The goal of this exercise is to pinpoint, as best we can, the market value for position coaching at the major college football level. To compare apples to apples as best we can.
But how does one do that in the case of new defensive line coach Lou Esposito?
Esposito signed a 2-year deal worth $1.8 million, where barely half of that figure is base salary. He'll earn a half a million dollar base each of the next two seasons, with a whopping $786,000 signing bonus, plus a $25,000 one-time payment to cover moving expenses. How does one account for a contract where nearly 45 percent of the total value is tied up in one-time bonuses? Ultimately, we decided to discard the one-time moving expense and split the signing bonus over the two years of Esposito's deal.
$1.25 million: Bo Davis, LSU
$1.202 million: Tray Scott, Georgia
$1.167 million: Larry Johnson, Ohio State
$1.1 million: Nick Eason, Clemson
$1 million: Freddie Roach, Alabama
$950,000: Chris Rumph, Clemson
$900,000: Rodney Garner, Tennessee
$893,000: Lou Esposito, Michigan
$875,000: Brian Williams, Maryland*
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$800,000: Todd Bates, Oklahoma
$750,000: John Papuchis, Florida State
$725,000: Randall Joyner, Ole Miss
$700,000: Mark Hagen, Louisville; Kevin Peoples, LSU
$685,000: Odell Haggins, Florida State
$650,000: Miguel Chavis, Oklahoma
$620,000: Kelvin Bell, Iowa
$600,000: Tony Tuioti, Oregon
$575,000: Gerald Chatman, Florida
$550,000: Kenny Baker, Texas; Terrance Jamison, Illinois
$525,000: Legi Suaiaunoa, Michigan State
$522,000: Buddha Williams, Indiana
$500,000: Josh Aldridge, Auburn; Brick Haley, Purdue; Vontrell King-Williams, Auburn; JC Price, Virginia Tech; Anwar Stewart, Kentucky
$490,000: Charley Wiles, NC State
$475,000: Lewis Powell, Utah
$460,000: David Turner, Mississippi State
$450,000: Deke Adams, Arkansas
$425,000: Pat Kuntz, Indiana
$400,000: Terrance Knighton, Nebraska; Travarian Robertson, South Carolina
Missing: Brian Early, Missouri; Oscar Giles, Houston; Tony Jerod-Eddie, Texas A&M; Jason Kaufusi, Washington; Ted Monachino, North Carolina; Paul Randolph, Oklahoma State; Diron Reynolds, Arizona State; Joe Seumalo, Arizona; Jess Simpson, Georgia Tech
* - Defensive coordinator
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