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Mark Stoops tabbed a top-10 coach and earns $250K bonus for Citrus Bowl title

Another bowl win for Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops means he’s earned another pay day.

With the Cats’ 20-17 Citrus Bowl win over the No. 15 Iowa Hawkeyes, Stoops has earned a $250,000 bonus, per Steve Berkowitz of USA Today. He will finish the season having earned $600,000 in bonus money.

Kentucky coach Mark Stoops picks up $250,000 bonus as Wildcats beat Iowa in Citrus Bowl to get their 10th win of the season. This moves Stoops’ bonus total for the season to $600,000.

— Steve Berkowitz (@ByBerkowitz) January 1, 2022

Stoops is the 15th-highest-paid coach in college football and will be getting a $1.