WEST LAFAYETTE – The quick climb up the salary scale continued for coach Jeff Brohm and Purdue's football program Friday.

Details were released Friday after the school's board of trustees approved a new seven-year contract for the third-year head coach. It includes retention bonuses and a $1.7 million signing bonus spread over two payments over the next two years.

The total value of Brohm's new deal is $36.8 million over the seven years, which includes supplemental income, base salary, retention bonuses and the signing bonus. Performance bonuses, including bowl games, are in addition to his guaranteed income.

Brohm's is scheduled to earn $5.35 million in 2019, including the first installment of the signing bonus. In 2020, his salary is $5.55 million, including the second payment of the signing bonus.

Brohm's signing bonus is fully guaranteed and he would receive the full amount even if he's fired or leaves for another job. The retention bonuses kick in if Brohm is Purdue's head coach on Dec. 31 of each year.

As part of the contract released, Brohm is owed a $300,000 retroactive retention bonus based on the 47-year old being the head coach on Jan. 1 of this year.

Counting the signing bonus and retention bonuses, Brohm will average $5.2 million a year during the contract.

"We think we’ve made a very aggressive and appropriate demonstration to our football program," Purdue athletic director Mike Bobinski told the Journal & Courier on Friday. "His impact on this program has been overwhelmingly positive. He’s got us headed in the direction that is exactly what we would hope for.

"There’s an energy, there’s anticipation about the future that we haven’t felt in some time here."

In 2021, Brohm's salary drops to $4.9 million but he's scheduled to receive increases and retention bonuses during the next four seasons that will elevate his salary. Overall, Brohm is scheduled to earn $3.6 million in retention bonuses through the life of the new contract.

It's estimated Purdue increased the value of Brohm's contract by over $10 million since last year's seven-year deal.

The new deal developed after Louisville made a run to lure Brohm back to his hometown after last season. The school fired Bobby Petrino in November and talked to Brohm following the Boilermakers' victory over Indiana after Thanksgiving.

Bobinski, the board of trustees and president Mitch Daniels were proactive in their approach to Brohm, knowing Louisville would make a strong push.

"We wanted to do our best to neutralize the economics of the decision, not knowing what Louisville was going to do – and we still don’t know," Bobinski said. "We knew it was going to be significant. They were going to take a big swing. That was for sure. I know they did.

"We wanted to do our best to have a very strong showing of our belief how important Jeff was to us and our continued success and how much we wanted him to lead our program here."

Brohm's salary in 2019 places him third in the Big Ten behind Michigan's Jim Harbaugh $7.5 million) and Penn State's James Franklin ($5.65 million) for this season, according to USA Today's Steve Berkowitz, who compiles the newspaper's coaches salary database.

Brohm is 13-13 in two seasons but has become a desirable candidate throughout college football. He's led the Boilermakers to bowl games in back-to-back years and recently signed a top 25 recruiting class.

Although Brohm's new deal strains the athletic department from a financial standpoint, Purdue continues to show its willingness to make the investment.

"That’s why we put together what we did. Does it stretch us? Yes, it stretches us but in this case, we believe it’s absolutely warranted and more than justified and we will receive more than value in this case. It will be a net positive for us in a lot of ways," Bobinski said.

Brohm’s assistants also received pay raises totaling over $100,000 for eight coaches, according to information obtained by the Journal & Courier through an open records request and separate from Friday's board meeting.

Purdue currently has nine full-time coaches with the addition of Greg Brown, who joined the program in February, replacing Derrick Jackson. Brown’s salary for the 2019 season is $410,000, a $90,000 increase of Jackson’s 2018 salary.

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Brohm has one full-time opening available after the departure of tight ends and special teams coach Mark Tommerdahl, who was scheduled to earn $340,000 in 2019. Kevin Wolthausen is overseeing special teams and defensive ends.

Brohm’s salary pool for assistants is now $4.35 million, which is $380,000 more compared to 2018 and an increase of $850,000 from 2017.

• Nick Holt, co-defensive coordinator/linebackers: $645,000 ($620,000 in 2018). Holt will receive a one-time $25,000 retention bonus on Sept. 1.

• Anthony Poindexter, co-defensive coordinator/safeties: $460,000 ($450,000)

• Brian Brohm, co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks: $435,000 ($425,000)

• JaMarcus Shephard, co-offensive coordinator/receivers: $425,000 ($415,000)

• Greg Brown, cornerbacks: $410,000

• Reggie Johnson, defensive line: $250,000 ($240,000)

• Dale Williams, offensive line: $250,000 ($240,000)

• Chris Barclay, running backs: $250,000 ($230,000)

• Kevin Wolthausen, special teams/defensive ends: $235,000 ($225,000)

• Greg Brohm, executive director of football administration and operations/chief of staff: $245,000 ($235,000). Greg Brohm’s compensation is part of the coaches salary pool.