EAST LANSING — New football coach Mel Tucker got more money from Michigan State to hire a staff — $6 million, to be exact.

The Spartans have spent $5,844,385 of that on the 10 assistants who have filled Tucker’s staff, according to documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act. And they have considerably upped the pay of the men running the offense and defense.

MSU’s two highest-paid assistants will be offensive coordinator Jay Johnson ($975,000) and defensive coordinator Scottie Hazelton ($950,000). Those salaries are their base pay, with opportunities for more in bonuses.

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Last year under Mark Dantonio, offensive coordinator Brad Salem made $517,847 in base pay while defensive coordinator Mike Tressel earned $667,385 and was the highest-paid assistant. Tressel will make the same amount this year as Tucker’s safeties coach.

In 2014, coming off the Spartans’ Big Ten title and Rose Bowl victory, MSU paid Pat Narduzzi $904,583 to remain defensive coordinator. Narduzzi helped MSU to the Cotton Bowl Classic win over Baylor before taking the head coaching job at Pitt, where he remains.

Johnson made $550,000 last year as Tucker's offensive coordinator at Colorado, while Hazelton earned $550,000 at Kansas State according to a USA Today assistant coach salary database. Both received three-year contracts, but with a clause that they would would be kept on for one year if Tucker departs as head coach. Tucker’s other assistants are on two-year deals with bonus clauses in their deals, but no guarantee of an extra year should his time at MSU end.

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It was previously released that the Spartans will pay offensive line coach/run game coordinator Chris Kapilovic $700,000 in base pay. Tucker’s other offensive assistants include tight ends coach Ted Gilmore ($500,000), wide receivers coach Courtney Hawkins ($387,000) and running backs coach William Peagler ($200,000).

Tucker brought back defensive line coach Ron Burton for $510,000, a raise from the $424,616 he made last season under Dantonio to coach defensive tackles. Harlon Barnett returns to MSU after two years at Florida State and will make $480,000 as defensive backs coach. Special teams coach Ross Els will get $450,000 in base pay.

Tressel’s reworked contract was signed Feb. 5, a day after Dantonio resigned and he took over as acting head coach. It runs through March 31, 2022, assuming Tressel remains at MSU.

The school also will give Cody Cox, the new director of football operations, $86,714.40 in base pay.

MSU was scheduled to begin spring practice Tuesday, but the Big Ten suspended all team activities through at least April 6. On Friday, the university canceled both the April 18 spring game and Wednesday’s scheduled Pro Day.

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