Last week we covered the price tag for the Texas coaching staff in 2025, which came out to just north of $22 million. And that was just for the "top line" guys, Steve Sarkisian and his 10 assistant coaches, plus head strength coach Torre Becton and general manager Brandon Harris.
That $22 million figure didn't cover assistant coaches who aren't part of "the 10" -- such that that distinction even matters anymore -- like nickels coach Keynodo Hudson, defensive ends coach LaAllen Clark, and assistant quarterbacks coach Michael Bimonte. It didn't cover Becton's four assistants in the strength and conditioning department. It covered Harris, but not the nine other individuals who work in scouting, recruiting, or personnel -- four of whom have director titles. It didn't mention Sark's chief of staff, nor 4-person operations/administration staff. It didn't mention director of player development and high school relations Jahmal Fenner, nor assistant director of player development Michael Huff, a lifetime Longhorn and a College Football Hall of Famer. It didn't mention the 4-man video department, nor the 2-person creative media staff. It didn't touch Texas's cadre of 11 -- count 'em, 11 -- analysts. Nor did it mention Sarkisian's three special assistants.
And that doesn't even touch the small army of people who make the gears of the Texas football machine turn that aren't even listed on the staff page -- trainers, nutritionists, counselors, media relations, equipment -- not to mention the back, back end folks like the business office personnel that make sure the light bill is paid and the facilities staff who changes out the bulbs when they burn out. It's mind-boggling when you really think about how many people it takes to run a major college football program, and how much money it takes to compensate them all.
We don't know how much the majority of those people make but, thanks to Mike Casazza of Eer Sports, we now know one of them. And he comes at a discount.
New special assistant to the head coach Neal Brown signed a 1-year deal paying him all of $45,000, according to the site. It's a laughably low salary for a job in which Brown is wildly overqualified, all because of the job Brown just left.
Let go after six seasons as West Virginia's head coach, Brown three years remaining on his contract. His buyout called for WVU to pay him 75 percent of his remaining salary, a sum that equated to nearly $10 million. Brown is in line for 78 bi-monthly payments of more than $122,000, plus two more of $115,000 and change. The contract contained offset language (show below), which subtracts any money Brown earns from subsequent football-related employment from the money WVU owes him.
Which means one of Brown's bi-monthly checks will have a whole $3,750 taken out, courtesy of the University of Texas.
Offset clause of Neal Brown's WVU contract
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