By Will Vandervort.

Brent Venables’ amended contract reveals the Clemson defensive coordinator will be well taken care off.

Venables signed an extension last Friday to an original contract he signed on May 5, 2014. It’s an extension that could keep the Tigers’ defensive coordinator in Clemson through January 31, 2019, while paying him $5.4 million through the life of the contract.

Under the amended contract, which was obtained by The Clemson Insider through the university’s athletic communications department, Venables will be making a base salary of $245,000 a year with supplemental compensation at $1, 105,000. That equals out to $1.35 million per year. That’s a $475,000 raise from this past season in which he received a total base and supplemental compensation of $875,000.

The new terms of the contract means Venables will be one of the highest paid assistant coaches in the country next year.

Under Venables, Clemson led the nation in 11 different defensive categories in 2014, including total defense. The unit was a major reason the Tigers finished the season with a 10-3 record, including a 40-6 victory over Oklahoma in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

The Tigers were ranked No. 15 in the final Associated Press Top 25 football Poll, which was released on Tuesday.

Venables’ defense led the nation in total defense, allowing just 260.8 yards per game, the first time Clemson led the nation since 1990. The Tigers also led the nation in pass efficiency defense for the first time, and led in yards allowed per play, tackles for loss per game, first downs allowed and third-down conversion percentage defense.

The Tigers also ranked second in passing yards allowed, third in scoring defense and fifth in rushing defense. Clemson was the only school in the nation to finish in the top five of the five major defensive categories, and it was the first time in school history it finished in the top five of all those categories in one season.

In addition to the base salary and supplemental compensation set forth Venables will also receive $10,000 if the Tigers play in the ACC Championship Game.

Venables will also receive $10,000 if the Tigers advance to a postseason bowl game other than the College Football Playoffs and achieve at least 7 or more wins, or he will receive $20,000 if the Tigers play in a postseason bowl game and win 8 or more games, or $40,000 if the team plays in a New Year’s Six game, or $50,000 if they play in the College Football Playoff semifinals, or $80,000 if the team wins the championship game of the College Football Playoffs.

Venables is expected to receive a $20,000 bonus for what the Tigers accomplished in 2014.

If Venables should leave Clemson for another job other than being a head coach before his contract runs out, he will then be expected to pay 25 percent of the base salary and supplemental compensation payable for the remaining term, based on the rates as in effect as of the termination date. In other words, if Venables were to leave Clemson following the 2015 season for a similar job, he will owe the school a $1 million.

The buyout will decrease with each additional year at 25 percent of the base salary and supplemental compensation payable for the remaining term of the contract.

Should Clemson part ways with Venables without cause, then the university will pay Venables what is left of the remaining contract at the time of the termination.