Update> ...And right on cue... Lincoln Riley has received quite a nice bump.
Original Article:
University of Texas regents on Wednesday approved contracts for most of Tom Herman's assistants, led by defensive coordinator Todd Orlando's 3-year deal that will pay him a salary of $1.09 million a year.
The seven figure salary is the highest ever paid to a Texas assistant, and it completes -- or, rather, continues -- a meteoric rise in Orlando's status as a college football assistant and a commensurate rise in his salary. Orlando's next job will likely be as a head coach (with a raise to boot), meaning the Texas post is probably his final as an assistant. And with that, we took a look at the explosive growth in Orlando's annual salary as he's climbed the coaching ladder.
Todd Orlando Salary Progression
That's an 850 percent raise over the course of six seasons. And, as we know, Orlando is far from the only coach to enjoy such a skyrocketing salary. Thanks to the USA Today coaching salary database, here are some comparable rises experienced by other coaches.
Dave Aranda
Geoff Collins
Chip Lindsey
Jeremy Pruitt
* - with a $300,000 offset from Georgia
Lincoln Riley
And now the mother of all climbers.
Hugh Freeze
Some of you reading this may be on the cusp of a 6-year rise like Orlando, Aranda (1,161 percent raise), Pruitt, Lindsey or even a Freeze (a whopping 5,406 percent raise!). Many more may be six years away from a 6-year run like this. But the point is this: someone is going to be the next Todd Orlando, the next Geoff Collins, the next Lincoln Riley.
The question you have to ask your self is: Who's it going to be?