Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin, assistants will earn more than $12.5M in 2022

Nick Suss, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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OXFORD — The Ole Miss athletics department will spend more than $12.5 million on its on-field football coaching staff this season.

According to documents obtained by the Clarion Ledger, coach Lane Kiffin and his 10 on-field assistants will combine to earn $12,675,526 in base salary by the end of January 2023. Kiffin makes the majority of this money, with a base salary of $7.25 million this season. But that still leaves more than $5.4 million for his on-field assistants, good for an average of more than $500,000 per assistant.

Co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach John David Baker is due for a significant pay-raise. In his 2021 contract, Baker made $375,000. In 2022, Baker will make $545,526. He's the Rebels' only coach slated to earn more in 2022 than 2023, when his base salary decreases to $510,000.

New hires Maurice Crum, Sam Carter and Marty Biagi all have more conventional contracts. Crum, the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, will make $450,000 in 2022 and $475,000 in 2023. Carter, the cornerbacks coach, will make $430,000 in both 2022 and 2023. Biagi, the special teams coordinator, will earn $350,000 in 2022 and $375,000 in 2023.

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All four coaches also have incentives built into their contracts based on where Ole Miss lands in the postseason. As coordinators, Crum and Baker stand to earn:

  • $25,000 for an SEC Championship game appearance OR $50,000 for an SEC Championship game win

  • $15,000 for a Birmingham Bowl or Independence Bowl berth

  • $20,000 for a Taxslayer Bowl, Outback Bowl, Belk Bowl, Music City Bowl, Texas Bowl or Liberty Bowl berth

  • $25,000 for a Citrus Bowl berth

  • $30,000 for a New Year's Six berth outside the College Football Playoff

  • $50,000 for an appearance in the College Football Playoff OR $100,000 for an appearance in the College Football Playoff championship game OR $150,000 for a College Football Playoff championship win

As assistant coaches, Biagi and Carter could earn:

  • $10,000 for an SEC Championship game appearance OR $25,000 for an SEC Championship game win

  • $10,000 for a Birmingham Bowl or Independence Bowl berth

  • $15,000 for a Taxslayer Bowl, Outback Bowl, Belk Bowl, Music City Bowl, Texas Bowl or Liberty Bowl berth

  • $20,000 for a Citrus Bowl berth

  • $25,000 for a New Year's Six berth outside the College Football Playoff

  • $30,000 for an appearance in the College Football Playoff OR $60,000 for an appearance in the College Football Playoff championship game OR $80,000 for a College Football Playoff championship win

As the Clarion Ledger previously reported in February, Ole Miss will pay co-defensive coordinator Chris Partridge $1.2 million in 2022 and co-offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr., $800,000. Assistant head coach Derrick Nix will earn $500,000, defensive line coach Randall Joyner will earn $450,000, running backs coach Marquel Blackwell will earn $400,000 and offensive line coach Jake Thornton will receive $300,000.

Additionally, head strength and conditioning coach Nick Savage will earn $350,000.

Kiffin's contract, as approved in December, mandates Ole Miss spend "a minimum of $3.5 million" on support staff salaries and the salary pool must remain at or above the seventh-largest in the SEC. This year's salary pool goes well over the $3.5 million minimum.

Ole Miss football coach salaries

In 2022

  • Head coach Lane Kiffin: $7,250,000

  • Co-defensive coordinator and S coach Chris Partridge: $1,200,000

  • Co-offensive coordinator and QBs coach Charlie Weis Jr.: $800,000

  • Co-offensive coordinator and TEs coach John David Baker: $545,526

  • Assistant head coach and WRs coach Derrick Nix: $500,000

  • Co-defensive coordinator and LBs coach Maurice Crum: $450,000

  • Defensive line coach Randall Joyner: $450,000

  • Cornerbacks coach Sam Carter: $430,000

  • Running backs coach Marquel Blackwell: $400,000

  • Strength coach Nick Savage: $375,000

  • Special teams coordinator Marty Biagi: $350,000

  • Offensive line coach Jake Thornton: $300,000

In 2023

  • Kiffin: $7,350,000

  • Partridge: $1,300,000

  • Weis.: $825,000

  • Nix: $525,000

  • Baker: $510,000

  • Crum: $475,000

  • Carter: $430,000

  • Blackwell: $425,000

  • Biagi: $375,000

  • Savage: $500,000

  • Thornton: $325,000

  • Joyner: N/A

In 2024

  • Kiffin: $7,450,000

In 2025

  • Kiffin: $7,550,000

Contact Nick Suss at 601-408-2674 or nsuss@gannett.com. Follow @nicksuss on Twitter.

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