Memphis football coaching staff salaries will approach $4.6 million in 2022
The Memphis football coaching staff will make just under $4.6 million before incentives this season, according to salary documents obtained by The Commercial Appeal.
Coach Ryan Silverfield's assistants will earn $2.75 million, up from $2.67 million last season but still below the $2.77 million Silverfield's first staff earned in 2020. Five assistants will make at least $300,000 this season.
The totals provide broader context to the previously reported individual salaries that Silverfield's staff members will earn in 2022.
Defensive coordinator Matt Barnes and offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey will earn $440,000 and $400,000, respectively, in their first season with the Tigers. First-year running backs coach Sean Dawkins will earn $175,000, an increase from making $100,000 last season at Charlotte.
Silverfield and four returning assistants received pay raises, with Silverfield’s $50,000 increase scheduled per terms of his original contract. He’ll make $1.85 million in base salary this season, up from $1.8 million last season.
Silverfield’s contract was extended an additional year during the 2020 season and now expires after the 2025 season. However, his buyout terms and incentive structure weren’t changed. If Memphis terminates his contract after this season, his buyout would be around $3.5 million.
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Silverfield would receive an additional earn $25,000 this season if Memphis reaches a bowl game and an additional $50,000 if the Tigers win the bowl game. Silverfield also would receive $75,000 if the Tigers win eight games; the amount increases by $25,000 for each subsequent win.
Who on the Memphis football staff got raises?
Offensive line coach Jim Bridge, defensive line coach Kyle Pope and defensive backs coach Charles Clark – each in their third season -- all received scheduled bumps in pay as did second-year linebackers coach Jordon Hankins.
Bridge will make $365,000, third most on the staff, as he received a $5,000 raise. Clark will make $325,000 this season, a $25,000 increase from last season. Pope also earned a $25,000 increase and will make $300,000 this season.
Hankins will make $200,000, up from $175,000 last season.
Pope, Clark and Hankins signed extensions in January and their contracts, which were set to expire after this season, now do so after the 2024 season. Memphis typically signs football assistants to two-year deals compared to five years for the head coach.
What will the rest of the staff make in 2022?
Three assistants will make the same amount as they did last season.
Special teams coordinator Charles Bankins will make $200,000. Tight ends coach Brad Salem will make $175,000 and receivers coach David Glidden will make $165,000.
Strength and conditioning head coach/director of athletic performance Noah Franklin will make $140,000, a $10,000 raise from last season.
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This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Here's what the Memphis football coaching staff will make in 2022
