Now in its third year, UConn head coach Randy Edsall’s contract is one of the most unorthodox in football. Many coaches have performance-based incentives, but they’re usually based on simple milestones — the bowl you reach, how many games you win, any conference titles.
Edsall’s are based on wins and losses, yeah, but also on a multitude of different offensive, defensive and special team stats. It’s a model that UConn athletic director Dave Benedict came up with after consulting with Coaches By the Numbers, an arm of Sportrac Analytics that provides advanced college football statistics to universities.