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Mark Stoops’ salary among top 25 in college football

The annual USA Today’s NCAA head coaching salary survey is live, and Kentucky Wildcats’ Mark Stoops cracked the top 25 of the list.

Stoops base salary is $4.75 million with a few other potential bonuses totaling factoring into his overall pay. Those bonuses are likely difficult to reach. For example, they may include winning the SEC, winning 10-plus games or winning a bowl game.

This past season, he did earn over $1 million in bonuses with Kentucky’s first 10-win season in over four decades. The Wildcats also won the Citrus Bowl.

Stoops’ total pay this season is $4.