Silverfield’s contract details released

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New Arkansas football coach Ryan Silverfield will be paid $6.5 million in his first year on the job.
The 45-year-old Silverfield will receive $100,000 pay raises each year of the agreement that runs through the 2030 season. He is in line to be paid $6.9 million in the final year of the agreement.
Silverfield’s 5-page term sheet with the Razorbacks was released Monday through a Freedom of Information Act request. The agreement was signed by Silverfield and Arkansas athletics director Hunter Yurachek shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday, the night before Silverfield was announced as the program’s head coach.

The agreement includes a minimum salary pool the Razorbacks will offer to Silverfield’s full-time assistant coaching staff and support staff members, but those figures are redacted. According to the term sheet, there will be an annual review of the salary pool amounts and Silverfield will “have the discretion to re-allocate such pool amounts as he deems appropriate.”
In a statement Sunday, Yurachek said a “new and significant financial investment” had been committed to the program. When he fired former head coach Sam Pittman in September, Yurachek said Pittman “did not have the resources he needed to appropriately compete” in the SEC.
Pittman was paid $5.5 million in the final year of his contract, plus an average of $1.1 million in deferred annual compensation. Arkansas' 10-member full-time assistant coaching staff had contracts worth $6.465 million in 2025, which was the highest figure in program history.
In addition to his salary, Silverfield is eligible for a number of bonuses, including $1 million for winning a national championship or $250,000 for winning the SEC. Other bonuses include $150,000 for appearing in any College Football Playoff game, with higher bonuses available for advancement to each round of the CFP.
If Silverfield is fired for convenience, he will be owed 70% of the remaining value of the contract. The contract is valued at $33.5 million total.
Silverfield will owe Arkansas $10 million to accept another job before Dec. 31, 2026. That figure falls by $2.5 million each year until the final year of the agreement, when it is reduced to $1.25 million.
Arkansas agreed to pay $1.5 million to buy out Silverfield’s contract at Memphis, where he had a 50-25 record after taking over the program in late 2019.

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