Friday, December 24, 2010

Arkansas proposes raises for football assistant coaches

Nearly $200,000 in raises have been proposed for Arkansas’ football assistant coaches.

The proposal comes on the heels of a new seven-year contract extension and raise for Razorbacks head coach Bobby Petrino. That deal, which was agreed to two weeks ago, is worth $3.56 million, annually, and has an $18 million mirrored buyout clause for the first two years.

The proposed raises would increase the assistant salary pool to $2.215 million next year, with each assistant coach receiving a raise of at least $10,000.The salaries must be approved by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees.

Defensive coordinator Willy Robinson would continue to be the highest-paid assistant coach at a proposed $375,000, annually, while offensive coordinator Garrick McGee would receive a 12 percent salary increase to $336,000 per year.

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