Earlier this week, on Monday afternoon, Rutgers Football program put out a press release to announce the hiring of St. Joe's Regional High School head football coach Augie Hoffman as a Scarlet Knights offensive assistant coach.
The Knight Report requested and obtained the offer letter for Hoffman following an Open Public Records Act request with the university.
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Hoffmann's contract is for two years and he is scheduled to make $275,000 in each of those seasons. This salary slots him as fifth highest paid assistant reported so far.
-- OC/QB Sean Gleeson ($800k)
-- DBs Fran Brown ($575k)
-- DL Jim Panagos ($450k)
-- OL Andrew Aurich ($300k)
-- WRs Tiquan Underwood ($250k).
There are also a couple of termination clauses in the contract.
- The University will pay a stipend of $800 per month for the purchase or lease of a vehicle.
- The University will also reimburse up to a total of $25,000 in relocation expenses.
- Termination by Assistant Coach on or prior to September 1, 2020 — an amount to 100% of Hoffman's then-current total annual compensation.
- Termination by Assistant Coach after September 1, 2020 — 20% of then-current total annual compensation.