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Michigan's top three assistants getting $1 million a year

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan is committed to paying Jim Harbaugh's top three assistants $1 million each per year.

Defensive coordinator Don Brown and offensive coordinator Tim Drevno have been retained with contracts worth more than $10 million combined over the next five years. Passing coordinator Pep Hamilton was lured away from the Cleveland Browns with a $4.25 million, four-year deal.

Terms of their deals were obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press with a Freedom of Information Act request.

Brown's contract calls for him to make $1 million annually in the first four years and $1.