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Notre Dame paid coach and ex-coach total $3.1M in 2011

SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 24 (UPI) -- Federal tax documents released by Notre Dame University revealed payments for current and former football coaches totaled $3,142,923 for the 2011 season.

The documents, which the school provided to the Chicago Tribune, revealed the South Bend, Ind., school paid coach Brian Kelly $1,088,179 for a reporting period of July 2011 through June 2012.

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The school also paid $2,054,744 to former coach Charlie Weis during the period as part of a separation agreement that previously saw him receive payments of $6,638,403 and $2,054,744. The Tribune said Weis is scheduled to continue receiving payments through December 2015, which could bring his total post-firing earnings to nearly $19 million.

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