{"id":447038,"date":"2025-12-14T19:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T19:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/447038\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T19:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T19:04:17","slug":"uclas-mick-cronin-got-a-new-five-year-contract-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/447038\/","title":{"rendered":"UCLA’s Mick Cronin got a new five-year contract this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEATTLE\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Strengthening its commitment to Mick Cronin<\/a>, UCLA<\/a> quietly awarded its men\u2019s basketball coach a new five-year contract last summer that runs through the 2029-30 season, according to documents reviewed by The Times through a public-records request.<\/p>\n

The contract that was signed by Cronin and athletic director Martin Jarmond<\/a> in May and took effect June 1 will pay Cronin $4.5 million per season, a slight raise over the $4.1 million he was making under the previous contract that was set to expire after the 2027-28 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honored to be the coach at UCLA,\u201d Cronin told The Times late Saturday night after his team\u2019s 82-72 loss to Gonzaga<\/a> at Climate Pledge Arena. \u201cFor me, I have no inklings of being anywhere else. I\u2019ve had many offers to do so. I\u2019m where I want to be so I\u2019ll always say the same thing \u2014 it was surreal when I got the job and I\u2019m just working hard to do everything we can to upgrade our program to a point to where we can try to win the title for our fans, and that\u2019s all I really worry about. I\u2019m at that point in my career, so if they want to extend me, I take it because I\u2019m not looking to go anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

The contract was not announced at the time it was signed, according to an athletic department spokesperson, because of the financial climate within the university, particularly given the prospect of federal funding cuts.<\/p>\n

Asked if there was any movement toward a contract extension for Cronin in late July, Jarmond said, \u201cI want Mick to be here a long time, Mick knows that. We talk about that, so you know, we\u2019ll work on that when we need to work on it. But I want him to be here a long time. I love what Mick is doing in our program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cronin\u2019s contract was signed not long after he guided UCLA to the second round of the NCAA tournament, where the Bruins lost to Tennessee. Cronin\u2019s previous teams reached the Final Four in 2021 and the Sweet 16 in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n

Cronin, 54, has compiled a 145-67 record in seven seasons with the Bruins, his accomplishments including a Pac-12 title in 2023 that his team won by a four-game margin over second-place Arizona.<\/p>\n

His new contract includes a buyout provision that calls for him to be paid $22.5 million if he\u2019s terminated without cause through March 31, 2026. The buyout amount drops to $18 million if he\u2019s terminated without cause through March 31, 2027; $13.5 million through March 31, 2028; $9 million through March 31, 2029; and $4.5 million through March 31, 2030.<\/p>\n

The buyout includes a mitigation clause that would offset UCLA\u201ds buyout obligations through future employment over the duration of the contract.<\/p>\n

If Cronin were to leave for another job, he would owe UCLA $15 million through March 31, 2026, with that amount dropping to $12 million through March 31, 2027; $8 million through March 31, 2028; $6 million through March 31, 2029; and $4 million through March 31, 2030.<\/p>\n

The bonus structure in Cronin\u2019s contract calls for him to make $25,000 for a conference championship and $15,000 for a conference tournament championship. He\u2019ll get an extra $45,000 if the Bruins make the NCAA tournament, $25,000 for making the second round, $40,000 for making the Sweet 16, $25,000 for making the Elite Eight, $50,000 for making the Final Four, $25,000 for making the championship game and $50,000 for winning the national title. If Cronin is selected conference coach of the year, he\u2019ll make an additional $10,000.<\/p>\n

Cronin could be awarded additional amounts for his team\u2019s academic performance, along with retention bonuses of $500,000 if he\u2019s employed through April 15, 2026; $600,000 if he\u2019s employed through April 15, 2027; $700,000 if he\u2019s employed through April 15, 2028; and $700,000 if he\u2019s employed through April 15, 2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Strengthening its commitment to Mick Cronin, UCLA quietly awarded its men\u2019s basketball coach a new five-year contract last…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":447039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[10140,32072,205681,1582,276,12192,2961,224,5337,3250,118393,11009,205680,5950,20201,1176,80095,3007,197,2501],"class_list":{"0":"post-447038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-basketball-coach","9":"tag-bruins","10":"tag-buyout-provision","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-contract","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-march","18":"tag-mick-cronin","19":"tag-ncaa-tournament","20":"tag-new-five-year-contract","21":"tag-season","22":"tag-second-round","23":"tag-summer","24":"tag-sweet","25":"tag-team","26":"tag-title","27":"tag-ucla"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115719482205974374","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}