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Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Newly promoted head coach Ed Orgeron was paid $675,000 for when he served as interim coach after Les Miles was fired in September, according to NOLA.com:
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LSU interim coach Ed Orgeron will be paid a lump sum of $675,000 for his seven games as LSU's interim coach, according to documents in the LSU Board Of Supervisors agenda for its December meeting.

Orgeron was scheduled to make $600,000 as defensive line coach but took over as head coach when Les Miles was fired Sept. 25. He went 5-2 during the two months with losses to Florida and Alabama, the teams playing in Saturday's SEC Championship Game.
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Orgeron has reportedly agreed to a five-year, 3.5 million contract as new head coach.
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djangochained94 months
Is the 600 prorated?
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Black n Gold94 months
So Alleva cost the school $675k by not firing Miles last year when he should have.
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Space Cowboy94 months
Wasn't Alleva overruled by F. King and Bobby Jindal?
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Lexman194 months
Is this in addition to his $600,000 salary as d-line coach?
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Birdie22594 months
Nice bonus for is services. Good for him!
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kjntgr94 months
Did he get paid the same amount for the Florida and Bama games
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TigerBuddha94 months
hell yeah gettin paid gettin paid
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