LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook has one of the more interesting contract clauses you’ll see in college sports. Wording in his new deal, which was signed earlier this week, sets money aside for a personal purchase at the coach’s request. It’s not a car, not a golf membership, not a new home. Instead, the Cornhuskers‘ national championship winning leader is making his employer buy him a horse!
Rather than having the typical escalation clause in his new deal, which spans five years and pays a base salary of $825K, Cook opted to set aside a “retention bonus” of $70K of which he plans on purchasing a once in a lifetime performance horse from the famous Pitzker Ranch near Erickson, Nebraska.
Cook has led his program to four national titles, 11 Final Fours, and 13 conference championships and is the highest paid Collegiate Women’s Volleyball Coach in the country. He filled Memorial Stadium last season with 92K fans in a sold-out match that broke a world record for attendance at a women’s sporting event.
Story courtesy of Rod Fisher and the Husker Nation website.
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