Tony Elliott joined an exclusive club on Thursday. The Board of Trustees Compensation Committee at Clemson University approved a deal in which Clemson added three years to his contract and gave him a pay increase from $1.7 million to $2 million annually.
With the $300,000 hike in pay, Elliott is now the third highest paid assistant coach in college football, behind Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables ($2.4 million) and Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko ($2.1 million).
What does it all mean?
It means Clemson takes care of its coaches and in Venables’ and Elliott’s case they make more than a lot of FBS head coaches, including Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly, who USA Today reported on Nov.