GoVols247: DeBord's departure could be costly for Vols' ex-OC

After making roughly $1.1 million total in two years as the University of Tennessee offensive coordinator, Mike DeBord’s move to Indiana University is going to be a costly one.

Per standard terms of UT assistant coaches’ contracts, they are obligated to pay 33 percent of the remaining value of their contracts if they leave before the end of a term.

In the case of DeBord, who signed a two-year pact with the Vols and longtime friend and former understudy Butch Jones in February 2015, he had been renewed and given a modest raise following the ‘15 season that extended DeBord’s pact through February 2018.

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