Salaries revealed for UGA’s new football coaches
New Georgia assistant football coaches Will Friend and Kirk Olivadotti will be paid annual salaries of $200,000 and $250,000, respectively, according to documents obtained by the AJC under the state’s open records law.
The coaches’ contracts were not yet available, according to UGA, but their salaries were contained on “employee personnel report” forms.
Friend is the new offensive line coach, hired from Alabama-Birmingham to replace Stacy Searels, who left for Texas.
Olivadotti is the new inside linebackers coach, hired from the NFL’s Washington Redskins to replace Warren Belin, who left for the Carolina Panthers.
Searels and Belin had salaries of $290,000 and $190,000, respectively, at Georgia last year.
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Dr. Phil
February 22nd, 2011
9:04 am
All of these coaches are state employees and receive part of their income from the BOR. That is supplemented from athletic funds, much of which comes from donations. Adams considered the Foundation as supplemental income and manipulated the system where his chief of staff could write checks directly to Adams, such as $10,000 for the Foundation-funded graduation party for Adams’ son and the salary and retirement fund for Mrs. Adams. Without public and media access to these income sources, Adams’ hand would still be in the cookie jar.
wildbill
February 22nd, 2011
9:15 am
I hope the days of “BIG PAY, LITTLE DO!” are over. We need performance.
Georgia | MrSEC.com
February 22nd, 2011
9:49 am
[...] filed an open-records request in accordance with state law and learned yesterday that both of Georgia’s new assistant football coaches will make more than $200,000 next season.New offensive line coach Will Friend will earn 200K following his move from UAB. New [...]
Too Easy
February 22nd, 2011
12:00 pm
‘Way back up to Balzerella: Do 90+K people pay good money to come watch your husband work on Saturdays?
Buck Blew
February 22nd, 2011
4:33 pm
waste of money.
6-7 Plaque
February 22nd, 2011
9:18 pm
When I be getting my plaque for last season? we done good and I want my plaque.
Freddie G
February 23rd, 2011
1:11 am
I too don’t care to read what another person’s salary is. Tell us about Football and what they have revealed to you as a way of improving the performances of the players. Tell us which players they have coached
Kiki
February 23rd, 2011
9:52 am
UGAX
Tim Tebow did not start as a freshman – Chris Leake did and he won the national championship as a senior.
Waste of Money!
February 23rd, 2011
4:30 pm
A half a mil per year for two mediocre, over the hill coaches? What a joke. Why doesn’t richt hire big name coaches who know what they are doing?
AltamahaDawg
February 24th, 2011
7:12 am
Like who for example?