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Gibson second-highest paid DC in Big 12; WVU staff ranks fifth overall

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia’s football assistant coach salaries rank in the middle of the pack in the Big 12, although one of Dana Holgorsen’s lieutenants ranks among the league’s best-paid coaches, according to data published Wednesday by USA Today.

West Virginia defensive coordinator Tony Gibson was the third-highest paid assistant coach and second-highest paid defensive coordinator in in Big 12 in 2018 with a salary of $901,000. That figure ranks 26th nationally among all college assistant coaches.

The only Big 12 assistants to earn more this year are Texas defensive coordinator Todd Orlando ($1.