Jon Tenuta Named Associate Head Coach For Defense

by Akula Wolf on Jan 11, 2012 3:45 PM EST

On Wednesday afternoon, NC State announced the deal that helped linebackers coach Jon Tenuta change his mind about making a move to Illinois. Tenuta gets a fancy new title as well as a contract extension (through 2014) and a raise to $400k annually. The statement from Tom O'Brien:

"Jon has played a key role in our team’s success for the past two years, including our back-to-back bowl victories," N.C. State head coach Tom O’Brien said in a statement released by the school. "He adds an enormous amount of experience and expertise to our staff and we are happy that he has accepted these new responsibilities as we work toward our goal of winning an ACC Championship."

Tenuta had been making $265k under his previous deal with NCSU.

UNC also has a deal where one coach is the defensive coordinator and another guy is the "associate head coach for defense." In their case, the DC is a coach Fedora brought from USM, while the "associate mumbo jumbo" is Vic Koenning, the man whom Jon Tenuta was to replace at Illinois.

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400K is pretty good.

what does Archer make and is he mad-angry enough to leave?

by sbas2 on Jan 11, 2012 3:55 PM EST reply actions

Archer and Tenuta storm into TOB's office

Archer: “Which is higher, Defensive Coordinator or Associate Head Coach for Defense?”
TOB: “There is no higher, they are just different”
Archer: “But Jon still reports to me right?”
Tenuta: “I don’t think so Mikey, you report to me now. Tell him Tom.”
TOB: “It doesn’t matter, you both report to me.”
Archer: “But Tom . .”
TOB: “It doesn’t matter! Work it out amongst yourselves!”

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Jan 11, 2012 3:57 PM EST reply actions