Voters in McKinney, Texas, have approved the funding for a $62.8 million high-school football stadium, according to The Dallas Morning News. It will be the most expensive high-school stadium in the country.
The venue, seen above in an artist's rendering, will seat 12,000 fans and be the home to three area high schools in the suburb of Dallas.
The funding is part of a $220 million bond for the McKinney Independent School District that will go toward repairs and upgrades of existing facilities, as well as the construction of the new stadium and an attached events center.
Amazingly, this will be the third stadium in Texas to cost at least $60 million. The McKinney stadium will be just 4 miles north of the $60 million, 18,000-seat stadium that opened in Allen, Texas, in 2012. A school district in Katy, Texas, outside of Houston, is currently building a $62.5 million stadium that will open next year, according to WideOpenCountry.com.
Texas school district to build $63 million football stadium, the most expensive in the country
#25 Dabo Swinney — $3.31 million
School: Clemson
Conference: ACC
School Salary: $3.30 million
Other Pay: $5,200
Potential Bonus: $1.13 million
Championships (conference/national)*: 1/0
One thing to know: Swinney is in line for a big pay day after guiding the Tigers to undefeated regular season and the No. 1 ranking for most of the season.
* Entering the 2015 season
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#24 Jim Mora — $3.35 million
School: UCLA
Conference: Pac-12
School Salary: $3.35 million
Other Pay: $0
Potential Bonus: $0.93 million
Championships (conference/national): 0/0
One thing to know: After reports that he was interested in returning to the NFL prior to the season, Mora was quick to shoot those down, saying, "You know how those guys are. Sometimes they just make stuff up, and throw it out there, and see if it sticks."
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#23 Chris Petersen — $3.40 million
School: Washington
Conference: Pac-12
School Salary: $3.40 million
Other Pay: $2,940
Potential Bonus: $1.18 million
Championships (conference/national): 5/0
One thing to know: Washington lured Peterson away from Boise State in 2013 by making him the highest-paid coach in the Pac-12, a distinction he still holds. Earlier this season, Peterson returned to Boise to face the Broncos, something he called "awkward."
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#22 Butch Jones — $3.63 million
School: Tennessee
Conference: SEC
School Salary: $3.61 million
Other Pay: $23,000
Potential Bonus: $1.00 million
Championships (conference/national): 4/0
One thing to know: Despite already being under contract through 2018, the Vols gave Jones an extension at the end of the 2014 season that now has him under contract through 2020.
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#21 Mike Gundy — $3.65 million
School: Oklahoma State
Conference: Big 12
School Salary: $3.65 million
Other Pay: not reported
Potential Bonus: $0.55 million
Championships (conference/national): 1/0
One thing to know: Mike Gundy is still a coach at Oklahoma State, but he's not 40 anymore (he's 48).
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#20 Mark Dantonio — $3.67 million
School: Michigan State
Conference: Big Ten
School Salary: $3.67 million
Other Pay: $0
Potential Bonus: $0.65 million
Championships (conference/national): 2/0
One thing to know: Despite all his success and a championship contender this season, Dantonio is just the fifth-highest-paid coach in the Big Ten.
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#19 Gary Patterson — $3.94 million
School: Texas Christian
Conference: Big 12
School Salary: $3.94 million
Other Pay: not reported
Potential Bonus: not reported
Championships (conference/national): 6/0
One thing to know: When Patterson took over TCU in 2000, they were in the WAC conference. Since then, they have moved to Conference USA, the Mountain West, and now into an annual championship contender as a member of one of the lucrative Power-5 conferences, the Big 12.
