New Oregon Ducks softball coach Melyssa Lombardi has signed a five-year contract worth an average of $345,000 annually.

A copy of her contract was released Friday by the university after a records request by The Oregonian/OregonLive.

An assistant at Oklahoma for 21 years, Lombardi became one of the country's most sought-after coaches during her tenure as the Sooners won four national championships due in large part to her work with pitchers and catchers who produced a combined 20 All-America honors under her coaching.

Lombardi will be introduced publicly at UO's head coach Monday at Jane Sanders Stadium and her hiring has earned rave reviews across collegiate softball.

Her deal, worth a total of $1.725 million, runs through June 2023 and represents a significant raise from both what she earned at Oklahoma -- $185,000 this season, according to the Norman Transcript -- and what her predecessor earned at Oregon.

Mike White earned an average base salary of $237,500 as part of a six-year deal signed in 2015. When he left for Texas on June 25, he cited financial security as his main reason for leaving after nine seasons and five Women's College World Series appearances. The Longhorns are paying White $450,000 annually and he said that during his negotiations with Texas that Oregon was not interested in redoing his deal.

"They felt I was getting paid fairly and there was no budging," he told the Austin American-Statesman.

Lombardi will earn $325,000 in her first season, with her base salary increasing $10,000 the next four years. While she is coach, Oregon also agrees to "pass-through to Coach any annual product endorsement payment it receives ... from softball equipment vendor," her contract states.

The contract also provides for a membership to Shadow Hills Country Club, and bonuses that range from $10,000 for a WCWS appearance to $50,000 for winning the school's first softball national championship.

Lombardi will owe Oregon a buyout of $100,000 should she leave before the end of the contract's first year. That buyout then decreases by $25,000 each of the next three years.

-- Andrew Greif

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