Report: Nuss to be #3 paid assistant, north of $1.1M a year

Submitted by I Like Burgers on

Gil Brandt just tweeted that Nussmeier will be the #3 paid coordinator in CFB.  Chad Morris is #1 at $1.3M, Kirby Smart is #2 at $1.28M, the old #3 was Cam Cameron who's deal averages $1.1M a year.  So that puts Nuss at what...$1.2M??

 

Saw reports Doug Nussmeier will be among five highest-paid college coordinators at #Michigan. That's correct. He'll be No. 3.

— Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) January 9, 2014
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justingoblue

January 9th, 2014 at 3:20 PM ^

to work around getting a link but if you search through my diary history I wrote one called Michigan Coaches Salaries and Title IX that would help answer that question fairly quickly. The figures used were just what the AD wrote checks on, though, which for RR (which was the most current data) wasn't much compared to what he got from Adidas and ESPN, ect. Keep in mind that every coach gets some money from that stuff, as far as I'm aware.

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BIGBLUEWORLD

January 9th, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^

Michigan at #2 or #3 most valuable college program was becoming a declining asset.  Good investment by Dave Brandon.

Leadership quality and winning attitude is priceless.

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aiglick

January 9th, 2014 at 2:29 PM ^

Well shiiiii. Yeah we're going to need to see some good work for that kind of money. If we come close to a Big Ten championship and, dare I say, win one next it is worth it but yeah you get paid the big bucks you get expectations. I still think this staff should now get 2-3 years but if we don't see drastic improvement on offense next year I think we'll be entitled to gripe since ultimately we'll be paying for this.

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WolvinLA2

January 9th, 2014 at 3:02 PM ^

When you say it that way it sounds terrible, but one of the big reasons Michigan football does so well historically is due to our large, wealthy, passionate fan base. I'm not saying the AD should take advantage of that, but it should be used to our advantage.

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MLaw06

January 9th, 2014 at 3:07 PM ^

Definitely.  Top undergrad and grad programs --> mid-upper and wealthy alums --> large donations --> max spending on facilities, coaches, etc. --> wins (hopefully) --> more donations --> better programs, richer alums, bigger facilities, better (or at least, more expensive) coaches!

And the virtuous cycle goes on and on.

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Muttley

January 9th, 2014 at 5:23 PM ^

he is now a servant to it.

His athletic department depends on large streams of revenues, so he HAS to deliver those streams.

Look at all the beautiful new facilities (basketball, baseball, of course the Big House).  There's no going back to a more genteel era.  Produce or else.

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JamieH

January 9th, 2014 at 2:37 PM ^

you have to spend money to make money.  The offense was flailing.  If Nuss can fix the offense, who cares if he is expensive?  A winning football team is worth way more than that to the Michigan AD.   Of course, if he fails, yikes........

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WolvinLA2

January 9th, 2014 at 2:55 PM ^

I think DB takes too much flack. When it comes to the big things, he usually hits the nail on the head. I know a lot of people don't like the alternate uniforms or the big sign or neutral site games, but it's also possible that those things are what allow us to shell out for a top OC.

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Shop Smart Sho…

January 9th, 2014 at 3:33 PM ^

How do alternate uniforms allow the university to pay this OC?  They were paying nearly as much for Borges.

The neutral site games don't bring in as much money as home games.  The sign isn't a money-making venture.  

Yes, DB has done a good thing by finally opening up the checkbook when it comes to paying coaches, but he screws up so many other things that is hard to reconcile all of it.  

I would probably love it if he were to manage the financial side of a professional team I follow, but I think he is doing too many negative things to outweigh the good so far at Michigan.

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Ray

January 9th, 2014 at 2:55 PM ^

We don't over sign, and the worst they can say about us in the last decade is the BS stretching thing. Therefore, I think paying for the best coaching is a wise adaptation strategy. As JFK famously said, to whom much is given, much is expected. So let's expect Michigan again.

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Blue Mike

January 9th, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^

Just so I understand:  for years we've been talking on this board how the B1G is rolling in money, and everyone needs to hire big-time coaches and assistants with that money so we can compete with the SEC, Pac12, etc.  And now that we're doing it, people are finding it a bit unsavory?

Nussmeier wasn't going to come here for a $100K raise over his Alabama salary.  Good for Brandon for realizing that.

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I Like Burgers

January 9th, 2014 at 3:42 PM ^

I've been saying for years that all of this BTN and ESPN money that the conference is rolling in is pointless if the schools aren't going to use it to pay for top notch coaches.  Michigan-MSU-OSU-PSU have all entered a bit of an arms race when it comes to coaches and spending dough.  Sparty has given their staff raises the last two years in a row, so credit to them for figuring it out and keeping up with the Jones'.

But the rest of the conference...man, they better get with the program or its going to be too late to try and catch up.

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Doctor Wolverine

January 9th, 2014 at 3:16 PM ^

Given that the B1G has the most money, it makes sense that they should pay the best coaches to come coach. The money always follows the best product, and in football that has not been the B1G lately.

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westwardwolverine

January 9th, 2014 at 3:34 PM ^

The craziest thing on earth: Several of the people on this thread (and more on the board overall) trying to tell me that Michigan couldn't shell out the cash to bring in a top level OC. 

Now I see them pretending to be knowledgeable about the process. Gotta love it. 

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BlueFordSoftTop

January 9th, 2014 at 3:55 PM ^

 
Muy appreciado, Steve-o, for your recent $100 million gift to the athletic department.
 
Of course, Nussmeier's pricetag is likely to complicate our search for a university president.  How to explain being paid less as top dog than one of the jocks and a mere "coordinator" at that?  We need an economist.

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leftrare

January 9th, 2014 at 4:00 PM ^

The downside of the Nussmeier hire is he's a flight risk after a couple good seasons to go take a HC job somewhere else, which is actualy OK, becuase a couple good seasons would be a couple good seasons more than we've had lately on offense!

But, if the team is still regressing -- looking at you Greg Mattison -- then Brandon can let Hoke go and make Nuss his new HC.  Smooth transition.  A guy with Big Ten footprint experience.

It's a win-win scenario for Brandon.

 

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canzior

January 9th, 2014 at 4:13 PM ^

Why anyone is complaining about his salary. It's not like anyone here is paying it. Nothing you buy is going to his salary anyways. I'd be happy if UM paid top dollar for all of it's coaches as long as they win and maintain a good reputation.

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charblue.

January 9th, 2014 at 4:13 PM ^

got the only raise for his staff and then split it with his assistants to keep them from looking elsewhere. This was in the good old days, you know when Michigan still was beating the Buckeyes and MSU like a drum. 

Inflation. Everybody gets some now. The corporate driven football industrial complex where the salaries and budgets are in line with the product on the field and ticket prices, right? Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end. 

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991GT3

January 9th, 2014 at 4:31 PM ^

miracles in his first year. His system will be different than Borges. The players need to learn his system and Michigan needs to recruit into his system.

So don't let his salary blind you to to the realities of college football. He will need at least two years if not longer. 

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uncleFred

January 10th, 2014 at 1:40 PM ^

for the reasons stated. Maybe it will call come together, but changing offenses is disruptive. You expectations are not those of the people making decisions about the program and Hoke and Nussmeier will get at least through 2015.

It is highly doubtful that Nussmeier would have taken the job if he was given that long. 

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Zoltanrules

January 9th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^

If don't go 9-3 or better, I'd fire more top guys. When you make that kind of money it is a very cold results oriented business. In the meantime don't expect ticket prices to go down any time soon ; )

 

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State Street

January 9th, 2014 at 6:12 PM ^

It's also important that this guy wants to become a HC one day.  Tons of incentive for him to succeed from that angle alone.

It beats having Borges rot upstairs with no future aspirations. 

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Talcelm

January 9th, 2014 at 6:17 PM ^

He will prob drop to #4 after Bama hires kiffin.....can anyone hear the NCAA licking their chops?? Lol

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