Positional and Coordinator salary questions

[SteelerSask2]

Seeing that Alabama is paying over 1/2 million to its strength coach got me thinking. Is there a cap on what you can pay assistant coaches. I know teams have tried to put dream team talent together and it has failed. While I wouldn't try and hire 8 HC and put them at positions (too many egos). I would think if I was a bizzilionaire I would certainly be happy to overspend on the assistants and coordinators. Having coached a lot of football myself, I know for a fact that the best coaches particularly positional and coordinators have a huge effect on the outcome.

 

[SteelerFan448]

I don't think that would necessarily help in the NFL where, as you mentioned, egos would get in the way. However, we did see the Steelers do pretty well with Tomlin, Haley, LeBeau and Munchak all on the same staff. Now if we're talking college football where coaching and recruiting are so important, I think you see why strength coaches are getting paid that much, let alone the HCs and coordinators.

 

[slashsteel]

Coordinators can top a million.

Positional coaches secretively make anywhere from 200,000 to a million.

 

[Coach]

Coordinators can top a million.

Positional coaches secretively make anywhere from 200,000 to a million.

Most tenured OC or DC coordinators get over a million a year on new contracts these says.

They used to say the positional coaches never burn or retire because they could not afford to. Not anymore.

 

[Steelerfan]

All I know is that whatever Peezy is making, he needs a performance bonus for the Bengals game.

 

[SteelerSask2]

My belief is that the HC sets the toNE and creates the culture. The positional coaches do the teaching and the coordinators take care of the strategy. I don't think there is anyone more responsible for player development than the positional coaches.

 

[MTC]

My belief is that the HC sets the toNE and creates the culture. The positional coaches do the teaching and the coordinators take care of the strategy. I don't think there is anyone more responsible for player development than the positional coaches.

Yes!

 

[Stryker]

I don't think there is any pay constrains for coaches, assistants, or staff, since their salaries don't count against the cap.

 

[Coach]

I don't think there is any pay constrains for coaches, assistants, or staff, since their salaries don't count against the cap.

Correct.