Columbus, Ohio, is a great place to be if you’re a college football coach. Ohio State announced the salaries for the 10 full-time assistants on Ryan Day’s coaching staff for the 2020 season on Monday, revealing that four of Day’s assistants will earn more than $1 million. According to the Columbus Dispatch, no other public university has ever had as many seven-figure salaries for assistant coaches. Kerry Coombs, who returned to OSU after two seasons with the Tennessee Titans, will be the highest-paid OSU assistant. Now the Buckeyes’ defensive coordinator, Coombs has a contract that pays him $1.4 million annually. Coombs previously spent six seasons (2012-17) at OSU before his two-year stint as the Titans’ cornerbacks coach. The three other seven-figure salaries belong to offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson ($1.2 million), co-defensive coordinator Greg Mattison ($1.133 million) and defensive line coach Larry Johnson ($1.133 million). Wilson and Johnson earned raises of…
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