"Moments after he learned his team’s bowl game against UCLA had been canceled, N.C. State coach Dave Doeren expressed his disappointment in a succinct Twitter post Tuesday afternoon: “Heartbroken for our players, staff, and seniors,” he wrote. “This is a 10-win team and staff.”
The cancellation of the Holiday Bowl, due to UCLA’s COVID-19-related problems, is costly for Doeren and the Wolfpack in more ways than one. In an instant, and hours before the game was scheduled to start, N.C. State lost the opportunity to win a 10th game for the second time in school history. And Doeren and his coaching staff, meanwhile, may have lost $150,000.
According to his contract with N.C. State, Doeren, in his ninth season as the Wolfpack’s head coach, would have received a bonus of $150,000 for leading the team to a 10-win season. State finished the regular season 9-3, which already earned Doeren a bonus of $100,000 (his victories-based bonus starts at eight wins, and $50,000, and increases by $50,000 with each win).
In addition to Doeren’s individual bonus, a 10th win would have meant an additional $100,000 for his assistant coaches. Their salary pool increased by $300,000 for winning nine games, and a 10th victory would have pushed the collective bonus to $400,000."
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article256905397.html
The cancellation of the Holiday Bowl, due to UCLA’s COVID-19-related problems, is costly for Doeren and the Wolfpack in more ways than one. In an instant, and hours before the game was scheduled to start, N.C. State lost the opportunity to win a 10th game for the second time in school history. And Doeren and his coaching staff, meanwhile, may have lost $150,000.
According to his contract with N.C. State, Doeren, in his ninth season as the Wolfpack’s head coach, would have received a bonus of $150,000 for leading the team to a 10-win season. State finished the regular season 9-3, which already earned Doeren a bonus of $100,000 (his victories-based bonus starts at eight wins, and $50,000, and increases by $50,000 with each win).
In addition to Doeren’s individual bonus, a 10th win would have meant an additional $100,000 for his assistant coaches. Their salary pool increased by $300,000 for winning nine games, and a 10th victory would have pushed the collective bonus to $400,000."
https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article256905397.html
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