Tuesday, December 21, 2010

SEC's highest paid assistants

The price of bringing in quality assistants in college football just keeps soaring, and there's never been a better time to be a coveted assistant in the SEC than right now.

Just ask Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn, who turned down a chance to be the head coach at Vanderbilt last week�and received a raise at Auburn that will pay him in the $1.3 million range annually.

Tennessee defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is in play at Texas. He was already making $600,000 with the Vols and could see his salary jump�to $1 million or more if he lands the Longhorns' defensive coordinator's gig.

In fact, six of the SEC's 12 defensive coordinators made $500,000 or more this season. For perspective, at least 31 FBS head coaches didn't make $500,000 this season.

According to a recent study by USA Today, seven of the top 11 assistant coaching salaries from the 2010 season�belong to SEC assistants, one of those being recently hired Florida head coach Will Muschamp. He made $907,000 this season at Texas and was college football's highest paid assistant coach. He will earn an average of $2.7 million as the Gators' head coach.

Here's a look at this season's highest paid assistants:
  • Will Muschamp, Texas defensive coordinator -- $907,000
  • Kirby Smart, Alabama defensive coordinator -- $762,350
  • Todd Grantham, Georgia defensive coordinator -- $760,600
  • Ellis Johnson, South Carolina defensive coordinator -- $706,650
  • John Chavis, LSU defensive coordinator -- $700,000
  • Kevin Steele, Clemson defensive coordinator -- $681,000
  • Nick Holt, Washington defensive coordinator -- $650,004
  • Norm Chow, UCLA offensive coordinator -- $640,000
  • Justin Wilcox, Tennessee defensive coordinator -- $600,000
  • Gus Malzahn, Auburn offensive coordinator -- $500,000
  • Tyrone Nix, Ole Miss defensive coordinator -- $500,000

Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/35815/secs-highest-paid-assistants

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