Some college football head coaches struggle with the NIL and Portal era...and give it up

[NT80]

Malzahn, 59, said he chose to return to his coaching roots rather than remain a head coach distracted by new-age responsibilities. Malzahn walked away from $15 million guaranteed -- he was set to make $5 million in 2025 and had three years remaining on his contract with the Knights -- for a different coaching lifestyle. He signed a three-year deal with FSU that will pay him $1.5 million in 2025.

"The job description of a head college football coach has changed dramatically in the last two years with everything -- transfer portal to collectives to agents and everything that goes with that," Malzahn said. "I'm just an old-school football coach.

"I love coaching football, and head coaches, it's hard to do that a lot. So that had something to do with it. And then the opportunity..."

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42916508/malzahn-dramatic-changes-coaching-prompted-move-fsu

 

 

[Jonnyeagle]

27 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Malzahn, 59, said he chose to return to his coaching roots rather than remain a head coach distracted by new-age responsibilities. Malzahn walked away from $15 million guaranteed -- he was set to make $5 million in 2025 and had three years remaining on his contract with the Knights -- for a different coaching lifestyle. He signed a three-year deal with FSU that will pay him $1.5 million in 2025.

"The job description of a head college football coach has changed dramatically in the last two years with everything -- transfer portal to collectives to agents and everything that goes with that," Malzahn said. "I'm just an old-school football coach.

"I love coaching football, and head coaches, it's hard to do that a lot. So that had something to do with it. And then the opportunity..."

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42916508/malzahn-dramatic-changes-coaching-prompted-move-fsu

 

 

Translation:  I was about to be fired.

[NT80]

6 minutes ago, Jonnyeagle said:

Translation:  I was about to be fired.

Jimbo Fisher was fired by A$M and got $78m to sit on a beach. 

Malzahn would have received $15m to sit on a beach if he were fired.  Instead he just walked away to take a $1.5M a year job.

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2 hours ago, NT80 said:

Malzahn would have received $15m to sit on a beach if he were fired.  Instead he just walked away to take a $1.5M a year job.

True, but if Malzahn helps Norvell turn FSU around and Norvell takes a bigger job, Malzahn has a decent shot of succeeding him.