According to MLive reporter Matt Wenzel new Michigan State Football Wide Receivers Coach Courtney Hawkins has signed a two-year contract with the Spartans worth $387,000 per year. This is the second contract of the new MSU coaches under Mel Tucker that have been released. Offensive Line Coach Chris Kapilovic’s salary has also been reported to be receiving $700,000 per year.
There are nine new coaches and fifteen total new staff members that have been announced so far during the Mel Tucker era, all of which you can find here, and it will certainly be interesting to keep an eye on the salaries as they are released. Michigan State made a sizable investment in Coach Tucker and his staff, increasing the salary pool for supporting coaches up to $6 million. Coach Hawkins’ salary is $68,153 more than former MSU Wide Receivers Coach Don Treadwell.
Before joining the Spartans, Hawkins was the athletic director and head coach of Flint Beecher High School for the past 14 years. Before that he spent nine seasons in the NFL.
