On Thursday, AU released documents detailing the contracts of Gene Chizik‘s new assistant coaches and, as expected, the new defensive boss will be the highest-paid coach on Chizik’s staff. Brian VanGorder (pictured), hired to replace Ted Roof earlier this year, will earn $850,000 annually on his two-year contract.
Roof, who left Auburn in December for the same job at UCF before taking the same job at Penn State in January, “earned” $500,000 in 2011.
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer notes that VanGorder’s salary ties him with Alabama’s Kirby Smart as the highest-paid defensive coordinator in college football.
On the offensive side of the ball, Scot Loeffler will make roughly one-third of what his predecessor pulled in. Loeffler’s contract, a two-year deal as well, will pay the former Temple coordinator $500,000 in both 2012 and 2013. Loeffler was officially added to the staff in late January.
New defensive backs coach Willie Martinez will make $255,000 on his one-year contract.
by J. Taylor
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