Iowa State football ranks eighth in assistant coaches’ compensation among the 13 Big 12 Conference teams that reported their salary information to USA TODAY Sports.
USA TODAY obtained the information from the schools through open-records requests. Texas Christian, Baylor and Brigham Young are private schools and are not required to report their finances.
Iowa State is paying its assistant coaches $4,460,000 this year. Defensive coordinator Jon Heacock is the Cyclones‘ highest-paid assistant at $1,200,000.
Utah leads all Big 12 schools with $8,275,000 in compensation for its assistants.
Those numbers do not include strength coaches’ pay. Iowa State strength coach Reid Kagy is earning $375,000 this year, which ranks seventh among the 12 schools that reported their numbers to USA TODAY Sports.
Kansas strength coach Matt Gildersleeve’s total compensation is unavailable because he is an employee of Kansas Team Health with the University of Kansas Health System, which is not obligated to provide his compensation.
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2024 Iowa State football assistant coaches’ salaries
These numbers do not include bonus pay.
- Jon Heacock, defensive coordinator, $1,200,000
- Taylor Mouser, offensive coordinator, $550,000
- Eli Rasheed, defensive line coach, $410,000
- Deon Broomfield, safeties coach, $400,000
- Ryan Clanton, offensive line coach, $375,000
- Noah Pauley, wide receivers coach, $375,000
- Tyler Roehl, running backs coach, $350,000
- Hank Poteat, cornerbacks coach, $300,000
- Colby Kratch, linebackers coach, $300,000
- Jake Waters, quarterbacks coach, $200,000
2024 Big 12 football assistant coaches’ total salaries
- Utah $8,275,000
- Oklahoma State $6,000,000
- Texas Tech $5,301,190
- Arizona State $5,100,000
- Kansas State $4,697,000
- Kansas $4,630,000
- Colorado $4,588,750
- Iowa State $4,460,000
- Cincinnati $4,390,000
- West Virginia $4,225,000
- Arizona $4,200,000
- Central Florida $4,000,000
- Houston $3,950,000
Notes: Figures do not include strength coaches’ salaries. Texas Christian, Baylor and Brigham Young are private schools and are not required to report their finances.
2024 Big 12 football strength coach salaries
- Oklahoma State’s Rob Glass, $1,100,000
- Houston’s Kurt Hester, $450,000
- Utah’s Doug Elisaia, $424,360
- West Virginia’s Mike Joseph, $410,840
- Arizona State’s Joe Connolly, $410,000
- Arizona’s Cullen Carroll, $375,000
- Iowa State’s Reid Kagy, $375,000
- Kansas State’s Trumain Carroll, $375,000
- Cincinnati’s Niko Palazeti, $325,000
- Texas Tech’s Lance Barilow, $320,000
- Colorado’s Maurice Sims, $286,750
- Central Florida’s Anthony Kincy, $250,000
Note: Texas Christian, Baylor and Brigham Young are private schools and are not required to report their finances. Kansas’ Matt Gildersleeve’s total compensation is unavailable because he is an employee of Kansas Team Health with the University of Kansas Health System, which is not obligated to provide his compensation. The university said the athletics department had budgeted $510,000 toward Gildersleeve’s overall compensation.
