The Arizona Board of Regents will vote Friday whether to approve multiyear contracts for football assistants Marcel Yates and Calvin Magee.
The contracts are expected to be approved. If so, itโs believed it would be the first time any Arizona assistant coaches have received multiyear deals.
Yates, the Wildcatsโ defensive coordinator, came to the UA last month from Boise State. Magee, who holds the title of associate head coach, co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach, has been on staff since December 2011.
Yatesโ proposed salary is $500,000 per year, according to the Board of Regentsโ latest agenda. Thatโs approximately $170,000 less than predecessor Jeff Casteel earned last year.
Mageeโs proposed salary is $520,000, an increase of $20,000 over his current salary.
Per the agenda, the university is asking the board โto make an exception to Policy 6-303, which limits the contract term of a service professional to one fiscal year. The basis for this request is that multiyear appointments for football offensive and defensive coordinators are becoming common in the industry and are deemed necessary to maintain program competitiveness.โ
Other factoids from the agenda regarding Yates and Mageeโs contracts include:
- Yates had a multiyear deal at Boise State. It included an early-departure penalty of $75,000 that the UA will pay.
- Each coach will receive an extra monthโs salary every time the Wildcats play in a bowl game in which he coaches.
- The entirety of their salaries will be paid by revenue generated by the athletic department.
- Both coaches will receive benefits that include the use of a car (or a stipend to pay for one), membership to La Paloma Country Club and a monthly $150 cell-phone stipend.
- If either coach violates NCAA or Pac-12 rules, he could be liable to the university for damages of up to $100,000 and would be required to return bowl bonuses if the school had to forfeit a bowl victory.
