USA Today annually does a report on college football assistant coach salaries by studying tax returns and contracts of assistants, sometimes needing to file Freedom of Information requests to get the information from public universities. Private schools are not required to release the information, so they don’t.
Even after Kansas head coach David Beaty’s pay was doubled, he remains 10th among 10 Big 12 head coaches with a salary or $1.6 million for 2017. KU’s assistant coaches also rank last, at least among the eight public schools.
A look at Big 12 assistant coach salaries for 2016, from lowest to highest by school:
**KANSAS**
Clint Bowen: $400,600
Kenny Perry: $399,999
Rob Likens: $350,000
Todd Bradford: $220,000
Joe DeForest: $220,000
Zach Yenser: $220,000
Jason Phillips: $170,000
Michael Slater: $170,000
Tony Hull: $150,000
Total: $2,300,599
Avg.: $255,622
**IOWA STATE**
Jon Heacock $454,000
Tom Manning $350,000
Louis Ayeni $304,250
Jim Hofher $235,000
Alex Golesh $210,000
Eli Rasheed $200,000
D.K. McDonald $200,000
Tyson Veidt $190,000
Bryan Gasser $175,000
Total: $2,318,250
Avg.:$257,583
**TEXAS TECH**
David Gibbs $558,000
Eric Morris $526,900
Joe Robinson $250,000
Zac Spavital $233,000
Lee Hays $223,900
Kevin Patrick $200,000
Emmett Jones $180,000
DeShaun Foster $175,000
Karl Scott $165,000
Total:$2,511,800
Avg.: $279,088
**WEST VIRGINIA**
Tony Gibson $750,300
Ron Crook $342,000
Ja’Juan Seider $342,000
Bruce Tall $301,725
Matt Caponi $225,000
Blue Adams $200,000
Tyron Carrier $175,000
Mark Scott $175,000
Joe Wickline $175,000
Total: $2,686,025
Avg.: $298,447
**KANSAS STATE**
Dana Dimel: $474,200
Tom Hayes: $474,200
Charlie Dickey: $424,200
Del Miller: $424,200
Sean Snyder: $387,300
Mike Cox: $309,200
Mo Latimore: $261,725
Andre Coleman: $244,200
Blake Seiler: $204,500
Total: $3,203,525
Avg. $355,947
**OKLAHOMA STATE**
Glenn Spencer $600,000
Mike Yurich $500,000
Joe Bob Clements $364,652
Greg Adkins $355,000
Tim Duffie $339,347
Kasey Dunn $325,000
Marcus Arroyo $300,000
Dan Hammerschmidt$275,000
James McEndoo $225,000
Total: $3,283,999
Avg.: $364,888
**OKLAHOMA**
Lincoln Riley $905,000
Mike Stoops $905,400
Kerry Cooks $455,000
Bill Bedenbaugh $431,400
Cale Gundy $404,800
Jay Boulware $359,000
Tim Kish $361,900
Dennis Simmons $318,400
Calvin Thibodeaux $250,000
Total: $4,390,900
Avg.:$487,877
**TEXAS**
Sterling Gilbert $850,000
Vance Bedford $800,625
Matt Mattox $550,000
Brick Haley $495,025
Brian Jean-Mary $400,575
Clay Jennings $400,000
Charlie Williams $375,000
Jeff Traylor $350,025
Anthony Johnson $325,000
Total: $4,546,250
Avg.: $505,138
