If He Wants It, Faust Has a Way Out
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AKRON, Ohio — Although Gerry Faust, the University of Akron’s new football coach, has said he is not interested in another job, there are two escape clauses in his contract.
The former Notre Dame coach can leave the school if he wants to accept a job in the Big Ten, the Atlantic Coast Conference or back at Notre Dame, and he also can leave if Akron does not become a Division I school by Dec. 1, 1987.
At a press conference Dec. 17 announcing that Faust would become Akron’s coach, he was asked if the contract included an escape clause.
“I’m not interested in running,” he answered.
The five-year contract is worth $70,000 a year.
Akron, a member of the Division I-AA Ohio Valley Conference, has applied for membership in the Mid-American Conference. Acceptance would enable the Zips to move up to Division I.
If the MAC does not accept Akron, officials intend to try to become a Division I independent.
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