Big Bucks for the Buckeyes. Winning a national championship isn’t just about the glory—it’s also about the green but seems like not for their HC. Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day has more than one reason to smile after his first CFP title victory on Monday night. But this fact about the last year’s title could hurt his feelings. He padded his wallet with an extra $500,000 bonus, courtesy of the win. That pushes his total CFP performance bonus to a cool $1 million. Although, the ‘cool’ faded put if you put in perspective of their fiercest rival’s.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh will pick up a $1 million bonus for the Wolverines winning the CFP national championship.
He ends the season with $3 million in on-field bonuses.#NationalChampionship
— Steve Berkowitz (@ByBerkowitz) January 9, 2024
On top of that, if you never heard about assistants earning more than their boss? You might be here in Columbus. Ryan Day was still far behind Michigan’s ex-coach Jim Harbaugh. As USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz highlighted on X, “Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh will pick up a $1 million bonus for the Wolverines winning the CFP national championship. He ends the season with $3 million in on-field bonuses.” The college’s trustee should pay him an extra mill for tolerating the amount of early criticism that he did. Even Day’s defensive coordinator, Jim Knowles, took home more bonus cash than his boss.
Ohio State assistants earn postseason bonuses totaling 35% of their base salary. “With CFP final win, each Ohio State assistant adds a bonus amt equal to 5% of base salary, bringing each of their totals to an amt equal to 35% of base salary. For DC Jim Knowles, that’s a total of $770,000. For OC Chip Kelly, it’s $700K,” he said.
Turns out, winning big on the field translates to winning even bigger in the bank for the Buckeyes’ brain trust.
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