According to a data base compiled by USA Today, Louisville's football assistants rank collectively as the 13th-highest paid in college football. A large part of that ranking is due to defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, who is the sixth-highest paid assistant of any sort in the country.
The salary of Grantham, who turned down an offer to be the Oakland Raiders' defensive coordinator last season to stay with U of L, is less than only coordinators Will Muschamp of Auburn ($1.6 million), Cam Cameron of LSU ($1.520 million), Kirby Smart of Alabama ($1.502 million), John Chavis of Texas A&M ($1.