New LSU defensive line coach Bo Davis will be one of the highest-paid position coaches in college football.
Davis agreed to a three-year contract worth $4.05 million to leave the same position at Texas, according to a copy of the contract obtained Thursday by The Advocate through a public records request.
His compensation starts at $1.25 million this year, then increases by $100,000 annually through the end of the deal. Davis will make $1.45 million in the last year of the contract, which includes standard postseason incentives.
The deal is contingent on the completion of a background check and approval by the LSU board of supervisors, which next meets Feb. 23.
The highest-paid coaches in the country who were not primary coordinators last season were Kentucky associate head coach Vince Marrow and Texas A&M defensive assistant Elijah Robinson.
According to a USA Today database, they both earned $1.2 million. Robinson is now the defensive coordinator at Syracuse.
Davis made $1 million per year at Texas and had one year left on his deal with the Longhorns. LSU will pay for his $500,000 buyout, according to the contract.
At LSU, Davis can earn additional bonuses up to $125,000 in the postseason. He would earn $25,000 if LSU won a Southeastern Conference title and $100,000 for a national championship.
LSU has now committed $11.55 million over the next three years for Davis and new defensive coordinator Blake Baker, who had been at Missouri. LSU signed Baker to a three-year contract worth $2.5 million per year, making him the highest-paid assistant coach in the country.
Their hires came after LSU coach Brian Kelly fired defensive coordinator Matt House and three other defensive assistants at the end of a 10-3 season in which the defense struggled.
Kelly still has to fill multiple defensive staff positions and choose a new offensive coordinator and tight ends coach.