AUBURN, Alabama -- Seventy-five percent of Gus Malzahn's seven-year, $49 million contract is guaranteed, according to details released Tuesday.

The Auburn coach's contract will start with a pay raise to $6.7 million in 2018, with additional bumps of $100,000 each year during the life of the deal. He will be paid $7.3 million in 2024.

The new deal also includes amendments pertaining to his bonuses, including advancement to the College Football Playoff with and without a win in the SEC Championship Game.

Auburn will be on the hook for 75 percent of the payments remaining on his contract should it fire him without cause. Fifty percent of that 75 percent total will be due to him 30 days following his termination, and the remaining sum will be split in annual payments over a four-year period, starting on July 15 of that year.

Malzahn's penalty for leaving Auburn for another job is less substantial. Malzahn will owe Auburn $7 million if he leaves Auburn before Dec. 31, 2019. The buyout drops $2 million each remaining year until it hits $1 million after Dec. 30, 2022.

The amended contract was signed by Malzahn, university president Steven Leath and former athletics director Jay Jacobs on Jan. 26.

Malzahn received the contract extension and pay bump following a brief courtship by Arkansas. Auburn advanced to the SEC Championship Game by defeating then-No. 1 teams Alabama and Georgia at the end of the regular season. The Tigers then lost their last two games of the season against Georgia in the SEC title game and UCF in the Peach Bowl to finish with a 10-4 record.

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Gus Malzahn's contract

Salary

2018: $6,700,000

2019: $6,800,000

2020: $6,900,000

2021: $7,000,000

2022: $7,100,000

2023: $7,200,000

2024: $7,300,000



Bonuses

$500,000: Winning national championship

$300,000: Appearing in national championship

$200,000: If team goes to New Year's Six game or semifinal game, but does not reach SEC Championship Game

$100,000: If team advances to SEC Championship Game, loses and still advances to New Year's Six game or semifinal game

$200,000: New Year’s Six Bowl

$100,000: SEC Championship Game appearance

$75,000: APR score above 975

$75,000: 10-win season*

$100,000: 11-win season*

$125,000: 12-win season*

$150,000: 13-win season*

$200,000: 14-win season*

$100,000: Finishing season ranked in top 5

$50,000: Playing in non-New Year's Six/playof bowl game

$100,000: SEC coach of the year

$100,000: National Coach of the Year

*Can only receive one win-related bonus

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