re: Why doesn't FSU have the money to pay top assistant coaches?

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How many times has this been shot down? FSU is in the top 10 in asst coach pay

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Where are you reading that?

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1. LSU (8-5) — $5,499,269 (Highest: Cam Cameron — $1.31 million; John Chavis — $1.31 million)
2. Alabama (12-2) — $5,213,400 (Highest: Kirby Smart — $1.35 million; Kevin Steele — $702,750)
3. Clemson (10-3) — $4,448,225 (Highest: Chad Morris — $1.3 million; Brent Venables — $875,000)
4. Auburn (8-5) — $4,370,000 (Highest: Ellis Johnson — $850,000; Rhett Lashlee — $600,000)
5. Oklahoma (8-5) — $4,077,900 (Highest: Mike Stoops — $856,400; Josh Heupel — $612,400)
6. Texas (6-7) — $3,841,640 (Highest: Vance Bedford — $800,500; Shawn Watson — $650,000)
7. UCLA (10-3) — $3,762,500 (Highest: Noel Mazzone — $762,000; Adrian Klemm — $723,000)
8. Ohio State (13-1) — $3,592,025 (Highest: Luke Fickell — $600,000; Chris Ash — $590,000)
9. Virginia Tech (7-6) — $3,583,250 (Highest: Scot Loeffler — $400,000; Bryan Stinespring — $324,250)
10. Michigan (5-7) — $3,504,323 (Highest: Greg Mattison — $888,333; Doug Nussmeier — $830,000)

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Highest Paid NCAA Football Coaching Staffs 2015

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ACC assistant coach payroll
No. Team Total
1 Clemson $4,448,225
2 Virginia Tech $3,583,250
3 Florida State $3,386,000
4 Louisville $3,225,000
5 Virginia $2,908,670
6 N.C. State $2,692,560
7 Georgia Tech $2,233,600
8 North Carolina $2,051,667

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ACC Coaching Staff Salaries circa 2014

Based off of the most recent figures I could find, LSU is paying their assistants $2 million more than FSU.

ETA: I see now what the previous poster was referencing.

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the assistants on the Florida State football team under Jimbo Fisher are the seventh highest-paid staff in the country at $4.28 million, according to the latest USA Today database on assistant coaches salaries published Wednesday.

FSU’s total is second only to Clemson, which is sixth nationally earning $4.33 million, in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

LSU, Auburn, Alabama, Georgia and Texas A&M — all from the Southeastern Conference — make up the Top 5.

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FSU Coaching Staff Salary

25% Increase in Coaching Staff Salaries

Still, it's $1.5 million less than what LSU pays.

I'm pumped for the second LSU Jimbo melt when he stays at FSU again

Makes sense.

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BilJ

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when they have said its between Jimbo and Orgeron and that they plan on making a decision right after the last game it means its Jimbo, reports have already come out that he has an offer on the table.. he was Alleva's guy last year.. its a done deal in my opinion.. no way alleva is dumb enough to hire oregeron.

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And if I remember correctly it took a lot for Jimbo to get those raises for his staff. It was a source of contention for a while. Relationships are fluid, and it obviously didn't sit well with Jimbo and probably has affected the amicable relationship between him and the administration.

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Last I heard he and Pres. Thrasher were pretty close. They have been known to hunt together.

If I was Thrasher I'd tell him to go pound sand if he came for another raise.

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Because it hasn't been shot down. It doesn't matter how much FSU spends on coaches of school directly competing with them for coaches are spending more.

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That may be, but talk that FSU isn't spening at all is silly.

The assistants make less than a competitor who hasn't won a title.