Coaches in the Big 12 are receiving significant salary increases. Todd Bates, the co-DC/DT coach at Oklahoma, is finalizing a new contract with a raise to about $900k per year. Lamont Paris at South Carolina is also set to receive an extension and salary bump to stay with the Gamecocks.
This comes after Bates was already approved for a raise to $700k last month as part of staff-wide extensions for Oklahoma’s assistants https://t.co/NUUp5FMoCy https://t.co/hTgwc2fpYx
Sooners DL coach Todd Bates is getting a raise. No surprise he’s drawn interest for high-level jobs outside of Norman. https://t.co/Ks61GiXvfN
Oklahoma is in the process of finalizing a new contract for co-DC/DT coach Todd Bates that includes a significant raise after he received interest for multiple jobs this cycle, including one in the SEC, sources tell @247Sports. Expected to average about $900k per year and will… https://t.co/adQ27ESEVR
Was told earlier this week that an extension + salary bump is coming for Lamont Paris at South Carolina and Gamecocks expect to keep him as coach for a long time.
That number would put him close to Mike Gundy as the highest paid coach in the new Big 12. Way behind the raise that Texas just gave Steve Sarkisian, though. https://t.co/0f0WUrQV6E