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Chad Morris finalizes employment contract with Arkansas

The contract for Arkansas head football coach Chad Morris was finalized this week.

Morris, who was hired as the Razorbacks' coach last December, signed the contract last week, Arkansas athletics director Hunter Yurachek said Saturday.

The principal terms of the 34-page contract are unchanged from the offer letter Morris signed in December. His annual salary will be $3.5 million from university and private funds, and his contract runs through Dec. 31, 2023.

Chad Morris, Arkansas - $3.5 million

Salaries are based on reported figures and do not reflect available bonuses

Morris will be eligible for up to $1 million in competition-based bonuses and $200,000 in academic-based bonuses each year, and is eligible for three retention payments of $500,000 apiece, contingent that no "significant" NCAA violations have occurred and the program is not on NCAA probation at the time the payments are due in February of 2019, 2021 and 2023.