LINCOLN — Parting ways with Bo Pelini and the rest of his Husker football coaching staff after the 2014 season cost Nebraska close to $8.5 million when tallying the final money paid to his assistants.
According to recent information provided to The World-Herald by the university, the assistant coaches were compensated a final total of $1,941,501 before the last of their contracts expired.
NU is still making monthly payments of $128,009 to Pelini that will continue until February 2019, a figure that was adjusted just over a year ago when he signed his first contract after becoming head coach at Youngstown State. The final buyout for Pelini will cover almost $6.54 million, with mitigated earnings lowering that from around the original $7.9 million.
Only Charlton Warren was retained by head coach Mike Riley after he replaced Pelini, and Warren would leave Nebraska for a position at North Carolina about two months later.
Eight of the nine assistants took positions at other schools over an assortment of hiring dates after the 2014 Holiday Bowl, affecting the totals that each were paid. The last of those happened in January with Ross Els joining the Purdue staff as defensive coordinator and Rich Fisher becoming head coach at a California high school.
Only Rick Kaczenski from that 2014 staff currently does not hold a position in coaching.
The final contracts signed by the Husker assistant coaches ran through Jan. 31, 2016. The $1,941,501 was a pre-tax total paid out of athletic department reserves — as with the Pelini buyout — and NU did not provide the gross amounts paid to each individual.
An update of the positions currently held by former members of the Pelini staff at NU:
Tim Beck, Ohio State, co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach; John Papuchis, North Carolina, linebackers coach; Ron Brown, Liberty, associate head coach/wide receivers; Barney Cotton, UNLV, offensive coordinator/tight ends; Ross Els, Purdue, defensive coordinator/safeties; John Garrison, UNLV, offensive line/run game coordinator; Rich Fisher, Santa Margarita (California) High, head coach; Charlton Warren, North Carolina, secondary coach; Jeff Jamrog, Midland University, head coach; James Dobson, Vanderbilt, head strength coach.
According to recent information provided to The World-Herald by the university, the assistant coaches were compensated a final total of $1,941,501 before the last of their contracts expired.
NU is still making monthly payments of $128,009 to Pelini that will continue until February 2019, a figure that was adjusted just over a year ago when he signed his first contract after becoming head coach at Youngstown State. The final buyout for Pelini will cover almost $6.54 million, with mitigated earnings lowering that from around the original $7.9 million.
Only Charlton Warren was retained by head coach Mike Riley after he replaced Pelini, and Warren would leave Nebraska for a position at North Carolina about two months later.
Eight of the nine assistants took positions at other schools over an assortment of hiring dates after the 2014 Holiday Bowl, affecting the totals that each were paid. The last of those happened in January with Ross Els joining the Purdue staff as defensive coordinator and Rich Fisher becoming head coach at a California high school.
Only Rick Kaczenski from that 2014 staff currently does not hold a position in coaching.
The final contracts signed by the Husker assistant coaches ran through Jan. 31, 2016. The $1,941,501 was a pre-tax total paid out of athletic department reserves — as with the Pelini buyout — and NU did not provide the gross amounts paid to each individual.
An update of the positions currently held by former members of the Pelini staff at NU:
Tim Beck, Ohio State, co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach; John Papuchis, North Carolina, linebackers coach; Ron Brown, Liberty, associate head coach/wide receivers; Barney Cotton, UNLV, offensive coordinator/tight ends; Ross Els, Purdue, defensive coordinator/safeties; John Garrison, UNLV, offensive line/run game coordinator; Rich Fisher, Santa Margarita (California) High, head coach; Charlton Warren, North Carolina, secondary coach; Jeff Jamrog, Midland University, head coach; James Dobson, Vanderbilt, head strength coach.
