South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier and the rest of his staff were rewarded Friday with raises for their historic season in 2011.
The football coaching staff received approvals from the USC Board of Trustees to increase the salaries of the staff. Coach Steve Spurrier has seen his annual salary increase to $3.3 million dollars which is nearly double his salary from just a few short years ago. The raise this year for Spurrier is $750,000 more than last year.
Spurrier is now the fourth highest-paid coach in the SEC. He is now just 10 victories away from becoming the Gamecocks' all-time winningest coach.
The rest of the coaching staff's salary is up to a total of $2.43 million dollars per year. New defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward saw his salary increase from $280,000 dollars to $550,000 per year.
Other salary increases include:
This article is original content by Adam Garrett of "Life of a Gamecock."
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