Per a report from DawgNation, multiple Georgia assistant coaches have received pay increases this offseason.
Offensive coordinator Todd Monken remains the highest paid assistant on Kirby Smart’s staff and received a $150,000 salary increase – bringing him from $1.1 million annually to $1.25 million.
Defensive line coach Tray Scott received a nice pay raise as well, taking him from $400,000 up to $750,000, DawgNation reported.
29 year outside linebackers coach Chidera Uzo-Diribe, whose hiring was announced in early February, will earn $450,000 per year, DawgNation learned in an FOIA request.
Georgia hired Bryan McClendon as receivers coach to replace Cortez Hankton – who left for the same position at LSU – in January. He is set to earn an annual salary of $700,000, whereas Hankton was earning $550,000 with Georgia in 2021. Hankton’s new deal at LSU is reportedly worth $900,000 per year.
Last year with Oregon, McClendon earned $515,000, according to the USA TODAY assistant coaching salary database.
Co-defensive coordinators Will Muschamp and Glenn Schumann will earn $800,000 per year. Muschamp, who was on Georgia’s staff last season as a defensive analyst was earning a salary of $500,000, while Schumann was making $600,000 as the linebackers coach, a duty he shared with former defensive coordinator Dan Lanning who is now the head coach at Oregon.
According to the USA TODAY Sports database, Georgia had the highest assistant coach salary pool in the SEC in 2021, totaling $7.93 million. At this present time, based on the information UGA provided to DawgNation, Georgia’s assistant coach salary pool equates to $7.475 million, a $455,000 decrease from 2021.
