Ferentz assistant pay to top $5M

I don't claim to understand the economics of college football, but HOLY COW! $685,000 being paid to an assistant coach!?! I guess I'm in the wrong industry (technology) if I had ever wanted to earn $685,000 a year!

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A $560,000 hike in assistant coach pay means the Hawkeye athletics department will spend more than $5 million on football staff - before bonuses - in the upcoming season, reports the Des Moines Register. A 7.9 percent staff-wide pay increase plus an additional $200,000-per year running back coach account for the spending, according to information obtained by USA Today through an open records request. Strength and conditioning coach Pat Doyle and defensive coordinator Phil Parker, both entering their 20th year in the program, are top-earning assistants at $725,000 each, while offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz snagged the biggest raise, $60,000, to bring him up to $685,000. Even before his $50,000 raise, Mr. Doyle was already the nation's top earner for his position, reports USA Today. Other high-paid strength-coaches include Tennessee's Craig Fitzgerald at $625,000 and Alabama's Scott Cochran at $585,000.

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