Report: Contract details emerge for Tennessee’s 2 new assistants
By Adam Spencer
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The Tennessee Volunteers have made a couple of new hires for their coaching staff, bringing on DL coach Jimmy Brumbaugh and OLB coach Shelton Felton recently.
Now, thanks to a report from RockyTopInsider.com, we know the details of both coaches’ contracts.
Per the report, each will have 2-year deals that take them through the end of the 2021 season:
Per the memorandum of understandings for both coaches, Brumbaugh and Felton have signed two-year deals that run through the end of January 2022. Two-year contracts have been the standard deal for non-coordinator assistants at Tennessee under head coach Jeremy Pruitt.
For Brumbaugh, his two-year deal is worth $1.3 million, giving him an annual salary of $650,000. Felton’s deal is worth $475,000 in total, and he will make $225,000 in 2020 and $250,000 in 2021.
Brumbaugh and Felton are replacing Tracy Rocker and Chris Rumph, who made a combined $1.3 million annually.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
