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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 4745205, member: 2500"] I don't think Mora is money hungry. But I'd imagine he'd love to see a bigger pool for assistants, which is where not being in a P4 has the biggest impact. The largest non-P5 assistant coach pool ([URL='https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/assistant']based on 12/22 article[/URL]) is UCF at $3.6 mill. Next few are Cincy and Houston at $3.3, Memphis at $2.7, SDSU at $2.5, USF at $2.45, ECU at $2.35, SJSU at $2.22, Boise St. and UTSA at $2.1, UL Lafayette and Fresno St. at $2.0, Colorado St., Coastal Carolina, Utah St. and North Texas at $1.8, and then we show up a hair short of $1.8. I'd put an asterisk on this, however, as it includes Lou Spanos at $327K, and I have no idea if/how those $ were divvied up this year. It's also worth noting that the assistant pool was right around $2 million back in 2014, so we've regressed some. If the article remains accurate post-Spanos, our coaching pool $ is comparable to top half of the MWC, or top 3 of Sun Belt or CUSA. Charlton's salary of $375M is competitive with the lower end of AAC schools, and within shouting distance of a handful of P5s. IOW, it's enough to support a coaching staff that can field a competitive upper G5-level team. Another million in coaching pool would be huge when competing for OCs and DCs, or even strength coaches in order to start competing with P4s. [/QUOTE]