Multi-year contracts a factor in OSU football growth
Published: 4/11/2012 7:19 PM
Last Modified: 4/11/2012 7:19 PM
One overlooked aspect of Oklahoma State’s football growth is the university’s willingness to give multi-year contracts to assistant coaches.
During the seven-year Mike Gundy era, the Cowboy program has attracted quality assistants in part because of the security of multi-year contracts.
Scores of schools would love to have Joe Wickline coach their offensive linemen, but he seems content in Stillwater. Three reasons: Wickline has autonomy, is paid well ($440,000 this year) and has five years remaining on his contract.
Wickline may be the only offensive-line coach in college football who has a five-year contract, and there certainly aren’t many at the $440,000 level of compensation.
Offensive coordinator Todd Monken, co-defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer, receivers coach Doug Meacham, receivers coach Kasey Dunn, cornerbacks coach Jason Jones and running backs coach Jemal Singleton – each has three years remaining on his contract.
Defensive coordinator Bill Young and new safeties coach Van Malone each is under contract for two more seasons.
Winning is expensive. Relative to its overall athletic department budget of $60 million, OSU may commit a greater percentage of its resources than any other school in the nation. This year, the university will pay a combined total of slightly more than $3 million to assistant football coaches. In 2000, Cowboy assistants collectively were paid $714,266.
-- Bill Haisten
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Bill Haisten
Sports Writer
