Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day is not only trying to retain current players from bolting in the college football transfer portal but is also aiming to keep key members of his coaching staff.
One of Day’s assistants is trending towards landing a historic payday.
Top college football contenders like the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Penn State Nittany Lions are in the market for a new defensive coordinator.
On3.com’s Andy Staples reported that Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles has an offer from the Buckeyes that would make him college football’s highest-paid person in this role.
Yet, Knowles is still “weighing other options” despite Ohio State’s lucrative offer being on the table.
Whether at Ohio State or another top program, Knowles is trending towards being the highest-paid defensive coordinator in college football history.
Ohio State is making an offer that would make Jim Knowles the highest paid DC in college football.
Given the level of current openings, he’s going to wind up highest paid no matter what he
“Ohio State has made defensive coordinator Jim Knowles an offer that would make him the highest paid DC in the country, a source told On3 Saturday,” Staples wrote on Saturday. “But Knowles is weighing other options.
There’s reportedly a bidding war for Jim Knowles between Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State & Notre Dame. Is Knowles worth becoming the highest paid coordinator in CFB history?
Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Penn State all need defensive coordinators. Given the resources at the schools currently seeking a coordinator, it seems likely that no matter what Knowles does, he’ll wind up with the richest deal ever seen for a college DC.”