Co-coordinators Heupel, Norvell to cash in on promotion
Published: 1/25/2011 11:25 PM
Last Modified: 1/25/2011 11:27 PM
The OU Board of Regents meets today in Oklahoma City, and the only two Sooner coaches up for raises are the new co-offensive coordinators.
Josh Heupel and Jay Norvell won't just share a job title, they'll share the same salary -- $330,000.
Heupel's raise rockets him from his old figure of $250,000. He was the lowest-paid assistant on OU's staff, until Bob Stoops tapped him to help replace Kevin Wilson when Wilson left his gig as offensive coordinator to take over at Indiana.
Now, Heupel and Norvell own the second-highest salary among Sooner assistants. Defensive coordinator Brent Venables is paid $440,000.
Norvell was making $255,000 as assistant offensive coordinator under Wilson, who brought in $430,000.
Heupel's raise is his fifth in six years as an OU staffer. He was paid $120,000 when he took the job as quarterbacks coach at the end of the 2005 season, after Chuck Long left for San Diego State.
The lowest-paid assistant is now Bruce Kittle, whose $240,000 salary is also expected to be approved by the regents today. After Wilson left, Stoops hired Kittle as tight ends and tackles coach. Kittle spent last season, his first at OU, as on-campus recruiting coordinator.
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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