Middle Tennessee Is Ramping Up Coordinator Pay

Jim Brown-USA TODAY SportsWith the loss of three assistant coaches during the offseason, Middle Tennessee was one of the biggest Conference USA spenders in the coaching market.

After hiring offensive coordinator Tony Franklin away from California, the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders now have one of the most expensive coaching staffs in Conference USA.

Franklin, a former offensive coordinator for the Blue Raiders, is scheduled to make a base salary of $300,000 for the same role at MTSU. He joins defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix as two of three C-USA assistant coaches to make $300,000 or more per season. Unless there is a large raise I missed from another program, Western Kentucky defensive…