"Pearl's bonus-laden deal runs through June 30, 2020 and starts at $2.2 million his first year with a $100,000 raise each year. Auburn can fire him with cause if he violates his NCAA show cause order, which expires on Aug. 23, for violations while coaching at Tennessee, or if he is found guilty of major rules violations. He'd also owe Auburn $500,000 if that happens.
Pearl is barred from talking to recruits under the show cause sanction.
His 20 bonus clauses would include up to $600,000 tied to the NCAA tournament if Auburn wins a national title. He also gets more easily reachable incentives such as $25,000 for winning nine SEC regular season games.
If Pearl leaves Auburn before April 15, 2016, he'd owe $5 million. That figure then drops by $1 million a year before falling to $250,000 on April 15, 2020."
Pearl also gets eight tickets and two parking passes for each Auburn home football game, among other perks.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...ruce-pearl
Article includes details on Malzahn and his assistants, but I suspect we all knew they would get big money. I confess I'm surprised at how serious AU was in their pursuit of Pearl. Money talks.