Couple of Canes notes on a Saturday night:
u25aa In moving from Mark Richt to Manny Diaz, UM has gone from having one of the 22 highest-paid coaches in college football to someone who round rank no higher than the lows 40s for head coaching salaries among college football’s 130 FBS programs.
According to multiple sources, Diaz’s new deal will start at about $3.1 million annually with small annual increases over the remainder of the five-year deal.
Richt was earning more than $4 million, with increases that would have moved closer to $5 million over the final four years of his contract.