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CLEMSON — Winning a national title pays well at Clemson.
Head coach Dabo Swinney and the football staff earned more than $2.8 million in bonuses with the team’s run to a national championship and Atlantic Coast Conference crown. The school gave a list of bonuses to The AP on Thursday.
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Swinney led the way, getting $1.45 million in bonus pay for Clemson’s first national championship since 1981. The Tigers defeated previously undefeated Alabama 35-31 in Tampa, Florida to take the title earlier this month.
Each of Clemson’s nine on-field assistant coaches received $95,000 in extra pay for the team’s 14-1 season.
Strength coach Joey Batson and associate athletic director for football administration Woody McCorvey also received and extra $95,000.
In all, 16 football staffers received at least $70,000 in bonuses.
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