[82lsju]

A lot of attention is given to Shaw's compensation but I haven't seen much focus on his contract length. The reported $8.9 million that he received in 2019 is said to have included $2 million in "retroactive salary and a signing bonus" unique to that year. While not much is known in general about Stanford's coaching contracts, it seems likely that Shaw agreed to a contract extension with a signing bonus and pay raise following the 2018 Sun Bowl win. If $2 million was signing bonus, that would put his base comp at $6.9 million but let's say $6 million to be conservative.

from Stanford's form 990 Shaw's comp in CY20 (last year available)

base comp $5.2m
bonus and incentive comp $0.6m
other reportable comp $0.6m
retirement and other deferred comp $0.1m
non-taxable benefits $0.05m
total $6.5m (total includes $0.4m reported as deferred comp in previous 990)

https://bondholder-information.stanford....rm_990.pdf

[82lsju]

A lot of attention is given to Shaw's compensation but I haven't seen much focus on his contract length. The reported $8.9 million that he received in 2019 is said to have included $2 million in "retroactive salary and a signing bonus" unique to that year. While not much is known in general about Stanford's coaching contracts, it seems likely that Shaw agreed to a contract extension with a signing bonus and pay raise following the 2018 Sun Bowl win. If $2 million was signing bonus, that would put his base comp at $6.9 million but let's say $6 million to be conservative.

from Stanford's form 990 Shaw's comp in CY20 (last year available)

base comp $5.2m
bonus and incentive comp $0.6m
other reportable comp $0.6m
retirement and other deferred comp $0.1m
non-taxable benefits $0.05m
total $6.5m (total includes $0.4m reported as deferred comp in previous 990)

https://bondholder-information.stanford....rm_990.pdf