Comparing contracts of Ole Miss' Matt Luke, Mississippi State's Joe Moorhead

Mississippi Clarion Ledger

Ole Miss head coach Matt Luke and Mississippi State head coach Joe Moorhead signed contracts in late 2017. Moorhead's terms have since been extended by a year through the 2022 season.

Given some of the perks in their contracts, it's safe to say both coaches are locked in and trying to get their programs going in the right direction for more reasons than just positive numbers in the win column.

The USA TODAY Network has released its annual database of college football coaching contracts this week. Here's a comparison of the monetary similarities and differences between Luke's and Moorhead's contracts.

Base salaries per year

The figures below are the base salaries for Luke and Moorhead, according to documents obtained by the Clarion Ledger.

Matt Luke:

2018: $3,000,000
2019: $3,100,000
2020: $3,200,000
2021: $3,300,000

Joe Moorhead:

2019: $3,050,000
2020: $3,150,000
2021: $3,250,000
2022: $3,350,000

In the database, Moorhead's $3.05 million ranks last in the SEC this year in total pay, tied with Missouri's Barry Odom. Luke is 12th in the conference.

Comparison of SEC coaches base pay

This is how much each coach in the SEC makes in his base salary before incentives for the 2019 season.

Alabama's Nick Saban: $8,707,000
Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher: $7,500,000
Georgia's Kirby Smart: $6,703,600
Auburn's Gus Malzahn: $6,800,000
Florida's Dan Mullen: $6,070,000
Kentucky's Mark Stoops: $4,750,000
South Carolina's Will Muschamp: $4,400,000
Arkansas' Chad Morris and LSU's Ed Orgeron: $4,000,000
Tennessee's Jeremy Pruitt: $3,846,000
Vanderbilt's Derek Mason: $3,368,244
Ole Miss' Matt Luke: $3,100,000
Missouri's Barry Odom and Mississippi State's Joe Moorhead: $3,050,000

Regular-season incentives

In addition to their base salaries, Luke and Moorhead may earn bonuses for performance.

Luke's contract has incentives unique from Moorhead's. Luke earns an extra $150,000 per SEC win starting with the Rebels' third in any given season. He also earns that same amount for every Power 5 win during the regular season.

Ole Miss has already beaten two Power 5 teams this season, Arkansas and Vanderbilt.

Luke also has academic incentives listed in his contract that Moorhead is not privy to. If Ole Miss has an NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 950 or higher throughout the season, then Luke earns $50,000. If Ole Miss has an APR of 975 or higher, then he gets $100,000.

According to College Football News, Ole Miss had an APR of 978 in 2017-18. Mississippi State was at 976. Mississippi State earned a bowl berth with a 5-7 record in 2016 because of its APR.

Incentives unique to Moorhead's contract in this comparison are bonuses for end-of-year awards. He'd take home $50,000 if he was named the SEC Coach of the Year by the conference's coaches or the Associated Press. He'd get $100,000 if he was named the National Coach of the Year by the AP, Walter Camp, Bear Bryant, Maxwell, AFCA, Eddie Robinson (Football Writers Association), Bobby Dodd or Home Depot award.

Postseason incentives

Matt Luke

$1 million: Win the National Championship
$500,000: Participate in a College Football Playoff semifinal game
$400,000: Win the SEC Championship game
$250,000: Play in a New Year's Six bowl game (Sugar, Rose, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta, Peach)
$150,000: Participate in SEC Championship game
$125,000: Participate in the Citrus Bowl
$100,000: Participate in a Group of Six bowl (Taxslayer, Outback, Belk, Music City, Texas, Liberty)
$100,000: Single-year team Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 975 or above
$50,000: Participate in the Birmingham Bowl or Independence Bowl

Joe Moorhead

$1 million: Win the National Championship
$500,000: Participate in the National Championship Game
$400,000: Participate in the College Football Playoff semifinals
$200,000: Play in a New Year's Six bowl game (Sugar, Rose, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta, Peach)
$200,000: Win the SEC Championship Game
$150,000: Participate in SEC Championship Game
$100,000: Participate in the Citrus Bowl
$100,000: Participate in the SEC Championship Game
$75,000: Participate in a Group of Six bowl (Taxslayer, Outback, Belk, Music City, Texas, Liberty)
$50,000: Participate in the Birmingham Bowl or Independence Bowl

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Editor's note: A previous version of this story included outdated financial numbers for Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead.