Remember when Charlie Weis was waddling up and down Notre Dame's sidelines and cussing out his players? Those were grand times, but unfortunately, those plus-sized knickers have now been filled by Brian Kelly.
Weis was fired by the Irish in 2009 after failing to live up to the promise of an inaugural season that ended with a shellacking at the hands of The Ohio State University Buckeyes.
In 2014, however, the Irish are still paying Charlie Weis (now entering his third year at Kansas). They're even paying him more than their coach who took them to a title game (that was another shellacking). From ESPN:
Notre Dame paid Weis $2,054,744 for the reporting period of July 2012 through June 2013, according to the university's federal tax return, which was provided to ESPN.com on Wednesday. The sum paid to Weis to not coach the Irish -- already at a total of $12,802,635 because he has now received three straight payments of $2,054,744 from Notre Dame, following an initial payment of $6,638,403 after his firing -- could end up exceeding $18 million by next winter. Notre Dame is scheduled for "additional annual payments" through December 2015, so three more payments of what Weis received in the previous three years means his buyout money from the school would total $18,966,867.
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Kelly received $1,457,284 from Notre Dame during the 2012 reporting period, though that number likely does not match his total earnings. The school notes that "the current head football coach is permitted to receive compensation from external sources with prior written approval from the University." Income from a source such as a shoe company would not have to be reported on the tax forms.
So the next time you're feeling sorry for ol' Charlie Weis, don't.
