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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 4751303, member: 1559"] Unfortunately BL, that is not the case and I don't think you are the only fan that thinks this way. While we have not increased our assistant pool in about 10 years, everyone else has been creeping up. Our top assistant makes more than the top assistant of 4 schools that we play on our schedule; James Madison, Georgia St., Sacred Heart, and UMass. According to the USA Today database, the median G5 top assistant pay for 2022 was ~$280k, or ~25% less than Charlton. And, when you look at the OC pay at the G5, UConn might be able to grab a MAC coordinator or a few other schools and that is about it as I don't think a successful G5 OC is going to leave their situation for a 25% to 30% raise to go to UConn. I stated this in another post. We have 3 real options for hiring an OC right now: 1) FCS/D2/D3 OC; 2) Retread OC; or 3) A coach with no previous OC experience. UConn has tried all three and the most successful one was Lashlee and he was a unique situation. I honestly feel this way: If UConn wants to schedule 3 to 4 P5 schools and a few top G5 schools every year, we need to pay our assistants more than we are paying now if we want to compete. [/QUOTE]