Michigan football's assistant coaching salary pool will be $5.4 million for the 2021 season, according to documents obtained by the Free Press via the Freedom of Information Act.
The pool was $6.27 million in 2020.
The two highest-paid assistant coaches are defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald, who will earn $1 million in the first year of a three-year contract he signed with the Wolverines this offseason, and offensive coordinator Josh Gattis, who will make $900,000 in the final year of his original three-year contract.
The third-highest paid assistant coach is co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach Maurice Linguist, who signed a two-year deal with the Wolverines this offseason after previously serving as the defensive backs coach for the Dallas Cowboys.