Offensive coordinator Kendal Briles will make $1 million annually over three year at Florida State.

Briles' contract, effective on Jan. 1 of this year, was obtained on Wednesday via a public record request by Noles247.

The contract runs through Feb. 28 of 2022. It was signed on Dec. 23 of 2018.

Briles is believed to be the first FSU assistant to make $1 million annually in base salary (defensive coordinator Harlon Barnett makes $980,00 annually, per his FSU contract), making this the contract the largest ever for an FSU assistant coach.

Briles would owe FSU $500,000 if he were to leave his job for another position, unless it's become a head coach or join an NFL franchise. He was previously at Houston for a season before coming to FSU, and signed a contract extension with the Cougars reportedly worth $2.1 million over three years.

FSU, per the contract, is responsible for a portion of Briles' buyout with Houston that will not exceed $900,000. The total amount due to Houston is split between Briles and "another individual" who is not specified in the contract. If Briles were to leave FSU for any reason other than being fired without cause, he'd owe Houston $350,000 of the buyout.

There is standard language in the contract for the university to be able to terminate Briles with cause.

Briles was on Baylor's coaching staff during a period in which the football program was at the center of the largest known sexual assault scandal in the history of college athletics, and Briles' father (Art Briles) was the head coach at the time, but Briles has not been accused of any wrongdoing during that time period. A section in the contract notes that Briles has informed FSU's head coach (Willie Taggart) and athletic director (David Coburn, interim athletics director) of:

1. "any and all current or past investigations of alleged violations of conference or NCAA rules or regulations, or of any federal or state laws or regulations, in which he has been involved, or in which he has been alleged to have been involved, directly, indirectly, as a witness or in some other capacity."

2. "any lawsuits filed against him in his official or personal capacity arising out of any of his prior employment relationships."

3. "any and all instances in which he was investigated for misconduct related to the performance of his employment, including any alleged inappropriate misconduct involving former co-workers or student athletes under his direction."

4. "Any and all past criminal charges regardless of disposition."

FSU would owe Briles 20 weeks of compensation if it fired him without cause before his contract expired.