{"id":409424,"date":"2026-01-15T20:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409424\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:15:10","slug":"oregon-states-assistant-coach-salaries-under-jamarcus-shephard-are-much-lower-than-years-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409424\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon State\u2019s assistant coach salaries under JaMarcus Shephard are much lower than years past"},"content":{"rendered":"

The salaries for Oregon State<\/a> assistant football coaches are significantly lower in 2026 than in previous years, signaling the impact of the old Pac-12\u2019s collapse on the program\u2019s revenue streams and ability to spend.<\/p>\n

Head coach JaMarcus Shephard will make $1.6 million total<\/a> in 2026, which ranks seventh of eight coaches in the new Pac-12. Kirby Moore\u2019s salary at Washington State is a reported $2 million.<\/p>\n

The Oregonian\/OregonLive obtained OSU\u2019s assistant coach contracts via public records request this week to see how they stack up to athletic director Scott Barnes\u2019 declared budget of $3 million<\/a> for Shephard\u2019s assistants. OSU has an additional $2 million budgeted for staff positions, Barnes said, including football general manager Eron Hodges.<\/p>\n

The Beavers are nearly half a million dollars under their assistants budget based on the contracts completed so far: $2.56 million split across 10 assistant coaches.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the kicker: two of those coaches bailed on OSU less than a month after they were hired. Defensive coordinator Lance Guidry left for Memphis, and defensive line coach Inoke Breckterfield for Utah.<\/p>\n

With their salaries removed, OSU still has $1.06 million to spend up to its declared budget. It remains to be seen if and when Guidry and Breckterfield will be replaced.<\/p>\n

Breckterfield was set to make $325,000, and Guidry $300,000 with a massive increase to $575,000 in year two. Breckterfield and Guidry\u2019s 2026 salaries ranked second and third among OSU assistants, respectively.<\/p>\n

Guidry and Breckterfield\u2019s new employers will each be responsible for a $50,000 buyout of their contract, totaling $100,000 paid to OSU for their sudden departures.<\/p>\n

Offensive coordinator Mitch Dahlen is the highest-paid assistant on Shephard\u2019s staff at $400,000. Here is the full list:<\/p>\n

Mitch Dahlen (offensive coordinator): $400,000<\/p>\n

*Inoke Breckterfield (defensive line): $325,000<\/p>\n

*Lance Guidry (defensive coordinator): $300,000 ($575,000 in year two)<\/p>\n

Cort Dennison (Co-DC\/linebackers): $275,000<\/p>\n

Jeff Eaton (strength and conditioning): $250,000<\/p>\n

Ricky Brumfield (special teams): $225,000<\/p>\n

James Finley (wide receivers): $225,000<\/p>\n

Ryan Wallace (tight ends): $225,000<\/p>\n

Kirk Barron (offensive line): $200,000<\/p>\n

Dan Rowe (nickels): $140,000<\/p>\n

These numbers are in stark contrast to the money spent on assistants in the first year under previous coach Trent Bray (2024). Bray\u2019s salary was $2 million, and his salary pool for assistant coaches alone was $4.85 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Beavers came in well under budget then, too, but the numbers \u2014 particularly among the coordinators \u2014 are staggering in comparison:<\/p>\n

Ryan Gunderson (OC): $725,000<\/p>\n

Keith Heyward (DC): $725,000<\/p>\n

Kyle Devan (OL): $600,000<\/p>\n

Kefense Hynson (WR): $390,000<\/p>\n

Ilaisa Tuiaki (DL): $350,000<\/p>\n

Jon Boyer (TEs): $300,000<\/p>\n

Jamie Christian (ST): $300,000<\/p>\n

Anthony Perkins (CB): $270,000<\/p>\n

AJ Cooper (ILB): $250,000<\/p>\n

Thomas Ford (RB): $250,000<\/p>\n

In a wide-ranging Q&A with The Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/a> on Monday, Shephard addressed the departures of Breckterfield and Guidry, saying he had already identified people who were next up on his list of potential candidates before the two coaches left.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want guys here who want to be here,\u201d Shephard said. \u201cThat\u2019s what I focus on, and making sure that I don\u2019t lose the integrity of what was the whole intent of the guys that we\u2019re gonna bring into this program. And it\u2019s that they be elite human beings first. I\u2019m not gonna bring people in this program that I feel like are gonna embarrass Oregon State, this staff, themselves or myself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The salaries for Oregon State assistant football coaches are significantly lower in 2026 than in previous years, signaling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[109244,1607,399,398,396,397,38940,109245,99],"class_list":["post-409424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-beavers-football","tag-college-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-oregon-state-beavers-football","tag-osu-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}