State Employee Contracts

[SteelCurtain74]

In looking at contracts of other coaches in the SEC, does the fact that the state of Mississippi only allows four year contracts for state employees put us at a disadvantage in terms of candidates when trying to hire coaches for the big 3 sports? Kelly at LSU has a 10 year contract as is Jimbos at A & M I believe.

[FISHDAWG]

In looking at contracts of other coaches in the SEC, does the fact that the state of Mississippi only allows four year contracts for state employees put us at a disadvantage in terms of candidates when trying to hire coaches for the big 3 sports? Kelly at LSU has a 10 year contract as is Jimbos at A & M I believe.

I think we offered Mullen the same amount per year as Florida did but their deal was 6 years if I remember correctly and we could only offer 4 years ..... I think Dan would have left anyway but I'm not so sure I would want to offer 6 year deals anyway

[QuadrupleOption]

In looking at contracts of other coaches in the SEC, does the fact that the state of Mississippi only allows four year contracts for state employees put us at a disadvantage in terms of candidates when trying to hire coaches for the big 3 sports? Kelly at LSU has a 10 year contract as is Jimbos at A & M I believe.

Maybe, but it also protects the university (and the state) from having to pay out those decade-long contracts if someone gets fired. If a coach is worth a shit then the 4 year deal can always be extended (which we routinely do with our coaches) so it doesn't matter in the long run.

When I see the insane amounts of money that schools like Auburn and Tennessee are paying people NOT to coach it doesn't bother me that we have this cap in place.

[Johnson85]

I think we offered Mullen the same amount per year as Florida did but their deal was 6 years if I remember correctly and we could only offer 4 years ..... I think Dan would have left anyway but I'm not so sure I would want to offer 6 year deals anyway

Neither do the people stroking the checks. It's something of a legal myth that the foundations can't enter into longer contracts than 4 years. If it ever gets to be too big of an impediment to attract coaches, you'll see people on the athletic side stop going along with that myth.

[StarkVegasSteve]

In looking at contracts of other coaches in the SEC, does the fact that the state of Mississippi only allows four year contracts for state employees put us at a disadvantage in terms of candidates when trying to hire coaches for the big 3 sports? Kelly at LSU has a 10 year contract as is Jimbos at A & M I believe.

It really isn't a big deal. Almost all of our coaching contracts roll over to add a year anyways. I think Mullen only once ever dipped below 4 years on his deal. And I think Howland still had two to three years left on his.