Matt Rhule went shopping for assistant coaches, handed out two school record-breaking contracts, and came back to Lincoln with more than $1 million to spare. January 27, 2023 5:15 am CT Early this month, we reported on the news that Nebraska is paying two assistant coaches in excess of $1 million a season. Nebraska assistant coach salaries have been made public. New Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule has finalized his coaching staff, and its now becoming clear how much theyre getting paid. #PoundTheRock https://t.co/roiHzgiJOU, EJ Barthel (@CoachEJbarthel) December 1, 2022, You can feel the energy in this place! Early this month, we reported on the news that Nebraska is paying two assistant coaches in excess of $1 million a season. To right what went wrong in 2021 and before, Nebraska is investing even more in Scott Frost's coaching staff. OC Marcus Satterfield $1.4 million. LINCOLN, NE - SEPTEMBER 08: The Nebraska Cornhuskers flag after a touchdown against the Colorado Buffaloes at Memorial Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Zach has been FootballScoop's national columnist since 2012. He is the type of player that you have to watch as a quarterback, due to his athleticism and his ability to cover the field. Made $900K last season at South Carolina. However, his salary for the first season will be much lower than that at $5.5 million. Rhule has added . Guinta's salary at Nebraska is currently set at $160,000. He is the 52nd overall athlete in the 2024 class, and the fifth overall player in the class from the state of Nebraska per the 247Sports rankings. At any rate, managing editor Danny Jaillet and I break down what the visit means for Nebraska football and much more in our latest podcast episode. His contract is for eight years and $74 million, athletic director Trev Alberts announced. (Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports), Postseason: Lost Capital One Bowl to Georgia, 45-31, Nebraska coach Bo Pelini is pulled away from officials by offensive coordinator Tim Beck during a game against Iowa at Memorial Stadium, on Nov. 29, 2013. In late November, the Cornhuskers hired Rhule as their next head coach. He was a former player and student assistant when Rhule . You can also find out podcast onAppleorSpotify. Britt Prince any chance she ends up in Lincoln? Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Marcus Satterfield leads the staff with a $1.4 million salary on a 3-year contract. Hes the top-ranked QB in the country, so its likely going to be broadcast on CBS Sports Network not a random Sunday evening announcement. $315K for TE coach Bob Wager. https://t.co/YWn60CNcB1. Mark Whipple made $875K. Nebraska Cornhuskers news: A beat down in basketball, football recruiting and more, Nebraska Football rebuild is being over-exaggerated, Your email address will not be published. Rhule was 11-27 with Carolina and left with about $40 million remaining on the seven-year, guaranteed $62 million contract he signed in 2020. Klicken Sie auf Alle ablehnen, wenn Sie nicht mchten, dass wir und unsere Partner Cookies und personenbezogene Daten fr diese zustzlichen Zwecke verwenden. Last year Mike Dawson made $550K. Zack Carpenter; Dec 2, 2022; Insider's Board; Replies 11 In all, Frost's assistants will earn $5.15 million, increasing Nebraska's investment by more than half a million dollars from 2021. Utah State will be Cauthen's seventh defensive coordinator job. @CoachMattRhule has named @DonovanRaiola as our Offensive Line Coach.#GBR pic.twitter.com/I1v5ZKfWJy, Proud to be the next RB Coach at The University of Nebraska! Rhule rebuilt Temple and Baylor before taking his talents to the NFL. Benning fits the mold of a free-range safety, and that is something that could be very beneficial in a 3-3-5 defense. Hes the top-ranked recruit in Nebraska for the 2024 class and could be a game-changing tight end for Raiola to throw the ball to. The school brought Scott Frost back for a fifth season, despite AD Trev Alberts admitting there's not a lot of empirical evidence that a 15-29 coach will right the ship given a fifth try, and will pay his staff more in 2022 than it did in 2021. He is the son of Damon Benning, who played at Nebraska from 1992-1996, and was a multi-year letter winner. After losing John Scott, Jr., to the NFC North, Penn State's next D-line coach could come from the NFC North. 7 - Matt Rhule: $5.5 millionNo. You can cancel at any time. Odds & lines subject to change. Your email address will not be published. Some schools believe hes basically a five-star and hes only about 30 spots away from that ranking as it is. Be sure to keep up to date on the latest news via our stream here. OL Donovan Raiola $325K. According to USA Today's updated coaching salary database, here's a look at the 25 highest-paid head coaches for the 2021 season by annual compensation: 1. These are the guys that will get it done. If the last name sounds familiar, it should. Even though its been a recruiting dead period, Nebraska football has been busy on the recruiting trail. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on the city and many other important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. On Friday, the salaries for eight of the Cornhuskers' assistants were released. He takes over a broken Husker program that limped to a 3-6 finish under interim coach Mickey Joseph. Its not going to be a surprise with a stupid countdown clock. While the head coach of the Baylor Bears, Rhule was making $4.1 million prior to leaving for the Carolina Panthers. Rhule had a $7 million assistant salary pool as he filled the staff, and the eight salaries revealed Friday make up $4.63 million of that total. However, his salary was structured in such a way that the Panthers owner will arguably only be partially financing his salary to start with. It's expected Rhule will roll those savings into filling out his off-the-field staff. Terrance Knighton. All of the salary numbers for the Nebraska football coaching staff have been released.The University of Nebraska released the contract details for . Nebraska said it would release details of Rhule's contract on Monday. 12 - Bret Bielema: $4.2 millionNo. Ive always said I think USC has a lot to offer but just took a five-star QB in the 2023 class. Jeff Phelps spent the past three seasons in the SEC, and previously coached in the Pac-12 and Big Ten. As always, stay tuned to The Scoop for the latest. By using The Daily Nebraskan's University of Nebraska salary database, readers can find the 2020-21 annual budgeted salary of any NU staff member.Readers can also sort wages by individual departments or campuses and list them in increasing or decreasing order. The University of Nebraska has released You must log in or register to reply here. The average Head Football Coach salary in Nebraska is $55,997 as of January 26, 2023, but the range typically falls between $50,448 and $62,047. (Photo: Stuart . Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield will make $1.4 million next season, which makes him the highest-paid assistant coach in school history. However, much of that pay we now know will be on the back end of his contract as deferred compensation with plenty of incentives to both stick around for the full terms and find success. That moved provided $125,000 in savings for Nebraska. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. He would be a game-changer for the Huskers in more ways than one if they were able to land him as part of the 2024 class. Their salaries are $670,000 and $550,000, respectively. The new contract with Nebraska, taking what an average annual salary would be, would have made Rhule the eighth-highest paid coach in the country and third in the Big Ten for the 2022 season.. You are using an out of date browser. Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield will make $1.4 million next season, which makes him the highest-paid. Gambling problem? (AP Photo/John Peterson), Nebraska coach Scott Frost leads his team onto the field before a game against Akron at Memorial Stadium. As for Nebraska's Erik Chinander, at least 45 coaches -- including numerous defensive coordinators -- earn more than the $800,000 he takes home annually, based on the USA Today salary survey. Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield is the highest-paid assistant on Rhules staff, making $1.4 million this season. The salaries of college football head coaches have soared in recent years, as the arms race among the nation's top programs has escalated rapidly. Last years salary pool totaled $5,575,000 or $410K less than this years. (It should be noted, Frost took a $1 million pay cut, so he's financing the investment himself in a way.) Those are for 2022-2023. Sign up for the Cornhuskers Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Jory . Clemson has nine different assistant coaches that make $500,000 or more. The contract made Rhule the sixth-highest paid coach in the NFL when he signed in 2020, according to Forbes. Kelly has led the Bruins to 17 total wins over the past two seasons. Tight ends coach Sean Beckton earned a $25,000 raise to $450,000. The original RBU! Inside linebackers coach Barrett Ruud netted a $75,000 raise to $325,000. 2023 Football Coaching Staff Staff Directory Members By Category/Department Name Title Email Address Twitter Phone Matt 2023 Football Coaching Staff Staff Directory Members By Category/Department Name Title Email 2023 Football Coaching Staff - University of Nebraska The facilities are unmatched and Nike is right there. A Flourish chart. Pat Fitzgerald set to lose a second member of his staff to the NFL in the past week. When. As for the hire, Rhule will have a tough road ahead. However, roughly 90% of the salary is guaranteed. According to Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated, newly hired Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule will be making $72 million over his new eight-year contract with the Huskers. Scherer's one-year deal pays him $175,000 and runs through Feb. 28, 2022. Nelson is supposed to visit again on Friday but as I wrote recently, Nelson is right on par with Dylan Raiola in terms of importance. Nebraska also had its probation extended through April 23, received a $10,000 fine and received a reduction of countable coaches during two practices this spring and noncoaching staff for five . 4 - Jim Harbaugh: $7.05 millionNo. Last weekend, Raiola made headlines with his dead-period visit to Nebraska. Football Nebraska Coaching Staff: Breaking down the hires. New running backs coach Bryan Applewhite will earn $325,000; a $75,000 savings from what Ryan Held earned in 2021. Looks like the minimum wage is $285K. ], Nebraska coach Bo Pelini watches the action during a game against Michigan State at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan, on Nov. 3, 2012. Held was also Nebraska's recruiting coordinator. Razorback defensive coordinator Barry Odom has received a significant pay increase. The contract for new Oklahoma Sooners football coach Brent Venables is reportedly worth $43.5 million over six years, making it one of the richest contracts for a first-year head coach in college football. A Texas graduate, he is married with three children and lives outside Fort Worth, Texas. [Source:USA TODAY college football coaching salary database; figures do not include income from non-university sources, incentive bonuses or the value of perks and benefits. Several names have been reported as hired already for some of those roles. Let us know your thoughts, and comment on this story below. To get an idea of how rapidly coaching salaries are rising, Cornhuskers Wire lists the annual compensation paid out to University of Nebraska head football coaches over the past decade below. Surely, its avid backers would find the right money for the right coach. At $5 million a year, football head coach Scott Frost's salary is the largest in the University of Nebraska system by $2 million. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Their total staff pay for 2020 is set to be $8.145 million. 9 - PJ Fleck: $4.42 millionNo. A standout player in the NFL, Knighton has four total years of coaching experience, including two years at Wagner in 2019 and 2020. Check out the head football coaching salaries over the past decade for other B1G programs: Iowa Hawkeyes Podcast: Where does Nebraska Football stand with Dylan Raiola? This would certainly be a legacy commitment should it happen and it would be fun to see another Benning on the team. As it stands, Georgia's on-field coaching staff including head coach Kirby Smart will draw a salary of $14.6 million for the 2022 season. Roughly $9 million a year for Rhule at Nebraska. Along with the increasingly large payouts handed down by the Big Ten, that severe package indicates Nebraska will be motivated to go beyond Frost's $5 million annual salary and come closer to. Nebraska has not posted a winning season since head coach Mike Riley did so in 2016, also the last time the team made a bowl game. 10 - Jeff Brohm: $4.417 millionNo. Lincoln Riley is Lincoln Riley and Oregon is Oregon. All Rights Reserved. Dawson's salary will jump to $500,000 in 2021 and $550,000 in 2022 as part of a 3-year contract he signed to leave the New York Giants. Satterfield is one of the highest-profile additions to Rhules staff, coming over from South Carolina. Penn State Nittany Lions Subscribe to the Husker Big Red YouTube Channel. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz). Contact/Follow us@CornhuskersWireon Twitter, and like our page onFacebookto follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes and opinion. Nebraska announced the re-hire of Mike Dawson on Thursday morning, along with new titles for Ryan Held and Greg Austin. The Huskers are 15-15 and need a win on Saturday if they are going to have any chance of making the NIT. Duke, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Minnesota, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, and Wyoming have all extended offers his way. LB Rob Dvoracek $285K. Nebraska allotted $7 million for Rhule to hire his 10 on-field assistant coaches and his head strength coach, and the new Head Husker managed to spend "only" $5.97 million. The first 40-yard dash attempt came in at a time of 4.33 seconds. Frost was making $4 million per year under his renegotiated contract at the time of his firing with a path to return his salary for 2023 to the $5 million per year he was making before the reduction. This is huge for a bunch of reasons. Rhule has added support staff by creating new positions. The Trojans are focused on just Dylan Raiola but thats because if they dont get a 2024 QB, they will still be just fine with Malachi Nelson, the No. He watched a basketball game, got a standing ovation, and even threw the bones. . Carter Nelson, another priority target, also took a surprise visit and took in the facilities on Thursday according to Husker Online. On defense, coordinator Erik Chinander netted a 1-year extension and a $50,000 raise to $850,000. Those two assistants are linebackers coach Rob Dvoracek and wide receivers coach Garrett McGuire. Eric Chinander made $850K. While Nebraska never has paid a coach more than the $5 million a year that Frost made from 2018 through 2021 (he's at $4 . Fired Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst was under contract for $4.323 million at the time of his firing. It's an amazing thing when you stop and think about it. Both assistants are set to receive $285,000. Rhule finalized his staff Jan. 11 with the addition of tight ends coach Bob Wager, linebackers coach Rob Dvoracek and wide receivers coach Garrett McGuire, On3 and Husker Onlines Sean Callahan reported. He is able to fill holes quickly, and come down and make a play. We know how that ended.). https://cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com/lists/nebraska-football-matt-rhule-rob-voracek-garrett-mcguire/, Marcus Satterfield - Offensive Coordinator ($1.4 million), Tony White - Defensive Coordinator ($1,000,000), Evan Cooper - Defensive pass game coordinator and secondary coach ($670,000), Ed Foley - Special Teams Coordinator ($550,000), Corey Campbell - Strength Coach ($450,000), Terrance Knighton - Defensive line coach ($400,000), Donovan Raiola - Offensive line coach ($325,000), E.J. Nebraska football got a dead-period visit from five-star quarterback Dylan Raiola last weekend. Michigan State Spartans He was a player and student assistant for Rhule when he was the head coach at Temple. Tight ends coach Sean Beckton earned a $25,000 raise to $450,000. His contract with the Panthers stipulated that Rhule needed to look for work and accept a reasonable salary in his new position, so claims that Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts should have low-balled the salary based on what the NFL franchise still owed him were uninformed opinions. 14 - Mike Locksley: $2.538 million. Offensive line coach Donovan Raiola's $325,000 salary also represents a savings from the $500,000 Greg Austin earned to coach the same position in 2021. Please check your email for a confirmation. Benning is a three-star recruit. Inside linebackers coach Barrett Ruud and tight ends coach Sean Beckton each saw their annual salaries bump up in June. Head coach Matt Rhules contract gives a salary pool of $7 million. Kaminska and Swansen Spearhead Nebraska Baseball to 12-3 victory over Hawaii. In theory, Nebraska could make its next head coach one of the highest paid in the nation. Nebraska football released the final assistant coaches salary. Wisconsin Badgers, Sign up for the Cornhuskers Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. (Those with long memories will recall Frost took a $1 million pay cut at the end of the 2021 season in order to re-invest that in his staff. (Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY Sports), Nebraska coach Scott Frost heads onto the field prior to a game against Ohio State at Memorial Stadium, on Sept. 28, 2019. 3-25 big recruiting weekend! Nebraska's special teams coordinator, Ed Foley, will make $550,000 for his services. Former coach Mike Riley's staff made just over $3.9 million, Bo Pelini's made just. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. This totals $5,965,000 or $1,035,000 away from the $7m cap that Trev Alberts allocated. The Bulldogs' offensive staff will make $3.85. The salaries of college football head coaches have soared in recent years, as the arms race among the nations top programs has escalated rapidly. This totals $5,965,000 or $1,035,000 away from the $7m cap that Trev Alberts allocated. That's the average salary paid to the football assistant coaches in the Big Ten conference - all 140 of them at 14 schools, according to recent pay data compiled by USA Today. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt), Postseason: Won Foster Farms Bowl over UCLA, 37-29, Nebraska coach Mike Riley watches warmups before a game against Minnesota at Memorial Stadium, on Nov. 12, 2016. It would also be great to sweep the Hawkeyes. Dylan and 4 star WR-Top 60 player Aeryn "Bubba" Hampton package deal? CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD Barrett Ruud, linebackers First season on staff: 2018 2022 Salary: $325,000 Alma mater: Nebraska Other coaching stops: UCF (2016-17) ANNA REED, THE. The Omaha World-Herald notes that's the highest number in school history, which cuts to the core of the college football coaching market. #GBR #24Ours https://t.co/2lmPcwE9yT, Garret McGuire (@GarretMcGuire) January 11, 2023, Rob Dvoracek (@Rob_Dvoracek) January 12, 2023. The Nebraska Cornhuskers are no exception. That's still a substantial increase from the $5.45 million Scott Frost paid the same 11 staff slots in 2022, but more than $1 million below his budget. If the 2022 team wins enough to save their coaches' jobs, it'll be time to dole out extensions and raises.