According to the Grand Forks Herald, when North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol took the head coaching job with the Philadelphia Flyers last week, it triggered a clause in his contract that will see him have to pay the university $100,000 for opting out of his deal before June 30, 2015.
The clause was reportedly inserted into Hakstol’s contract by UND athletic director Brian Faison.
The article also sates that if Hakstol was going to a minor league team or taking an assistant coaching job in the NHL, he would have owed $50,000. If he left for another NCAA team, the monies owed would have been $318,270 – his base salary for the 2015-16 season.
Hakstol had three seasons left on his contract with UND after completing the third season of a six-year contract this past year.
