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Tom Herman is Getting Paid, This Changes Some Things

Tom Herman is going to make three million dollars to coach football at the University of Houston. Three million dollars. This is good for some people and bad for others.

Tom Herman could be waiting for Charlie Strong to get fired, Art Briles to retire, or Kliff Kingsbury to become a GQ model. All possibilities, all people coaching in the state of Texas. Maybe he's waiting to get that elusive Big 12 invite and never leave the Cougars. Who even knows? That's not important at the moment, though.

For now, he’s doing things the right way. He’s forced Houston to pony up nearly three million dollars, and he’ll be coaching them in 2016 after posting a one loss season.