The highest-paid Pac-12 assistant coach last year was reportedly Oregon defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt.
This year, it’ll almost definitely be Jimmy Lake.
The 42-year-old Washington defensive coordinator — whose Huskies have led the Pac-12 in scoring defense in four consecutive seasons — earned a substantial raise for the second consecutive year in February. Lake’s contract, as well as the contracts of UW’s nine other full-time assistant coaches, were made available to The Times by a UW spokesperson on Wednesday night.
On Feb. 1, Lake signed a three-year deal that would bump his annual guaranteed compensation from roughly $1.