Two losing seasons into his first college head coaching job, Derek Kellogg can count on a reward if he guides his UMass-Amherst men’s basketball team to a postseason tournament.
Kellogg’s contract, the richest among the university’s coaches, includes $25,000 performance bonuses for each round of the NCAA Tournament - or $5,000 for every round of the NIT - his team reaches.
Unlike the school’s football and women’s basketball coaches, however, Kellogg has nothing to gain contractually from improving his team’s academic performance, according to copies of the school’s coaching contracts obtained by the Globe through a public records request.
Kellogg, who earns a base salary of $215,000, will receive an additional $260,000 this year for complying with university-related television, radio, and public speaking obligations. His contract calls for the media-related compensation to increase $25,000 annually, which would boost his combined salary in 2014, the final year of his deal, to $585,000.
Football coach Kevin Morris, who last year signed a five-year agreement with an annual base salary of $200,000, can trigger postseason incentives of $5,000 for a conference championship, $5,000 for each round of the NCAA Tournament his team reaches, and $10,000 for winning the Football Championship Subdivision title.