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New Sampson contact includes $18M salary, bonuses over six years

Head coach Kelvin Sampson signed his new $18 million, six-year contract this morning, and The Cougar has obtained all the details of the agreement.

The main points are that Sampson will receive $300,000 in base salary and $2.7 million non-salary compensation each year.

If he is fired by the University for any reason, he will still receive all of that money, according to the contract. If Sampson leaves the contract early, then he has to pay the buyout, which will be equal to the remaining total of his salary. So, if he leaves halfway through the contract, then he owes the school $9 million.