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The cost of wanting to be the best? Texas A&M's buyout total for recently fired coaches is a starting point

COLLEGE STATION -- Three team NCAA national championships. Five individual titles. A Hall of Fame induction.

Andrea Gaston won the honors and accolades that every college coach dreams about at the beginning of their careers.

But after 22 years as the women's golf coach at Southern Cal, Gaston earned a different kind of career distinction that doesn't come with a trophy or plaque. Another school wanted to hire her.

"How many women really get recruited to another position because of what they accomplished?" said Gaston, who was officially hired by Texas A&M last June. "It's like a circus with football.