November 16, 2024

Ohio State to Pay More Than $1 Million Combined Per Year For Chris Holtmann's New Coaching Staff

Chris Holtmann’s new staff of assistant coaches will make north of $1 million combined, a slight bump in salary from the previous staff under Thad Matta.Ryan Pedon will be the highest-paid Ohio State assistant coach and will make $395,000 per year. Mike Schrage will make $325,000 and Terry Johnson will make $300,000. All numbers are a result of an open records request filed by Eleven Warriors and filled Friday by Ohio State. The total combined salary for the Buckeyes’ three new assistant coaches is $1.02 million. By comparison, under Matta, Ohio State’s previous staff of Dave Dickerson, Chris Jent and Greg Paulus made a combined salary of just over $734,000 last year. All three new assistant coaches signed two-year term sheets which run through June 30, 2019. All are eligible for compensation increases beginning Sept. 1, 2018, as approved by the board of trustees. Additionally, all three assistants are also entitled bonuses…

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