TCU paid former football coach Gary Patterson an $11.5 million separation payment in 2021
announced Patterson’s departure on Oct. 31, 2021.
The new tax record states that Patterson received a “lump sum (separation) payment of $11,449,656” in 2021. The document did not address whether he was to receive additional payments in 2022 or beyond. On Wednesday, a university spokesperson confirmed that it was a one-time payment that was not recurrinmg.
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Three public-school head coaches who were fired during the 2021 season also contractually were owed eight-figure buyouts as of their termination dates: LSU’s Ed Orgeron (nearly $17 million), Florida’s Dan Mullen ($12 million) and Washington’s Jimmy Lake ($10.5 million).