OT: Highest paid Assistant Coach in College Football
Looks like Brent Venables will be able to afford to buy his kids some new shoes with his new contract.
Now watch Clemson allow the highest number of points allowed this coming season!
If Clemson allows the highest number of points, I’ll do that cool thing where you eat a bunch of lemons and film it.
That is so 2016
Yeah, now they stuff beehives down their pants and film it. He needs to get with the times!
Yea, it’s 2018, man. Eat some tide pods.
Venables is only 47 as well. I understand he's being selective (he should, he's had great success at multiple spots), but I still can't believe some of the higher opening positions haven't made more of a push for him. Very complex, aggressive defense, a lot like Saban's but I'd say with more pressure up front. Great LB coach as well.
That Stoops picked his brother to be a DC over Venables was one of the biggest mistakes he made at OU that is still impacting them.
Venables will be the next Clemson HC once Dabo leaves for Bama. Of course this may not happen for a while since it seems like Saban has no plans of retiring any time soon.
It is not so much when Nick decides to retire, it is when his contract with SATAN expires.
Saban is going to turn 67 on Halloween. I’d be stunned if he’s going to be on the sideline much longer than 5 more years.
Saban was born on Halloween? This is all starting to make more sense.
I think he's waiting for Snyder to retire so he can go coach at his alma mater, Kansas State.
Saban went to Kent State...
Not to be that guy, but next time throw the details in your post.
"Clemson will extend Venables on Thursday morning to a five-year deal worth a total of $11.6 million dollars, according to multiple sources.
Venables will make $2 million per year in salary and earn a retention bonus of $200,000 per year the first two years of the deal. The final three years of the deal, Venables will be paid $400,000 per year in retention bonuses."
The linked story makes it clear that Venables is NOT the "highest paid asistant coach in college football:"
...Venables will rank No. 2 in the country behind LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda. Aranda averages $2.5 million per year for four seasons. Venables will average $2.3 million...
Depends on how you define “highest paid.”
Venables’ contract is for more money. Aranda’s is shorter, giving him more money per year. But Venables has the bigger contract
"Highest paid" means "largest salary plus benefits" in any definition of paid that I've run across. Size of contract is a hypothetical number that assumes the contract is valid for its entire span... not likely in the case of coaches.
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but yeah grumbler is right
No, that’s how you’re choosing to define it. It is also one of the acceptable definition. Just like total value of the contract is an acceptable definition of highest paid.
who gives a rats ass. you are both right. You sound like facebooks women.
now, Kindly get off my lawn.
Eh, he's good, but I'd still take Don Brown over him... or anyone else.
Time to give Don Brown a raise
That’s supposedly about the amount that Don Brown turned down from Mississippi State at the end of last season.
Miss St would have been sitting real pretty with Moorhead calling the offense and Brown calling the defense. Glad we held onto the mustache.
Coaching salaries are out of control in college when you consider the players are not getting paid. It's getting more and more difficult to justify. Sorry but people don't pay to see coaches, coach.
Hate to say it, but this shows how underpaid Don Brown is. Venables and Aranda are both making $2MM+/year and not doing as well with arguably more talent.
Yes, but keep in mind Tom Brady makes far less than matt stafford. I would Pats fans have gotten WAYYYYYY more for their money than lions fans.
Yes, but keep in mind Tom Brady makes far less than matt stafford. I would Pats fans have gotten WAYYYYYY more for their money than lions fans.