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Mike Tyson, Colin Powell, Tom Brady and Kyle Whittingham walk into a tent.

No, there's no punchline.

This actually happened in 2014, when the Whittinghams were among the guests at Under Armour's hospitality weekend in Maryland during the Preakness. It's a star-studded event that both Kyle Whittingham and Larry Krystkowiak are invited to attend every year: oysters, celebrities and horse racing galore. This year, they got to see Triple Crown winner American Pharoah race his way into history.

"It's about as fun a weekend as you can imagine," Krystkowiak said.

And it's built into their contracts.

The sky-high salaries of major Division I head coaches always draw attention, and Utah is no exception: Both Whittingham and Krystkowiak negotiated contract extensions this year that will pay them more than $2 million annually for leading the Utes on the field and the hardwood, respectively.

But there are other things written into their deals — car stipends, country club memberships, game tickets, phones, insurance. They are undoubtedly a few added "perks" of the job that make even the most demanding athletic jobs a little easier.

"There are probably more of those things than there used to be," athletic director Chris Hill said. "Some of those things have been there for a long, long time, but keeping up with the Joneses is one of the most difficult things about college athletics."

Nationwide, there are some fairly ostentatious fringe benefits: Several coaches, like Alabama's Nick Saban, can use a private jet for a limited amount of personal travel. Ohio State's Urban Meyer receives an annual salary from supermarket chain Kroger. Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer has another job set up for when he retires from coaching, as a $250,000-a-year "special assistant" to the athletic director.

Some perks are less costly, but nonetheless personal: USA Today reported in 2012 that former Texas coach Mack Brown received a $750 gift card to an Austin gun shop.

Comparatively speaking, the contracts of both Whittingham and Krystkowiak are pretty vanilla — but there's still plenty of stuff loaded in.

Whittingham has a university-provided car, but also receives a stipend for a second car. He has 28 season tickets for games, a Rice-Eccles Stadium box and basketball tickets. His children attend the university for free, although 50 percent of the covered expenses are taxable income. He has memberships to Hidden Valley and Salt Lake country clubs.

This stuff amounts to a small sum compared to his roughly $2.4 million in annual salary, and Whittingham said he mostly lets his agent handle negotiating such details. In fact, that's his first bit of advice to any of his assistants: Get yourself representation.

"If you study a lot of the other head coaching contracts, it can be unique and interesting what some guys ask for," Whittingham said. "But the nuts and bolts of these contracts are mostly the same. A lot of guys get a car, a lot of guys get a country club. These are all pretty standardized."

Krystkowiak gets some similar perks, albeit at a slightly more modest level: He's got one car and one country club membership. But he does have a $15,000 allowance for family vacation, which comes in pretty handy in the offseason with five children all under 18.

Krystkowiak said his most important negotiating period generally comes before putting the terms to ink and paper: Throughout the season, he had discussions with Hill about his job which includes some thoughts about compensation.

By the time the two parties sat down this spring to hammer out a new deal, they had already agreed on many of the terms.

"A lot of it stems with my relationship with my boss: We respect each other, and we speak the truth to one another," Krystkowiak said. "I don't want to make people think I'm some kind of seasoned negotiator. Honestly, my wife is sometimes my best agent."

Some of the perks have more job ties than they might appear. It's common, for instance, for head coaches to use their country club memberships to go golfing with boosters. Football or basketball tickets can make great professional networking tools. The university provides a phone, but that phone is used for talking to players and recruits at least as often as making personal calls.

There are other things that undoubtedly come out of pocket — albeit deep pockets. Krystkowiak, an avid golf fan, takes friends to the Masters every year. Whittingham's large family — including siblings, nieces and nephews and other friends — accompany him on many of his trips to Hawaii, Lake Powell and other favorite destinations

The coaches work hard, they say. They want to play hard, too— when they can. Even if it looks like they personally receive the perks, they're often shared. And Hill, who signs the contracts on the university's behalf, recognizes the power of such additions in a contract.

"You sacrifice a lot when you're coaching, especially with your family," Hill said. "We try to make our coaches and their family members feel good about where they are. It's important to them, and it's important for us when we try to keep good people."