Clemson football assistants get contract extensions, raises. Here are the details
Multiple Clemson football assistants got contract extensions and raises Friday following the team’s ACC championship and Orange Bowl appearance in 2022.
The university’s board of trustees compensation committee approved $50,000 raises for Nick Eason, the team’s defensive tackles coach and defensive run game coordinator, and Mike Reed, the team’s cornerbacks coach, special teams coordinator and assistant head coach. They’ll both make $800,000 annually.
The committee also approved one-year contract extensions for seven other assistant coaches (including defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin) and various support staffers during their 2023 winter quarterly board meeting.
Those extensions mean coach Dabo Swinney and all 10 of his on-field assistant coaches are under contract through at least 2025. Swinney signed a new 10-year, $115 million contract last September that extended his deal through 2031 and made him the second-highest-paid coach in the country behind Alabama’s Nick Saban.
Earlier this month, Clemson and new offensive coordinator Garrett Riley agreed to a three-year, $5.25 million deal that makes him the third highest paid OC in the country in terms of annual base salary.
Riley, who helped TCU reach the College Football Playoff national championship in 2022, replaced former Clemson offensive coordinator Brandon Streeter, who fired after one season. It was the first time Swinney had fired an assistant since 2012.
Friday’s raises for Eason and Reed bring Clemson’s total assistant coach pay for 2023-24 to $7.475 million, which ranks seventh nationally behind Ohio State, LSU, Georgia, Alabama, Texas A&M and Texas, according to USA TODAY Sports’ database.
After going 11-3 in 2022 but missing a second consecutive CFP after six straight appearances, Clemson starts spring practice on March 6 with hopes of returning to the sport’s biggest stage behind promising sophomore quarterback Cade Klubnik.
Clemson’s annual Orange & White Spring Game is scheduled for April 16.
New Clemson football assistant coach contracts
- Assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach Mike Reed: $800,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2026 (up from $750,000)
- Defensive tackles coach and defensive run game coordinator Nick Eason: $800,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2026 (up from $750,000)
- Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Wes Goodwin: $850,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2026 (no change in salary)
- Safeties coach and co-defensive coordinator Mickey Conn: $800,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2026 (no change in salary)
- Defensive ends coach Lemanski Hall: $625,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2025 (no change in salary)
- Tight ends coach and passing game coordinator Kyle Richardson: $500,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2025 (no change in salary)
- Offensive line coach Thomas Austin: $450,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2025 (no change in salary)
- Running backs coach CJ Spiller: $450,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2025 (no change in salary)
- Recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach Tyler Grisham: $450,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2025 (no change in salary)
New Clemson football support staff contracts
- Director of football strength & conditioning Joey Batson: $625,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2026 (no change in salary)
- Chief of staff Woody McCorvey: $500,000 annually through through Jan. 31, 2025 (no change in salary)
- Director of football player relations/external affairs Jeff Davis: $315,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2025 (no change in salary)
- Senior director of football recruiting Jordan Sorrells: $315,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2025 (no change in salary)
- Director of football operations/creative media DJ Gordon: $250,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2025 (no change in salary)
- Director of football scouting Danny Pearman: $250,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2025 (no change in salary)
- Director of high school relations & player development Robbie Caldwell: $250,000 annually through Jan. 31, 2025
This story was originally published February 3, 2023 at 9:25 AM.
