Snyder gets biggest raise among USF assistants

Posted Aug 16, 2011 by Adam Adkins

Updated Aug 16, 2011 at 11:20 PM

USF defensive coordinator Mark Snyder is now the highest-paid Bulls assistant coach after receiving the largest raise among the team’s nine full-time assistants.

Snyder, who led a unit that ranked 17th nationally in total defense and 22nd nationally in scoring defense last season, got a $50,000 bump from his 2010-11 salary and will make $260,000 this year, according to 2011-12 assistant coach salary figures released Tuesday by USF.

Each USF assistant received a raise, with the increases for the other eight coaches ranging from $5,000 to $15,000.

Tight ends coach Larry Scott and defensive tackles coach Kevin Patrick received the next largest bump, each getting $15,000 raises to annual salaries of $135,000. Offensvie coordinator Todd Fitch and receivers coach Phil McGeoghan each received a $10,000 raise and will make $220,000 and $90,000, respectively.

USF’s four other assistants - assistant head coach/defensive backs coach Rick Smith ($205,000 this year), quarterbacks coach Peter Vaas ($190,000), defensive ends/special teams coach Vernon Hargreaves ($190,000) and offensive line coach Steve Shankweiler ($170,000) - each received $5,000 raises.

The salaries total $1.6 million, leaving USF coach Skip Holtz $50,000 to distribute among other staff positions, according to the assistant coach salary pool clause in his contract.

Holtz, meanwhile, will make $1.7 million in 2011-12, an increase of $100,000 from last year.