Alabama releases latest salaries for Nick Saban's assistant coaches
Alabama gave new contracts to every assistant coach except the coordinators, and the Board of Trustees released the details on Friday afternoon.
The only 2 who didn’t see refreshed contracts were the coordinators Pete Golding, who signed a three-year deal last year and Bill O’Brien who’ll enter the final year of his contract this season, AL.com reported.
The 10 Crimson Tide assistants are set to make $8.235 million in 2022, up from the $7.825 million from the 2021 season. The coordinators remain the highest paid with Golding set to make $1.6 million in 2022 followed by O’Brien at $1.1 million.
Here is a breakdown of the compensation and raises:
- Offensive line coach Eric Wolford will get $900,000 with the Crimson Tide after making $450,000 last year at Kentucky, according to USA Today’s database of salaries
- Linebackers coach/special teams coordinator Coleman Hutzler is set to make $495,000 this year and $595,000 in 2023 after getting $300,000 last year at Ole Miss.
- New tight ends coach Joe Cox will make $325,000 this year after getting $90,000 a year ago at Charlotte.
- Defensive backs coach Travaris Robinson’s deal calls for an $800,000 salary but since he came from Miami, a private school not subject to open records laws, it’s unclear how much of a raise he got.
- Tide receivers coach Holmon Wiggins got the biggest bump among those returning. He’ll make $850,000 next season after getting $575,000 last year.
- Other returners — Charles Kelly, Freddie Roach and Robert Gillespie — got between $25,000 and $30,000 more for 2022.
- David Ballou, the director of sports performance, got a significant raise to $700,000 for the next two seasons. He made $525,000 last year after getting $500,000 in his first season in 2020.