Brett Brennan will earn $3 million from Arizona as its head football coach this season, but that’s just a fraction of what the total staff behind the Wildcats will cost.
Like many power-conference programs, Arizona has a long list of assistant coaches, analysts and support staffers, making for a total football staff budget of over $11 million.
When he signed a five-year contract to take over the UA football program in January 2024, the UA football coach was given a maximum of $4.25 million salary pool to hire his assistant coaches.
This season, according to contracts provided under a public records request by the Star, UA assistant coaches will total $5.32 million, with the highest salaries going to offensive coordinator Seth Doege ($750,000), associate head coach Joe Salave’a ($750,000) and defensive coordinator Danny Gonzales ($600,000).
Salave’a and Doege were new hires this season, while Gonzales, a former New Mexico head coach, was promoted to defensive coordinator after spending last season as a special teams/linebacker coach at a salary of $425,000.
Arizona head coach Brent Brennan, left, poses for a photo with new offensive coordinator Seth Doege after a press conference inside Arizona Stadium on Dec. 13, 2024.
The assistants’ collective salaries of $5.32 million are in addition to over $500,000 for eight analysts and roughly $2.4 million for 25 support staffers, putting UA football’s total salaries over $11 million. The analysts’ collective salaries are an estimate since many contracts were not available when UA issued its response to the Star’s public records request earlier this month.
Here’s a breakdown of UA football staffers as listed on the school’s website, and their salaries, as returned to the Star via public-records requests:
Assistant coaches
– Joe Salave’a, associate head coach/defensive line, $750,000
– Alonzo Carter, assistant head coach/running backs, $375,000
– Seth Doege, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks, $750,000
Danny Gonzales, then-Arizona’s special teams coordinator and linebackers coach, talks to players during the Wildcats’ spring practice on March 26, 2024, at the Dick Tomey Practice Fields.
– Danny Gonzales, defensive coordinator, $600,000
– Craig Naivar, special teams coordinator, $200,000
– Josh Oglesby, run game coordinator/offensive line, $465,000
– Bobby Wade, pass game coordinator/wide receivers, $375,000
– Josh Miller, tight ends, $250,000
– Brett Arce, safeties, $325,000
– Chip Viney, cornerbacks, $375,000
– Josh Bringuel, linebackers, $250,000
– Chuck Cecil, senior defensive specialist, $200,000
– Cullen Carroll, director of football strength and conditioning, $400,000
Analysts
– Lyle Moevao, offense, $200,000
– Caleb Moore, offense, N/A*
– Quinn Thomas, offense, N/A*
– Greg Stewart, offense, $70,000
– Jamie Feldermann, defense, N/A*
– Dakari Monroe, defense, N/A*
– Ronnie Palmer, defense, $50,000
– Tariq Thompson, defense, N/A*
Support staffers
– Ben Thienes, chief of staff, $185,000
Arizona football general manager Gaizka Crowley watches the Wildcats pour onto the field for the second half of their evening practice session at Arizona Stadium on Aug. 13, 2024.
– Gaizka Crowley, general manager, $170,500
– Lauren Vossler, assistant AD for football operations, $150,000
– Ricky Hunley, executive director of player relations and external development, $200,000
– Tobruk Blaine, director of player development, $107,000
– Fletcher Kelly, director of scouting, $120,000
– Katherine Joiner, director of recruiting operations and player family relations, $65,000
– Parker Tipton, assistant director of football operations, $50,000
– Courtney Detlefsen, assistant director of internal operations, $50,000
– Brandon Sanders, coordinator of football alumni and high school relations, $89,688
– Kamalii Akina, recruiting coordinator, $50,000
– Matt Koett, recruiting operations assistant, $29/hour**
– Chris Holguin, creative media manager, $46,125
– Garrett Myers, assistant creative media manager, $46,125
– Mackenzie Hamilton, team reporter, $50,000
– James Perez, assistant director of football strength and conditioning, $130,000
– Demontae Haigler, assistant strength and conditioning coach, $65,000
– Henry Adelman, assistant strength and conditioning coach, $100,000
– Isaac Franco, assistant strength and conditioning coach, $85,000
– Tim Cummins, director of football video operations, $85,000
– Brian Riden, assistant coordinator of football video, $56,375
– Sean Kenneally, director of equipment operations, $80,000
– Faith Dokken, assistant director of equipment operations, $48,000
– Parker Jensen, assistant director of equipment operations, $51,222
– Elizabeth Garcia, assistant head football athletic trainer, Banner University Medicine, non-UA employee***
– Bryan Franciosi, football rehab coordinator, $94,095
– Joshua Petersen, assistant athletic trainer, $73,185
– Isabella Lamantia, assistant athletic trainer, $60,000
– Tara Tralewski, director of football performance nutrition, $85,393
– Jackie Hatchew, assistant football performance dietitian, $59,000
– Daniel Perez, executive chef, non-UA employee***
– Karl De La Ossa, executive sous chef, non-UA employee***
– Kalem Williams, director of football creative media, N/A#
– Jeronimo Boche, associate director of medical services and head football athletic trainer, N/A#
Notes
*Contracts not available when UA responded to the Star’s public records request earlier this month
**Hourly rate would convert to a full-time salary of $60,320
***Staffers listed on UA football website but not UA employees, according to return of public records request
#Recent hires added after the Star’s public records request
