np_husker Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 New Pelini contract worth $1.851 million annually By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star What was anticipated in recent months is now official. Bo Pelini has a new contract that comes with a significant pay raise after just one season as Nebraska’s head football coach. The new contract provides a one-year extension, running through the 2013 season, and will pay Pelini a base figure of $1.851 million a year. Pelini was previously making $1.1 million a year, which ranked 11th among Big 12 coaches. His pay bump now makes him the sixth-highest paid coach in the conference, close in company to the annual salaries of Missouri’s Gary Pinkel and Kansas State’s Bill Snyder. “When you compare Bo’s performance and experience with other coaches, he was certainly deserving of a significant salary increase,” NU athletic director Tom Osborne said in a statement. “We made good progress in one year under Bo’s leadership and we are confident he has our program moving in the right direction.” While Pelini’s previous annual salary was perhaps fitting of a first-time coach, it did rank low among coaches in BCS conferences. There are about a dozen coaches from BCS schools making $1.1 million or less. But Osborne recently told the Journal Star Pelini’s performance in his first season — nine wins and a Gator Bowl trophy — was good enough to look at reworking the coach’s contract. “I think you have to take a look at what the general market is,” Osborne said then. “You certainly want to be competitive. That’s probably the overriding issue. I thought he did a good job this year and inherited a lot of things that needed worked on and fixed.” The Husker assistants also received pay increases. While the specifics of each assistant’s contract were not initially provided, the total annual figure divided among the nine assistants is nearly $2 million (sixth-highest in the Big 12) compared to the $1,815,000 received between them in 2008. “I am very appreciative of the commitment Coach Osborne and our administration have made to our football program and our coaching staff,” Pelini said in a statement. “Working for Coach Osborne is a great situation, and as I said when I was hired, it is an honor to be here at Nebraska as the head coach. I hope to be in this position for a long time and help get this program back to the top of college football.” Quote Link to comment
papio2chi Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Good for Bo...I think he is worth it. I'm also glad to see NU athletics's on good financial ground during this economy. We must be able to afford it. Quote Link to comment
tattooedhusker Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 congrats to Bo, no gripes from me. Quote Link to comment
SouthBayHusker Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Now maybe this can be put to rest. Quote Link to comment
PIMPZILLA Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Getting a $700k raise would certainly not suck. Quote Link to comment
impy1man Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Nice to see that the assistants are getting raises also. Quote Link to comment
HSKRNOKC Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Getting a $700k raise would certainly not suck. I could deal with it.. Quote Link to comment
rkhufu7 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Getting a $700k raise would certainly not suck. I could deal with it.. Now he makes more than Wil Muschamp! Quote Link to comment
Vince from ShamWOW Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 congrats to Bo, no gripes from me. T.O. Will sleep like a baby tonight. Quote Link to comment
Huskerballz Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 This is such a positive when it comes to recruiting. Prospects are going to look at our young talented coaching staff and the continuity they offer. I'm excited to see what type of recruits start coming our way. I think it will drastically improve. Good move by the 'skers. Quote Link to comment
Touchdown Tommie Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Good for Bo and it is great the assistants got a raise too. This will help in the long run for keeping them here. Quote Link to comment
HSKRNOKC Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Bo is a keeper. Glad he got paid.... the assistants too. Quote Link to comment
gamecocks Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Good for Bo and all the other coaches. Good work should always be rewarded. And they have done a lot of good work in the year plus that they have been here. Quote Link to comment
billdozer15 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Glad to see Bo is getting paid more. However this doesnt ensure he will stick around for that long or that he wont get fired before then. Not saying he will leave or we should fire him, but with the turnstyle that is coaching it doesnt mean he will be here till 2014. Remember we are always one losing season away from a major paradigm shift in attitude. Quote Link to comment
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