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01-31-2009, 12:40 PM
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January 30, 2009 2:06 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low http://myespn.go.com/blogs/sec/0-4-167/Auburn-paying-big-money-to-assistants.html
Tennessee's not the only SEC school paying big money to its assistants.
Auburn will also have one of the highest paid staffs in the country next season, and the model is similar to Tennessee's.
Like Lane Kiffin, Auburn head coach Gene Chizik will make $2 million (http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1233306951206530.xml&coll=2) (which is nothing to sneeze at), but ranks in the middle of the pack or lower in the SEC in terms of head coaching salaries.
Alabama's Nick Saban, Arkansas' Bobby Petrino, Florida's Urban Meyer, Georgia's Mark Richt, LSU's Les Miles and Ole Miss' Houston Nutt will all make more.
But in taking less, Chizik is able to pay his assistants more, which explains how he was able to attract guys like Trooper Taylor ($320,000) and Curtis Luper ($260,000) from Oklahoma State and Tracy Rocker ($300,000) from Ole Miss.
Defensive coordinator Ted Roof will be the highest paid Auburn assistant at $370,000. Offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn will earn $350,000.
Chizik still has two assistants to hire, but it appears that the Tigers' total salary for assistants next season could end up somewhere around the $2.4 million figure or higher. The tally is already at $2,07 million, which includes just seven assistants. Alabama had the highest paid assistants in the SEC last season at $2.4 million.
Tennessee will pay its nine assistants $3.625 million next season, which includes a $300,000 bonus for defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin.
What comes to mind is with high risk comes high reward. No doubt Auburn and TN both are jobs where assistants might say I need a high reward for some high risk. These were both jobs where these schools received some criticism for both these head coaching hires.
January 30, 2009 2:06 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low http://myespn.go.com/blogs/sec/0-4-167/Auburn-paying-big-money-to-assistants.html
Tennessee's not the only SEC school paying big money to its assistants.
Auburn will also have one of the highest paid staffs in the country next season, and the model is similar to Tennessee's.
Like Lane Kiffin, Auburn head coach Gene Chizik will make $2 million (http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1233306951206530.xml&coll=2) (which is nothing to sneeze at), but ranks in the middle of the pack or lower in the SEC in terms of head coaching salaries.
Alabama's Nick Saban, Arkansas' Bobby Petrino, Florida's Urban Meyer, Georgia's Mark Richt, LSU's Les Miles and Ole Miss' Houston Nutt will all make more.
But in taking less, Chizik is able to pay his assistants more, which explains how he was able to attract guys like Trooper Taylor ($320,000) and Curtis Luper ($260,000) from Oklahoma State and Tracy Rocker ($300,000) from Ole Miss.
Defensive coordinator Ted Roof will be the highest paid Auburn assistant at $370,000. Offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn will earn $350,000.
Chizik still has two assistants to hire, but it appears that the Tigers' total salary for assistants next season could end up somewhere around the $2.4 million figure or higher. The tally is already at $2,07 million, which includes just seven assistants. Alabama had the highest paid assistants in the SEC last season at $2.4 million.
Tennessee will pay its nine assistants $3.625 million next season, which includes a $300,000 bonus for defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin.
What comes to mind is with high risk comes high reward. No doubt Auburn and TN both are jobs where assistants might say I need a high reward for some high risk. These were both jobs where these schools received some criticism for both these head coaching hires.