Scott Cochran took a pay cut to leave Alabama for an SEC rival.

Cochran, who left Alabama to become special teams coordinator at Georgia, will make $550,000 next year, according to an AL.com public records request. He made $595,000 last year at Alabama.

Cochran’s base salary will be $325,000 and his supplementary income is $225,000. While less than what he made at Alabama, it is a significant uptick in salary from what Georgia paid its last special teams coordinator, Scott Fountain, who made $330,050 in 2019, according to USA Today’s salary database. This is Cochran’s first on-field coaching job after a career spent working in the strength and conditioning world.

Cochran spent 13 seasons at Alabama as strength and conditioning coach, making his mark as the leader of the “Fourth Quarter Program." He had an important role behind the scenes as he was known for helping struggling players beyond simply guiding them through workouts. He was also heavily promoted at Alabama with the school featuring his trademark “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” chant on its videoboards during games.

“We appreciate Scott’s contribution to our organization over the last 13 years," Saban said in a statement at the time of Cochran’s departure. “We can’t thank him enough for his service and dedication to our program and his commitment to our players. He is taking his career in a new direction, and we wish Scott, Cissy and the kids the best.”

Alabama announced Tuesday it had hired David Ballou and Dr. Matt Rhea from Indiana to replace Cochran. Ballou will serve as director of sports performance while Rhea will be Alabama’s director of performance science.

John Talty is the SEC Insider for Alabama Media Group. You can follow him on Twitter @JTalty.