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Ranking Ohio State football assistant coaching salaries

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December 12, 2024

Ranking Ohio State football assistant coaching salaries

You can’t win a conference title or College Football Playoff national championship without money these days. Not only does it go to players through Name, Image and Likeness, but there’s also licensing, facilities, and more that gets stirred into the ingredients of winning at a big time college football program.

Part of that too is what kind of cash a program like the Ohio State football program throws at its coaching staff. Of course, we know that head coach Ryan Day earns a healthy sum in base salary, but the OSU program has also made it a point to lure and retain high-level assistant coaches.

But did you know what each assistant on staff at Ohio State makes? We’ll tell you it’s a handsome sum for all of them, and OSU is one most well compensated coaching staffs in the Big Ten, and entire country. So yeah, to much is given, much is expected — and that’s partly why coaching on the banks of the Olentangy is a pressure cooker and not for everyone.

USA TODAY has released its database of assistant coaching salaries and we’re here to let you know what each coach donning the Scarlet and Gray is making, ranked by total base revenue. Some of the figures may surprise you.

James Laurinaitis, Linebackers Coach

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Total Pay | $350,000
Years on Staff | 2
Hometown | Wayzata, Minnesota

Keenan Bailey, Tight Ends Coach

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Total Pay | $400,000
Years on Staff | 7
Hometown | Pompano Beach, Florida

Matt Guerrieri, Safeties Coach

USA TODAY SMG

Total Pay | $425,000
Years on Staff | 1
Hometown | Willoughby Hills, Ohio

Carlos Locklyn, Running Backs Coach

USA TODAY SMG

Total Pay | $650,000*
Years on Staff | 1
Hometown | Montgomery, Alabama

*In addition, Ohio State agreed to pay a $200,000 buyout to Locklyn for his buyout at Oregon. OSU also agreed to an unknown sum to lesson his tax impact.

Justin Frye, Associate Head Coach for Offense/Offensive Line Coach

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USA TODAY SMG

Total Pay | $1,000,000
Years on Staff | 2
Hometown | Ellwood, Indiana

Tim Walton, Secondary Coach/Cornerbacks Coach

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Adam Cairns-The Columbus Dispatch

Total Pay | $1,400,000
Years on Staff | 2
Hometown | Columbus, Georgia

Larry Johnson, Associate Head Coach/Defensive Line Coach

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Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch

Total Pay | $1,400,000
Years on Staff | 9
Hometown | Williamston, North Carolina

Brian Hartline, Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach

USA TODAY SMG

Total Pay | $1,600,000
Years on Staff | 7
Hometown | North Canton, Ohio

Chip Kelley, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

USA TODAY SMG

Total Pay | $2,000,000*
Years on Staff | In 1st Year
Hometown | North Canton, Ohio

* In addition to Total Pay, Ohio State agreed to pay UCLA $1.5 million to cover the buyout that Kelly owed that school. Ohio State also agreed to pay an amount, to be determined, to reduce the tax impact on Kelly.

Jim Knowles, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach

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Total Pay | $2,200,000
Years on Staff | 2
Hometown | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Ohio State’s Chip Kelly takes shot at Oregon: ‘You can’t stop us with 11′

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January 18, 2025

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Ohio State’s Chip Kelly takes shot at Oregon: ‘You can’t stop us with 11′

Former Oregon Ducks coach Chip Kelly took a shot at his former football program on Saturday.

Ahead of Monday’s national championship game against Notre Dame, the current Ohio State offensive coordinator was asked about what motivated the Buckeyes entering their Rose Bowl matchup with Oregon — a 41-21 blowout win.

Kelly pointed to the 12 men on the field penalty taken intentionally by Dan Lanning and company during the two teams’ regular season matchup, which Oregon won, 32-31.

“I’ll tell you what, it was a unique message with our players: you can’t stop us with 11. You had to stop us with 12,” Kelly told reporters. “You saw the final results of 11 versus 11. So, that was a message to our team for the week leading up to the Rose Bowl that I think resonated really well with our guys.”

Ohio State led 34-0 at one point in the first half against the Ducks, and superstar freshman wideout Jeremiah Smith was a major reason why. He finished with seven catches for 187 yards and two touchdowns vs. Oregon.

It was Kelly’s first win over the Ducks as an opposing coach: he was previously 0-5 against Oregon between his time as head coach at UCLA and offensive coordinator at Ohio State.

The Buckeyes went on to beat Texas, 28-14, at the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Cotton Bowl. They are 8.5-point favorites over the Fighting Irish in the national championship game.

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What you need to know for Notre Dame vs. Ohio State in the College Football Playoff national championship

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January 18, 2025

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Luke Goode’s 3-pointer in OT lifts Indiana past Ohio State 77-76

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January 18, 2025

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Luke Goode’s 3-pointer in OT lifts Indiana past Ohio State 77-76

Luke Goode stroked a 3-pointer with more than a minute left in overtime to give Indiana the lead and Anthony Leal blocked John Mobley Jr.’s jumper with a second left to allow Indiana to escape Ohio State with a 77-76 Big Ten Conference win Friday night.

Indiana (14-5, 5-3) now has won five of the last six meetings with the Buckeyes, including both games a year ago. Ohio State (10-8, 2-5) lost its third straight conference game, all by two points or less.

Mobley hit a 3-pointer with 38 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at 71-71. Indiana held the ball before Luke Goode drove for a layup that missed, Oumar Ballo got the offensive rebound but missed the put-back, rebounded again and missed a jumper. Ohio State rebounded but was unable to get off a shot as the clock ran out.

Ohio State took the lead, 76-74, on Bruce Thornton’s three-point play with 1:26 left in overtime. Indiana’s Myles Rice drove to the basket but missed a layup to tie the game, but Oumar Ballo came down with the offensive rebound and kicked the ball to a wide-open Goode on the wing for the game-winner. Mobley missed a 3-point attempt for Ohio State and Kanaan Carlyle drove the baseline and misfired on a short jumper with :14 left.

Goode finished with a career-high 23 points and Ballo scored a double-double with 21 points and 15 rebounds with four assists and two blocks for the Hoosiers. Carlyle added 13 points.

Mobley finished with 22 points to lead the Buckeyes. Micah Parrish added 19 and Thornton added 18.

Indiana plays at Northwestern Wednesday. Ohio State plays at No. 17 Purdue Thursday.

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Reporting by The Associated Press.

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