When the Colorado Board of Regents met in February to approve the Buffaloes’ new football assistant coaching contracts, John Kroll from the state’s first congressional district applied one specific term to the new high-priced salaries: “Unpalatable.”
The total is eye-popping. CU’s 10 full-time assistant coaches will combine to make $3.35 million this fall, an increase of more than $1 million from a year ago. Colorado State will allot $3 million for its staff in 2018. Compared to their peers across college football, though, the Buffaloes’ and Rams’ cash-flow hardly compares.
CU’s highest paid assistant coach is defensive coordinator D.