AUSTIN, Texas -- University of Texas regents on Saturday gave new football coach Tom Herman a five-year contract worth at least $25 million.Herman could make even more if all goes well and hes not fired like his predecessor, Charlie Strong. Herman gets a first-year salary of $5.25 million and it will grow to $6.25 million by the fifth year.He also gets a $1 million bonus if he is still employed on Christmas 2019. It also includes bonuses up to $575,000 per season for on-field performance ranging from playing in a bowl game to winning a national championship, and another $150,000 for national coach of the year recognition.Weve got a great coach, Texas president Greg Fenves said after the unanimous vote, although regent Wallace Hall did not participate. Its a very fair contract, fair to him and fair to the university.Texas fired Strong after three losing seasons and moved swiftly to hire Herman away from Houston, where he was 22-4 the past seasons in his first head coaching job. The entire process took less one week.The board met by conference call Saturday to approve the contract. Deliberations were done in private before the board took a public vote to approve the contract.By any account, Texas is on the hook for a lot of money.The program still owes Strong more than $10 million for the final two years of a five-year guaranteed contract. Texas is also negotiating with Houston on a $2.5 million buyout to get Herman. And the Longhorns program still owes Strongs staff, who were under multi-year contracts, another $6 million.Some of that money -- but not all -- would be reduced if Strong and his former assistants find new jobs.Regent Alex Cranberg, who had been on the board when Strongs contract was approved, called Strongs contract a disaster and embarrassing in hindsight, and was pleased with how Hermans deal is structured, with most, but not all, of the money guaranteed.Texas also seems aware that if Herman does well at Texas, hell have other suitors. Hermans Texas contract includes a hefty buyout -- $3 million per year plus assistants salaries- if he chooses to leave early.Hermans contract will be paid with revenue generated from the athletic department, not from money awarded to the university.As for his staff, Herman is still putting that together. Those contracts will be sent to the regents at a later date.Texas use of guaranteed contracts for head coaches and assistants is relatively new and was started by former athletic director Steve Patterson when the school hired Strong in early 2014. Texas basketball coach Shaka Smart also has a six-year guaranteed contract, with an option for a seventh year, worth about $22 million.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org. Fake NBA Jerseys China . 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LSU running back Leonard Fournette has said he will not play in the Citrus Bowl.I would do anything to play one more time with my brothers in that scarlet and gray, Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott posted on Twitter about players sitting out bowl games.McCaffrey said last month he would be skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft. He was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2015 as a sophomore when he set the NCAA record for all-purpose yards in a season.For three years Christian has not only been a great player, but a great teammate as well, Stanford coach David Shaw said in a statement. We wish him great success at the next level, as we continue our preparation for the Sun Bowl.This season, McCaffrey missed a game against Notre Dame with an undisclosed injury, but finished the season strong. He had at least 135 yards rushing in his final five games and finished the season with 1,603 yards on the ground and 13 touchdowns.I dont think it takes away from the fact weve still got two pretty good football teams that are going to play, Sun Bowl executive director Bernie Olivas said. Yeah, it would have been great to have a prolific runner llike Christian McCaffrey going against a prolific passer like (North Carolina quarterback) Mitch Trubisky, but I totally understand where hes coming from.dddddddddddd I still hope he makes the trip and enjoys the festivities we have for the teams.Trubisky, a junior, is still considering whether to come back for another college season. He would be one of the top quarterback prospects in the draft if he does leave early.I think its smart on their part, because its different when youre a running back and youre taking all the shots. So for them to just prep for the NFL, I respect it because theyre making the decision thats best for them in their career, Trubisky said. Just based on what Im going through with my decision, I know they just didnt make that decision. Theres probably a lot of thought process that goes in behind that.The 6-foot, 200-pound McCaffrey has been one of the busiest ball carriers in college football over the last two seasons. He has 672 touches from scrimmage (590 rushes, 82 receptions) and another 76 kick and punt returns.With McCaffrey gone, Bryce Love will likely get most of the carries for Stanford against North Carolina. The sophomore from Wake Forest, North Carolina, ran for 664 yards and 7.4 per carry this season. He had 129 yards and a touchdown against Notre Dame, when McCaffrey was out.Theyre not going to change what they do, North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said about Stanford. Theyre going to run the ball and pound it at you and play-action pass you.---Contributing to this report were AP sports writers Aaron Beard in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Steve Megargee in Knoxville, Tennessee; and Josh Dubow in Oakland, California.---Follow Ralph D. Russo at www.Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP---For more college football coverage: http://collegefootball.ap.org/ ' ' '