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Football: Campbell can make $900,000 in bonus pay

A bowl game is worth $500,000 to Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell.

Campbell will receive a half-million dollar bonus when ISU hits the six-win mark, and could make an additional $400,000 in bonuses in his contract, which the Ames Tribune obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The contract, which has an additional added to the originally announced deal, through Dec. 31, 2021, and Campbell’s “total compensation” will be $2 million a year taking the form of $265,000 annually in base pay and the rest in “additional compensation, ” including endorsements and TV and radio show payment, and a “supplemental benefits plan.