Friday, February 25, 2011

Key UF assistant will be paid $2.5 million

GAINESVILLE - Florida released its assistant football coaches’ salaries on Friday, which will make up new coach Will Muschamp’s staff, with new offensive coordinator Charlie Weis agreeing to a deal that will pay him more than $2.5 million over three years.
Florida released its assistant football coaches' contracts on Friday to Florida Today per an open records request.

The 2011 staff will make a combined $3.03 million in base salaries plus $10,000 each as part of the Nike apparel contract to bring the total just over $3.1 million.

Weis and Quinn left the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks, respectively, to return to the college ranks. Weis gets $765,000 in 2011 but also received a $100,000 signing bonus. His 2012 and 2013 salary will be $865,000 per year. Quinn gets $490,000 in 2011 and $510,000 in 2012.

While Quinn's salary approaches what Charlie Strong made in his final year as defensive coordinator at UF in 2009, Weis's pact is by far the most lucrative ever given to a Gators' assistant coach in football.

Offensive line coach Frank Verducci ($290,000 per year) and defensive line coach Bryant Young ($230,000) were also given two-year contracts. New running backs coach Brian White, part of Urban Meyer's staff, will make $240,000 in 2011 and returning linebackers coach D.J. Durkin will make $265,000.

New secondary coach Travaris Robinson ($230,000), receivers coach Aubrey Hill ($230,000) and tight ends coach Derek Lewis ($190,000) complete the staff.