Ohio State football’s assistant coaching salary pool will be about $7.63 million next season, according to copies of contracts obtained by The Dispatch through a public-records request on Wednesday. The total represents a slight decrease from last season in which the base salary pool was just shy of $8 million before the enactment of voluntary 5% pay reductions. Combined salaries of the Buckeyes’ on-field assistants had risen in each year since the NCAA allowed teams to hire a 10th on-field assistant in 2018. The dip is owed to the retirement of defensive co-coordinator Greg Mattison, who was scheduled to earn $1.13 million in base salary last season. Following Mattison’s departure in January, the Buckeyes reshuffled their staff, promoting quality control coach Parker Fleming to special teams coordinator. Fleming is scheduled to receive a $300,000 base salary. Ohio State did not hire a co-coordinator to replace Mattison. Four other assistants received…
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