Ole Miss’ season-opening win over Louisville nets Lane Kiffin a $100,000 bonus

43-24 victory over Louisville on Monday night in Atlanta because he tested positive for COVID-19, but he will still collect the $100,000 bonus he gets for any regular-season victory over a Power Five non-conference team, Mississippi athletics director Keith Carter said after the game.

The bonus is among those listed on a term sheet for Kiffin that was provided by the school earlier this summer in lieu of the agreement between Kiffin and the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation. The foundation provides most of Kiffin’s basic compensation ($4.5 million this season), as well as his bonuses. As private, non-profit organization, however, it is not subject to open-records disclosure requirements – and it does not make the deal public.

The decision to honor the bonus makes Kiffin the first coach this season to secure a six-figure performance-incentive bonus. Nevada’s Jay Norvell and Texas-San Antonio’s Jeff Traylor each gained $25,000 on Saturday when their teams defeated Power Five conference opponents – California and Illinois, respectively.

While Kiffin was not on the sideline Monday night, Mississippi did not designate an interim head coach for the game. The athletics department said in a statement that there would be “no change in gameday coaching responsibilities for the staff” and Kiffin “will be involved in game planning leading up to kickoff.”

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This is the second time that a Mississippi head coach has gained this type of bonus. In 2018, Matt Luke picked up $150,000 for a non-conference regular season win over a Power Five opponent. That was against Texas Tech, also in an alternate-site game at the start of the season.

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