7 Alabama coaches get new contracts approved: Here are the salary details
Seven Alabama coaches got new contracts approved Monday, including baseball coach Rob Vaughn and women’s basketball coach Kristy Curry.
The compensation committee for the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees met virtually Monday and approved all athletics employment contacts. The list of seven included Vaughn, Curry, men’s basketball assistants Brian Adams and Chris Fleming, women’s tennis coach Jonatan Berhane, swimming coach Margo Geer and women’s rowing coach Kumari Lewis.
Vaughn’s new deal is for $1.275 million annually on a new five-year deal through June 30, 2030. Vaughn was making $900,000 annually on his five-year deal signed in 2023. Vaughn is heading into his third season with the Crimson Tide. During the first two, each of his Alabama teams have made it to the NCAA Tournament. Neither made it past a regional.
Curry received a raise to $700,000 on a new five-year deal through June 30, 2030. Under Curry’s previous deal agreed to in 2024, she was making $650,000 annually. Alabama has reached the NCAA Tournament in each of the past three seasons under Curry with four appearances in the past five seasons. None of those teams has made it past the first weekend, but the Crimson Tide earned its highest seed yet under Curry this past spring as a No. 5 seed.
Adams is heading into his second season as an assistant coach on Nate Oats’ Alabama men’s basketball coaching staff. Adams ran the defense for the team that reached the Elite Eight. Fleming is a new addition to the staff. He replaced Ryan Pannone, who took the Arkansas State head coaching job.
Both of Adams and Fleming’s new deals go through April 30, 2027. Each will make $400,000 annually. As part of Fleming’s deal, Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne explained “there will be a slight offset for his remaining term with the Portland Trailblazers.” But Fleming’s average salary will be $400,000 nonetheless.
Berhane’s new deal is a three-year contract through June 30, 2028 for $150,000 annually. Geer’s deal will be for $180,000 annually, running through April 30, 2028. Meanwhile, Lewis’ deal as a new hire has a deal for four years running through June 30, 2029 for $180,000 annually.
Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.
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