Auburn · Alex Golesh (1st season)
Alex Golesh
0–0 current-season record · Southeastern Conference
- Term
- 2025-11-30 → 2031-12-31
- Annual salary
- $6,750,000
- Total value
- $44,250,000
- Guarantee remaining
- Not published
- Offset mitigation
- Applies
- Contract record
- Through Sep 7, 2026
Buyout:
If Auburn fires without cause, Golesh is owed 75% of remaining compensation in equal monthly installments. Coach-side liquidated damages: $8M through Dec. 1, 2026; $6M through Dec. 1, 2027; $5M thereafter (partial schedule).
Year-1 compensation $6.75M (Nov. 30, 2025–Dec. 31, 2026), then +$250k each calendar year to $8.0M in 2031. On3 listed $6.8M (rounding). Montgomery Advertiser obtained signed contract Aug. 24, 2026.
Interactive estimate
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Computed net obligationNot publishedGuaranteed compensation + acceleration fees − estimated mitigation/offset