Mizzou gives defensive coordinator Corey Batoon raise, contract extension

New Missouri defensive coordinator Corey Batoon watches players warm up before the team's Black and Gold spring game on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo.COLUMBIA, Mo. — Heading into his second season at Missouri, defensive coordinator Corey Batoon has received a three-year contract extension from the school.

The deal raises his salary for this season to $1.4 million and will jump to $1.5 million for the 2025 campaign.

He also received a $100,000 bonus for signing the extension, and will receive another $100,000 if he's still the defensive coordinator on Feb. 1 of next year — essentially, if Batoon doesn't take another job during the next offseason cycle of…