GRAMBLING, Louisiana -- Grambling State University officials weren’t going to leave the table during negotiations with Broderick Fobbs until he was one of the highest paid HBCU football coaches.
And that’s what GSU President Rick Gallot and Athletic Director Paul Bryant, plus the clutch help from the university’s Foundation, did as well as spring their coach up the FCS salary ladder.
Fobbs and his alma mater agreed to a new, four-year contract “several weeks ago” and officially received approval on the deal worth $1.28 million from the University of Louisiana Board of Supervisors Thursday afternoon. The new contract takes effect July 1 and runs through Dec. 31, 2022.
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While the institution wasn’t able to offer Fobbs a base salary raise – it did increase from $195,000 to $198,000 due a 2-percent uptick all GSU faculty garnered – the $121,000 yearly kick from the Grambling State University Foundation, the 43-year-old head coach stands to make $319,000 for the 2018 season before incentives. That rate makes Fobbs the highest-paid head football coach in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, the next closest being Texas Southern’s Mike Haywood at a $300,000 base salary. Also, Fobbs is the highest- paid FCS football coach in state of Louisiana.
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