STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State football program’s 10 on-field assistant coaches combined to earn $6 million for the 2024 season.
OSU head coach Mike Gundy, whose since-adjusted contract paid him $7.75 million this past season, signed his entire staff to new two-year contracts early in the year, with offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn earning $1 million and defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo earning $700,000.
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Where Oklahoma State football coaching staff pay ranks nationally, among Big 12 teams
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The Oklahoman
STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State football program’s 10 on-field assistant coaches combined to earn $6 million for the 2024 season.
OSU head coach Mike Gundy, whose since-adjusted contract paid him $7.75 million this past season, signed his entire staff to new two-year contracts early in the year, with offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn earning $1 million and defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo earning $700,000.
USA Today recently released its list of assistant coaching salaries across college football, showing Dunn as the 66th highest paid assistant in the country.
Both coordinators were dismissed after the Cowboys went 3-9, losing all nine Big 12 games to end the season.
The Cowboys are also going through multiple changes to assistant coaches, though some could be retained.
Gundy, after a somewhat public duel with the Oklahoma A&M Board of Regents, is remaining as the head coach at a reduced salary, though his exact financial figure has not been announced by Oklahoma State.
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Here’s a look at what the OSU assistants were paid in 2024:
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2024 Big 12 football assistant coaches’ total salaries
Utah $8,275,000
Oklahoma State $6,000,000
Texas Tech $5,301,190
Arizona State $5,100,000
Kansas State $4,697,000
Kansas $4,630,000
Colorado $4,588,750
Iowa State $4,460,000
Cincinnati $4,390,000
West Virginia $4,225,000
Arizona $4,200,000
Central Florida $4,000,000
Houston $3,950,000
NOTE: Totals do not include strength coaches. Data for private schools Baylor, BYU and TCU were not available since they are not required to report finances.
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College football’s highest-paid assistant coaching staffs
Here are the 20 highest paid staffs of assistant coaches:
Ohio State: $11,425,000
Georgia: $10,332,000
Clemson: $9,675,000
Alabama: $9,475,000
Michigan: $9,384,000
LSU: $9,300,000
Texas: $9,100,000
Florida State: $8,475,000
Oregon: $8,295,000
Utah: $8,275,000
Ole Miss: $8,225,000
Iowa: $7,900,000
Kentucky: $7,565,000
North Carolina: $7,373,858
Texas A&M: $7,200,000
Washington: $7,200,000
Tennessee: $7,135,000
Oklahoma: $7,115,000
Michigan State: $6,975,000
Missouri: $6,940,000
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Here are Oklahoma State’s highest paid assistants
Offensive coordinator Kasey Dunn: $1 million
Defensive coordinator Bryan Nardo: $700,000
Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Joe Bob Clements: $650,000
Offensive line coach Charlie Dickey: $650,000
Defensive passing game coordinator/cornerbacks coach Tim Duffie: $600,000
Safeties coach Dan Hammerschmidt: $500,000
Running backs coach John Wozniak: $475,000
Tight ends coach Jason McEndoo: $475,000
Quarterbacks coach Tim Rattay: $475,000
Defensive line coach Paul Randolph: $475,000
