Bet you have heard the “fire Billy Napier” hashtag for a few days now in college football after the Florida Gators’ one after another blunders. Especially after the Gators lost 20-34 against the Bulldogs, fans went crazy and didn’t mince words, calling out Billy Napier. Can you believe Florida holds a 4-4 record so far this season? After this, rumors were circulated that the program is looking to replace Billy Napier from the head coaching position and bring in Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin. If that’s true, what happens to Kiffin’s current contract with Ole Miss?

Let’s look at all the details of Kiffin’s contract. Well, Kiffin joined the program back on December 31, 2019, and penned down a contract with Ole Miss for the year 2024. Kiffin’s annual salary sums to $8.85 million, with $150k extra as a retention bonus at the end of the year. If he stays with the program, he will receive a $9 million annual salary for the 2025 year.

However, according to the buyout agreement between Kiffin and Ole Miss, if the program fires him without cause, Ole Miss will have to pay him $36.5 million to $44 million, depending on the time left for his contract. However, here comes the main part. What would happen if Kiffin left Ole Miss to join the Gators?

In that case, he will need to pay $4 million to Ole Miss if does it in 2024. However, the amount will be decreased to $3 million if he resigns in 2025, and it will be down to $2 million if he does in 2026, and he’ll only owe them $1.5 million if he leaves the program any day after 2026. it’s just insane! Will the Gators give away that kind of bucks to first pay the current coach and then pay Kiffin to buyout to Ole Miss? Let’s learn how much gators will pay Billy Napier if he gets repatriated by Kiffin.

How much will the Florida Gators pay Billy Napier if they replace him with Lane Kiffin?

Go back to the year 2021, when Billy Napier was a freshly appointed head coach at the Florida Gators after replacing him with Mullen. They signed a $51.8 million contract. Currently, Napier receives a $7,370,000 annual salary from the gators. Last season he got a whopping $7.1 million even after losing seven games.

Napier’s contract with the Gators makes him the 10th-highest college football coach. As a result, if the Gators fire him without cause, they’ll have to pay him $28.3 million as part of their contract. However, it’s college football, man! And a program like Florida can easily afford to pay Napier his remaining amount and even buy out Kiffin’s contract from Ole Miss.

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