The University of Nevada, Reno could pay close to $1 million to release football coach Brian Polian from his contract one year early. Nevada and Polian agreed to part ways Sunday. Polian, the son was paid a base salary of $525,000 and had one year left on his original five-year contract. The university will owe Polian nearly $569,000 if he doesn't get another job before his contract expires in January 2018.That total could be in addition to the $389,000 that Polian's assistant coaches are owed through the end of their contracts, which end in February and March.