of the Florida State Seminoles watches on during their game against the Duke Blue Devils at Wallace Wade Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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LEXINGTON, KY – SEPTEMBER 30: Head coach Mark Stoops of the Kentucky Wildcats is seen before the game against the Eastern Michigan Eagles at Commonwealth Stadium on September 30, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
LEXINGTON, KY – SEPTEMBER 30: Head coach Mark Stoops of the Kentucky Wildcats is seen before the game against the Eastern Michigan Eagles at Commonwealth Stadium on September 30, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /

2. Mark Stoops – Kentucky Wildcats

The Kentucky Wildcats have been a program that’s flown under the radar for many years. Kentucky football has had plenty of star players who eventually played in the NFL, but they haven’t been able to pull a team together all at once with forwarding momentum consistently. Time and time again, from Andre Woodson to Jared Lorenzo, the Wildcats have shown their prowess for competing in big games. The problem, however, seems to be getting over the hump and going from a close game to winning the game. Coach after coach walks the sidelines searching for that spark to take Kentucky to a new level, but it never seems to come.

Mark Stoops was thought to be the guy that could change the culture in Kentucky and bring a winning football team back to Lexington. With Mark being the brother of legendary coach Bob Stoops, Kentucky saw an opportunity to grab the Stoops’ brother before another bigger school could. As it turns out, Stoops hasn’t been able to get the job done, even with some solid recruiting classes. Every year it seems the team starts out 4-0- or 5-1 and then the bottom drops out, and they either barely make a bowl game or barely miss one.

Stoops doesn’t deserve the money from his potential buyout, which sits at $14,765,625. That is a ridiculous example of the buyouts some of these coaches carry with their contracts. A coach that hasn’t achieved anything at his current school besides mediocrity, yet he has been rewarded with a huge buyout for a Kentucky coach.

Kentucky got the short end of the deal when the papers were signed on this buyout. His buyout should be closer to $5,000,000 than $15,000,000. Until Stoops proves he can win with the class of players Kentucky can realistically get, then he owns one of the more ridiculous buyouts in the nation.

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