Only eight months after the Board of Regents approved a record-breaking salary for Texas Longhorns defensive coordinator Todd Orlando, head coach Tom Herman’s most valuable assistant may be in line for another raise.
Yahoo Sports writer Pete Thamel reported on Friday that Texas and Orlando are in discussions about a raise and contract extension that would make him among the top five highest-paid assistants in the country.
The report comes after a flurry of activity around college football that pushed assistant salaries ever higher — LSU was forced to outbid Texas A&M to keep defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, who signed a record four-year, $10-million contract that gave him a higher salary than 85 FBS head coaches.