Having to hire his fourth new assistant over the last two seasons, Florida Gators head basketball coach Billy Donovan brought in an unfamiliar face with a lot of potential and promoted a current assistant to the second position on the bench.
On Tuesday, Florida released the assistants’ 2012-13 salaries in compliance with a records requests obtained and published The Gainesville Sun’s Kevin Brockway.
A look at the coaching staff’s 2012-13 salaries:
[table “51” not found /]Pelphrey’s salary will help offset the $1.8 million Arkansas owes him for firing him with three years remaining on his head coaching contract. The school was set to pay him $600,000 annually for three years but will instead contribute just $420,000 per season.
Contract notes:
– Donovan will earn a loyalty bonus of $500,000 this season.
– Donovan receives a $60,000 expense account.
– All coaches receive a $10,000 bonus from Florida’s contract with Nike
– All coaches receive a car and other tangible incentives.
– All coaches are eligible for multiple performance-based bonuses.