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Canning coach can cost college millions

Major-college football coaches don’t come ââ?¬â? or go ââ?¬â? cheaply. The sport’s annual firing-and-hiring carousel continued to turn Monday, with Alabama ousting Mike Shula near the end of his fourth season with the Crimson Tide. The cost, before the school gets around to hiring his successor: a $4 million buyout of Shula’s contract.