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Buckeyes DC Schiano gets pay bump to $1.5M

Two Ohio State assistants are joining the $1 million club.

The Buckeyes released salary information on its assistant coaches Wednesday, and defensive coordinator Greg Schiano got a raise to $1.5 million a year -- up from $700,000 last year.

Ryan Day, head coach Urban Meyer's offensive coordinator/QB coach, got a raise to $1 million, up from $400,000 last season.

Ohio State finished 12-2 last season, won the Big Ten and beat USC in the Cotton Bowl.

Schiano had a season of success on the field and tumult off the field. He almost became the head coach at Tennessee in November, before the hiring was quashed by outcry from fans and boosters, who didn't like the hire and connected Schiano to the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State.