Ryan Silverfield
The numbers
$6,500,000
YR1 (2026)
USA TODAY reports $2.25M (FY2025), measured at Memphis Tigers, the job he held that year.
What the document says
“Annual Compensation (Annual Salary + Other Annual Compensation): YR1 (2026) – $350,000 (Annual Salary) + $6,150,000 (Other Annual Compensation) = $6,500,000 (Effective Date – December 31, 2026) (annualized); YR2 (2027) – $350,000 + $6,250,000 = $6,600,000 (January 1, 2027 – December 31, 2027); YR3 (2028) – $350,000 + $6,350,000 = $6,700,000 (January 1, 2028 – December 31, 2028); YR4 (2029) – $350,000 + $6,450,000 = $6,800,000 (January 1, 2029 – December 31, 2029); YR5 (2030) – $350,000 + $6,550,000 = $6,900,000 (January 1, 2030 – December 31, 2030)”Annual Compensation (Annual Salary + Other Annual Compensation) · University of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Coach/Staff Contract - Silverfield Term Sheet - 2025 · Page 1
70% of remaining Annual Compensation
full term
The document states a formula, not a dollar figure.
USA TODAY reports a buyout of $6.47M (FY2025) for his Memphis Tigers contract — a single figure as of that year rather than the formula this contract carries.
What the document says
“70% of total remaining Annual Compensation (Annual Salary + Other Annual Compensation), including any scheduled increases, due through the otherwise unexpired Term”Release Payment (University Terminates Without Cause) · University of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Coach/Staff Contract - Silverfield Term Sheet - 2025 · Page 1
Through December 31, 2030
full term
Running from November 30, 2025.
What the document says
“Five (5) year deal; Effective November 30, 2025 ("Effective Date") and expiring December 31, 2030 ("Term"); January 1 – December 31 shall be deemed a "Contract Year", with the exception of the first Contract Year which shall commence on the Effective Date and continue through December 31, 2026.”Term · University of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Coach/Staff Contract - Silverfield Term Sheet - 2025 · Page 1
Figures on these cards are read off the cited document at the cited page. USA TODAY's row is reported alongside as a cross-check, not merged into them: a contract states scheduled pay for a contract year, USA TODAY reports one fiscal year of pay to whoever held the job, and the two are expected to differ. USA TODAY also lists a maximum bonus of $500K. Source ↗
The fine print
Private air for recruiting and program work only — the redacted term sheet grants no personal flying.
“Use of private air transportation (non-commercial) for all recruiting/program-related activities; or first-class travel (as applicable)”University of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Coach/Staff Contract - Silverfield Term Sheet - 2025 · Page 2View the document →
His wife and children travel to away and postseason games at no cost to him.
“Coach's spouse and immediate family shall be permitted to travel to away & post-season contests at no cost to Coach”University of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Coach/Staff Contract - Silverfield Term Sheet - 2025 · Page 2View the document →
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The flights
Published reporting on Arkansas Razorbacks aircraft during this tenure:
A jet clause is eligibility; a tracked flight is evidence; the join is presented as contract-next-to-reporting, never as proof the coach was aboard.
How this page is sourced
Where a contract for this coach is in the corpus, the headline figures are read off that document at the page each card cites, and USA TODAY's figure runs alongside as a cross-check. Where no contract is held, the figures are school-reported contract terms from USA TODAY's coaches salary database for the most recent fiscal year on file. Neither is W-2 compensation, and neither is comparable to Form 990 totals for private schools.
Clause text is transcribed verbatim from the cited document at the cited page. Where a term is attributed to published reporting rather than a document we hold, the card says so explicitly.
Flight reports linked here are attributed to the program and the date, not to a passenger. Nothing on this page claims a coach exercised a clause or was aboard an aircraft.