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Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney has agreed forgo $1. 25 million in scheduled compensation due to the COVID-19 pandemics financial impact on the university and its athletics department, according to an agreement obtained by USA TODAY Sports on Friday. The document provided in response to an open-records request saysSwinney will give up a $1 million retention payment that would become payable if he remains the Tigers head coach through Jan. 1, 2021, and he will not receive a $250,000 raise that had been set to take effect on Jan. 1. Taken together, the reductions represent a decrease of just over 13% of the $9. 375 million that Swinney was due to make during the universitys 2021 fiscal year, which ends June 30. On a dollar basis, this is by far the largest pay reduction announced or disclosed for a college sports coach so far during the pandemic, which is having a huge impact on the finances of athletics programs throughout the NCAA. However, Swinneyis one of the most highly paid people not only in college sports, but also inthe higher-education and non-profit sectors. In April 2019, he and the university agreed to a 10-year contract that had been worth at least $93 million, with $50 million guaranteed. During his 2020 contract year, which ends Dec. 31, he is due to make $8. 25 million. Michigan hasannounced a 10% pay cut for a group of employees that includes football coach Jim Harbaugh, who is set to make $8. 05 million. Texas has said athletics employees making more than $100,001 will lose about 15% of their scheduled salaries; football coach Tom Hermans total compensation for his 2020 contract year is scheduled to be $6 million. On Aug. 24, Clemson announced a university-wide furlough program and said that school president James Clements and all athletics employees making more than $400,000 annually had voluntarily taken compensation reductions of at least 10%. In July, Clemson athletics officials said that because