Nebraska reveals Scott Frost contract metrics after losing lawsuit

After a Lancaster County District Court judge ruled in favor of USA Today in a lawsuit over the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s need to disclose metrics in the contract of former football coach Scott Frost, athletic director Trev Alberts revealed the details.

According to Sam McKewon of the Omaha World-Herald, the metrics of Frost’s restructured deal – which went in place before the 2022 season and his subsequent firing – were to make a bowl game appearance, and in turn win at least six games.

While Trev Alberts and Nebraska preferred for the details to remain a verbal agreement, Scott Frost requested the metrics in writing. As part of the lawsuit which led to the release of the information, questions about whether the metrics were written down or verbally agreed played a role in the outcome.

If Frost and Nebraska had reached the minimum threshold, he would have reverted to his original contract in place of the restructured deal.

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A judge in Lancaster County District Court has ruled that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln must disclose metrics in former head coach Scott Frost’s contract that gauged whether he would keep his job. USA Today originally sued for the records and judge Ryan Post has ruled in the new organizations favor, according to Chris Dunker of the Lincoln Star-Journal.

Frost was brought back for the 2022 season, his fifth as the Nebraska head coach, on a restructured contract. He made it a quarter of the way through the season, getting jettisoned after a home loss to Georgia Southern in September.

While certain aspects of Frost’s restructured contract have been known for some time — like his buyout dropping from $15 million to $7.5 million on Oct. 1, 2022 — the thresholds Frost needed to meet to keep his job were not made clear.