Indiana football made Rod Carey the highest-paid coordinator in program history in October.
That distinction lasted for three months.
Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Bryant Haines is set to make a total of $1.1 million, including base salary, outside marketing and promotional income, and retention bonuses, according to documents obtained by The Daily Hoosier through public record request. His base salary is $400,000, he receives $550,000 per year in outside marketing and promotional income, and he receives two $75,000 retention bonuses per year. That tops Carey’s figure of $815,000 per year.
Haines also received a $75,000 signing bonus.
Haines, along with offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Mike Shanahan and some other assistants, joined head coach Curt Cignetti in coming to IU from James Madison.
Both Shanahan and Haines — along with the rest of Cignetti’s staff — received two-year contracts.
Shanahan will make $800,000 per year in total, including base salary and outside marketing and promotional income.
Haines led the Dukes’ defense to a strong season, ranking 30th in the nation in total defense with 333.8 yards per game allowed in 2023. JMU was particularly strong defending the run, with the fifth-best rushing defense in the country (83.8 yards per game allowed).
Shanahan’s offense ranked 23rd in the country in scoring last season, at 34.1 points per game. The Dukes posted 418.9 yards per game, good for 40th in the nation. That was bolstered by a strong passing offense (284.8 yards per game, 20th in the nation).
Including both base salary and outside marketing income, here is how much each of Indiana’s position coaches will make per year in these contracts:
- Defensive tackles coach Pat Kuntz: $425,000
- Offensive line coach and run game coordinator Bob Bostad: $700,000
- Cornerbacks coach Rod Ojong: $400,000
- Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tino Sunseri: $540,000
- Running backs coach John Miller: $350,000
- Defensive ends coach Buddha Williams: $522,000
- Defensive backs and safeties coach Ola Adams: $523,000
- Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Grant Cain: $500,000
- Head strength and conditioning coach Derek Owings: $535,000
All of IU’s assistants are also “eligible for a competitive performance bonus structure that will be outlined in a forthcoming full employment agreement.”
These offers were all sent out on December 4, 2023, except for Ojong’s, which was sent on December 10. All the offers were signed by December 13.
If IU fires any of the coordinators or assistants without cause, the university owes them their full total annual compensation over the remainder of the term, as if they hadn’t been terminated. If Cignetti leaves IU in any capacity, the university can fire the assistant without cause at the cost of six months of the coach’s total income.
If the coordinators terminated the contracts without cause in the first year of the deal, they’d owe IU 20 percent of one year’s total annual compensation if they left for an out-of-conference coordinator or assistant coach position, and 30 percent if that position was within the Big Ten. If Shanahan or Haines terminated the deal in year two, their buyout would drop to 10 percent for an out-of-conference coordinator or assistant position, while remaining 30 percent for a Big Ten job.
