Charlie Weis is the head coach of the Kansas football team and was paid $2.5 million to run the program in 2012.
Weis was also paid nearly $2.1 million to not coach the Notre Dame football team in 2012.
Just call it a scematic contract advantage for the former New England Patriots offensive coordinator.
According to USA Today, new Notre Dame tax returns show Weis received more money from the school in 2012 than did any other athletics employee. That included current Irish head coach Brian Kelly.
Athletic director Jack Swarbrick was paid more than $1.1 million while Kelly was listed as receiving roughly $1.5 million in total pay from the school.
Notre Dame is not required to make public its contracts with coaches or administrators because it is a private school, but must file annual tax returns that includes income information for highly compensated individuals such as their coaches.
Weis served as the New England Patriots' offensive coordinator from 2000-2004 as the team won three Super Bowls. He left to become the head coach at his alma mater and compiled a 35-27 record over five seasons.
Fueled in part by a quick turnaround during the early part of his first season, Notre Dame offered Weis a large, 10-year contract designed to keep him at the school and away from possible NFL jobs. It turned out to be an overreaction as the team slid backward to middling records after a 10-win campaign in 2006 and he was let go. The school, however, is still paying off the buyout and thus lists Weis as one of the highest paid employees on their balance sheet to this day.
Weis also made stops as the Kansas City Chiefs' offensive coordinator before jumping to the University of Florida for a season. He has gone 4-20 during his first two seasons with the Jawhawks.
Say what you want about Weis' playcalling, but he certainly is a head coach who has quite the agent.
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