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Purdue Football Opening The Checkbook for Assistants

Yesterday was hopefully day one of the long overdue football rebuild. We already wasted four years on what we thought was a rebuild. Instead, it was a complete demolition. Jeff Brohm now takes over and he has a difficult task ahead. He is getting six years and $20 million to do the job, but that is only part of the equation. His assistants will have a large role in that turnaround. To that end, Purdue has promised a minimum $3.5 million pool for assistant coach salaries:

Bobinski, Purdue President Mitch Daniels and the Board of Trustees affirmed that opportunity by committing additional resources beyond the head coach's salary.