New Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter has signed a three-year deal worth $2.75 million in base pay.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh hired Minter, 38, earlier this month from Vanderbilt where he spent the last season as defensive coordinator. Before that, he worked for the Baltimore Ravens. Minter replaces Mike Macdonald who left Michigan after one season to return to the Baltimore Ravens where he had spent the seven previous seasons and where he and Minter had worked together.
Minter will make $900,000 this year, and his base salary will increase by $25,000 each of the final two years of his contract, according to a memorandum of understanding signed Feb.