New Michigan defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald will make $1 million this year, the highest paid of Jim Harbaugh’s assistant coaches.
Macdonald, 34, has signed a three-year deal with a base salary worth $3,075,000, and he could earn up to $400,000 in bonuses each year, according to his contract, obtained Thursday by The Detroit News. He had most recently been linebackers coach with the Baltimore Ravens.
The News also received the contracts of new assistants Maurice Linguist, George Helow and Ron Bellamy, as well as the updated contracts for Sherrone Moore, Shaun Nua and Jay Harbaugh.