Similar to other coaching agreements, the Packers aim to prolong LaFleur’s contract and provide him with a rise if he achieves success. After winning the Super Bowl in 2010, McCarthy inked a hefty deal that brought his average considerably closer to the upper level.
LaFleur falls inside the category of the most recently employed coaches. The majority of the folks selected for coaching roles this year are first-time head coaches, and their compensation will reflect that.
The Packers will have to pay LaFleur’s and McCarthy’s salaries this season, totaling roughly $14 million in head coaching compensation.
Meanwhile, LaFleur is attempting to assemble a strong coaching team, and two of the individuals he has talked about since his introduction on Wednesday
New Green Bay Packers coach won’t make as much as his predecessor Mike McCarthy, but that’s not unexpected for someone new to the position.
McCarthy made more than $8 million in the second-to-last year of his existing contract and was due to make in that neighborhood again in 2019.
LaFleur, according to two league sources, will average between $5 million and $5.5 million per year on a four-year contract that includes a fifth-year club option. It is a solid deal for someone who had been an offensive coordinator for just two years and called plays for just one.
The Packers certainly held a lot of leverage in negotiations given LaFleur didn’t have any other teams pursuing him for a head-coach position. More than likely they could have gotten a bargain deal on a first-time head coach.
According to one source who negotiates coaching contracts, LaFleur would rank about 25th in the NFL in average salary if he were at $5 million a year. The high end of the coaching scale is $10 million per year.
All three of the men worked together in Atlanta, when 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was the offensive coordinator. Shanahan took McDaniel and Mike LaFleur with him to San Francisco, while Matt LaFleur went to the Los Angeles Rams.
Matt LaFleur is going to have a hard time prying either of the two away from Shanahan. Since the job does not involve play-calling and isn’t a huge promotion, Shanahan is likely to deny LaFleur’s request to hire either one.
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