Salaries revealed for Ohio State’s 2019 coaching staff

Salaries for Ohio State’s coaching staff for 2019 has been released, and the university will spend around $200,000 more for assistants than it did a year ago.

Ohio State released the figures for the 2019 coaching staff on Monday. Only one assistant will be making over $1 million this year, with defensive coordinator Greg Mattison earned a base salary of $1.1 million. That’s a pay bump from his time in Michigan when he was the defensive line coach.

Last year, Greg Schiano and Ryan Day each earned over $1 million as assistants on Urban Meyer’s staff.

Ohio State assistant coaches base salaries for 2019: Greg Mattison $1.1m; Tony Alford $600k, Matt Barnes $350K, Brian Hartline $345K, Jeff Hafley $950K, Larry Johnson $900K, Greg Studrawa $600K, Al Washington $500K, Kevin Wilson $950K, Mike Yurcich $950K. Info is from OSU.

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Here are some other figures for assistant coaches on Ohio State’s staff:

• Kevin Wilson – $950,000
• Mike Yurcich – $950,000
• Jeff Hafley – $950,000
• Larry Johnson – $900,000
• Greg Studrawa – $600,000
• Tony Alford – $600,000
• Al Washington – $500,000
• Matt Barnes – $350,000
• Brian Hartline – $345,000

In total, Ohio State will spend $7.245 million on its assistant coaches in 2019. Last year, the school spent $7.06 million.

Day will make $4.5 million for the 2019 season in his first year as head coach of the Buckeyes.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB