I think WVU could come in around $5.5M for the assistant staff pool. That would rank them third in the Big 12. I'll need to go through the rest of the SEC and Big 10 to determine the national ranking.
American
Highest-Paid Assistants- Todd Orlando, South Florida DC: $550,000
- Danny Langsdorf, Temple OC: $503,878
- Nate Woody, Army DC: $490,000
- Blake Harrell, East Carolina DC: $480,000
- Tim Cramsey, Memphis DC: $475,000
- Matt Caponi, North Texas DC: $475,000
- Army: $2.978 million
- UTSA: $2.865 million
- Memphis: $2.745 million
- East Carolina: $2.697 million
- South Florida: $2.6 million
ACC
Highest-Paid Assistants- Adam Fuller, Florida State DC: $2.015 million
- Garrett Riley, Clemson OC: $1.75 million
- Tony Gibson, NC State DC: $1.5 million
- Wes Goodwin, Clemson DC: $1.4 million
- Geoff Collins, North Carolina DC: $1.13 million
- Clemson: $9.675 million
- Florida State: $8.475 million
- North Carolina: $7.374 million
- NC State: $6.207 million
- Virginia Tech: $5.435 million
Big Ten
Highest-Paid Assistants- Wink Martindale, Michigan DC: $2.3 million
- Jim Knowles, Ohio State DC: $2.2 million
- Chip Kelly, Ohio State OC: $2 million
- Tosh Lupoi, Oregon DC: $1.9 million
- Phil Parker, Iowa DC: $1.9 million
- Ohio State: $11.425 million
- Michigan: $9.384 million
- Oregon: $8.225 million
- Iowa: $7.9 million
- Washington: $7.2 million
Big 12
Highest-Paid Assistants- Andy Ludwig, Utah OC: $2.05 million
- Morgan Scalley, Utah DC: $2 million
- Jon Heacock, Iowa State DC: $1.2 million
- Tim DeRuyter, Texas Tech DC: $1.05 million
- Kasey Dunn, Oklahoma State OC: $1 million
- Utah: $8.275 million
- Oklahoma State: $6 million
- Texas Tech: $5.301 million
- Arizona State: $5.1 million
- Kansas State: $4.697 million
Conference USA
Highest-Paid Assistants- Brian Stewart, Middle Tennessee OC: $375,000
- David Yost, FIU OC: $345,000
- Tyson Summers, Western Kentucky DC: $303,000
- Luke Olson, Jacksonville State DC: $265,000
- JJ Clark, UTEP DC: $230,000
- FIU: $1.74 million
- Middle Tennessee: $1.605 million
- New Mexico State: $1.465 million
- Louisiana Tech: $1.359 million
- UTEP: $1.335 million
MAC
Highest-Paid Assistants- Vince Kehres, Toledo DC: $241,128
- John Hauser, Ohio DC: $211,050
- Bill Brechin, Miami (Ohio) DC: $200,000
- Tim Tibesar, Akron DC: $193,800
- James Patton, Miami (Ohio) OL/Associate HC: $180,000
- Western Michigan: $1.29 million
- Central Michigan: $1.246 million
- Ohio: $1.243 million
- Miami (Ohio): $1.213 million
- Northern Illinois: $1.16 million
Mountain West
Highest-Paid Assistants- Eric Schmidt, San Diego State DC: $500,000
- Dirk Koetter, Boise State OC: $465,000
- Erik Chinander, Boise State DC: $440,000
- Jay Johnson, Wyoming OC: $400,008
- Nick Howell/Jason Beck, New Mexico Coordinators: $400,000
- Boise State: $2.88 million
- UNLV: $2.813 million
- San Diego State: $2.5 million
- San Jose State: $2.5 million
- Colorado State: $2.064 million
SEC
Highest-Paid Assistants- Blake Baker, LSU DC: $2.5 million
- Pete Golding, Ole Miss DC: $2.15 million
- Glenn Schumann, Georgia DC: $2.003 million
- Pete Kwiatkowski, Texas DC: $1.8 million
- Brad White, Kentucky DC: $1.75 million
- Georgia: $10.332 million
- Alabama: $9.475 million
- LSU: $9.3 million
- Texas: $9.1 million
- Ole Miss: $8.225 million
Sun Belt
Highest-Paid Assistants- Blake Seiler, Old Dominion DC: $405,401
- Jim Salgado, Louisiana DC: $400,000
- Mack Leftwich, Texas State OC: $350,000
- Craig Naivar/Travis Trickett, Coastal Carolina Coordinators: $348,928
- Louisiana: $2.202 million
- Coastal Carolina: $2.059 million
- Troy: $1.892 million
- Appalachian State: $1.771 million