Following an 8-5 finish last fall, Houston is set to pay Dana Holgorsen's assistant coaches a record sum as they prepare to head to the Big 12.
The pool, which previously sat at $3.05 million, has undergone a 15% increase to $3.525 million for this fall, which is an all-time high the Houston Chronicle shares.
The salary pool bump includes salary increases for seven Cougar assistant coaches.
Associate head coach / defensive coordinator Doug Belk remains the highest compensated member of the staff, earning $1 million as he enters the final year of his deal, and defensive line coach Brian Early is set to make $350k in year two of his contract after making $300k last year.
New offensive line coach / run game coordinator Eman Naghavi inked a two-year deal worth $400k annually, while wide receivers coach Daikiel Shorts Jr. agreed to a three-year deal. Shorts is the recipient of a $100k pay bump from $150k in 2022 to $250k in 2023, and is set to earn $275k in 2024 and $300k in the final year of his contract in 2025, the report adds.
The rest of the staff signed new one-year deals.
Michael Burchett, who made $100k as an offensive analyst last fall, will now make $250k in his promotion to quarterbacks coach.
Assistant head coach Mike Jinks, who coaches the team's running backs, has received a pay bump from $250k to $300k, while assistant head coach / tight ends coach Corby Meekins also got a $50k bump from $250k to $300k as well.
Linebackers coach Archie McDaniel will make $275k after making $250k last year. Special teams coordinator Mark Scott went from $150k to $200k, and secondary coach David Rowe's salary remained the same at $200k.
The Coogs move to the Big 12 becomes official in just over a month, on July 1.
Dana Holgorsen enters year five at Houston 27-20 overall, and 20-7 over his last two seasons with the program.
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