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Kentucky's Mark Stoops among most well-compensated college football coaches in country

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LEXINGTON - Kentucky football's historic 2018 season netted coach Mark Stoops the third-highest bonus payment of any coach in the country, according to an updated USA TODAY database.

Stoops' contract, which included incentive bonus payments of $250,000 per win starting at win No. 7, netted him $1.05 million in total bonuses for the 10-3 season. He also earned a $50,000 bonus for the team's Academic Progress Rate score.

According to the USA TODAY database, only Fresno State's Jeff Tedford ($1.265 million) and Clemson's Dabo Swinney ($1.