WVU’s still newly minted defensive coordinator Tony Gibson had his contract revised in April. He received a $100,000 annual raise and a one-year extension that covers him through the next two seasons. He’s the third-highest paid member of a staff of assistant coaches making nearly $3 million this season.

The collective salary for the assistant coaches is $2,925,000. During the 2013 season, WVU paid its nine assistants $2,575,000. When Holgorsen signed a six-year contract extension in August 2012, he pushed for larger salaries for his assistants. A provision was included guaranteeing a salary pool of $2.6 million and increases between 3 and 5 percent every year. WVU has increased the salary pool by 12.5 percent.

On top of Gibson’s raise, Bradley makes $400,000 more than his predecessor, Erik Slaughter, whose contract was not renewed. Cogdell, though, makes $150,000 less than his predecessor, Keith Patterson, who left WVU to be the defensive coordinator at Arizona State.

Bradley has the top salary at $600,000 and DeForest is next at $500,000. His is the only contract with a liquidated damages clause, or a buyout. The associate head coach must pay WVU $100,000 within 30 days if he leaves WVU for a job “with any entity in any capacity relating to football.”

Gibson’s salary tops Dawson and Galloway, who both make $300,000. Crook makes $250,000, Mitchell makes $225,000 and Seider and Cogdell both make $200,000.

For the purpose of clarity, only Gibson, Shannon Dawson and Ron Crook have “new” contracts this season. In addition to Gibson’s arrangement, Dawson signed a one-year deal and Crook had a year added to a contract that was originally intended to end after the 2014 season. Damon Cogdell and Tom Bradley have two-year, first-year contracts. JaJuan Seider, Lonnie Galloway, Brian Mitchell and Joe DeForest are working on their original contracts.