Clemson will have one of the 10 highest-paid coaching staffs in college football next season.

After bringing offensive coordinator Garrett Riley over from TCU, the Tigers’ 10 on-field assistants are set to make a combined $7,375,000 this year. That figure would have ranked seventh among all FBS coaching staffs this past season, according to USA Today’s assistant coach salary database.

It’s a bump from the $6,550,000 the Tigers’ assistants combined to make in total compensation last year, which ranked 12th nationally. Riley’s hire is the sole reason for the increase.

Riley inked a three-year contract as Clemson’s new play caller that will pay him $1.75 million in annual compensation. That’s $825,000 more than Brandon Streeter made in his lone season as Clemson’s offensive coordinator before being relieved of those duties last week.

As for the rest of the Tigers’ assistants, their salaries this year remain unchanged for the time being. Defensive coordinator Wesley Goodwin is set to make $850,000; co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Mickey Conn is in line to make $800,000; and assistant head coach and cornerbacks coach Mike Reed and defensive tackles coach Nick Eason will each make $750,000. All of them are entering the second year of three-year deals.

Defensive ends coach Lemanski Hall, tight ends coach and passing-game coordinator Kyle Richardson, offensive line coach Thomas Austin, receivers coach Tyler Grisham and running backs coach C.J. Spiller are entering the final year of two-year contracts that are currently set to expire in January 2024. Hall will make $625,000; Richardson is in line to make $500,000; and Austin, Grisham and Spiller will each pull in $450,000.

Head coach Dabo Swinney will get a slight raise to $10.75 million in total compensation after making $10.5 million a year ago. Swinney is entering the second year of a $115-million contract that was extended through 2031 last year.

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