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COLUMBIA, Mo. — The numbers are in.

Corey Batoon, Missouri’s new defensive coordinator, will earn a salary of $1 million per year across the three-year contract he signed with the school on Friday. The Post-Dispatch obtained a copy of Batoon’s contract through a public records request.

Batoon also received a $30,000 signing bonus and is eligible for several standard incentives based around Mizzou’s performance.

His salary is both a significant raise from his past stop at South Alabama and a significant discount for MU, compared with that of his predecessor, Blake Baker. Before Baker left in surprise fashion to take LSU’s defensive coordinator job, he had just inked a contract extension that put his salary at an average of $2 million across three years — double what Batoon will be paid.

At South Alabama, Batoon earned a salary of $292,000, according to USA Today’s database of coaching contracts.

Should Batoon leave the job before the end of May, his buyout would be $3 million. Past that point, a departure before the end of 2024 would bring about an $800,000 buyout. Leaving in 2025 would cost him and his future employer $600,000, and a 2026 departure would cost $400,000. The contract expires in January 2027.

As is standard with coaching contracts, Batoon would not have to pay a buyout if he is hired as a college head coach or professional assistant — or if MU coach Eli Drinkwitz is no longer in charge of the program.

If Mizzou does the buying out, it would have to pay Batoon the remainder of his unpaid salary through the remainder of the contract — essentially, his $3 million of total earnings is guaranteed.

Under the contract’s incentive structure, Batoon can earn as much as $75,000 for postseason achievements, with at least $40,000 on the table if the Tigers make it to the College Football Playoff. Winning the Southeastern Conference would also give Batoon a $50,000 windfall.

Batoon will earn slightly less than offensive coordinator Kirby Moore, who signed a contract extension after his first season. Moore’s two-year deal is worth an average of $1.25 million per year.

Slightly more than two dozen SEC assistant coaches earn seven-figure salaries.

Batoon, 55, has made stops as an assistant coach at Liberty, Hawaii, Florida Atlantic and Mississippi.