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- Who is the highest-paid SEC assistant coach? Ole Miss DC Pete Golding leads group</p>
<p>John Leuzzi, USA TODAY NETWORK August 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM</p>
<p>In just three seasons at Ole Miss, Pete Golding has built the Rebels' defense into one of the best units in the country.</p>
<p>For that, the third-year Rebels coordinator is now the highest-paid assistant coach in the SEC and one of the top in college football.</p>
<p>Noted by the Clarion-Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network, Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss rewarded Golding with a three-year contract extension this past offseason that pushed him up the ladder among the highest-paid assistants in the SEC with a salary of $2.55 million for this upcoming season.</p>
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<p>Hired ahead of the 2023 season by Kiffin, Golding's new contract − which he signed on Feb. 25 of this year − will give him a $300,000 pay increase from his previous contract for the 2025-26 season. He was scheduled to make $2.25 million this year.</p>
<p>Using last year's USA Today's highest-paid assistant coaches database as a reference, Golding was previously the fourth-highest-paid assistant coach in the country among public universities and colleges. His new contract now makes him the second-highest-paid assistant, only behind new Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, who is making an annual base salary of $3.1 million.</p>
<p>Ole Miss finished just behind Knowles' then-Ohio State Buckeyes defense last season as the No. 2 scoring defense in the country at 14.38 points per game.</p>
<p>Golding's unit is set to open the 2025 season against Georgia State on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 7:45 p.m. ET at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.</p>
<p>Here's more on Golding's recent contract extension and salary increase at Ole Miss:</p>
<p>Pete Golding Ole Miss contract extension, salary details -</p>
<p>Contract length: Three years</p>
<p>Salary for 2025-26 season: $2.55 million</p>
<p>Noted by the Clarion-Ledger, Golding signed a three-year contract extension with Ole Miss that will keep him in Oxford through the 2027-28 season. His salary for the current 2025-26 is listed at $2.55 million, with him having the opportunity of making an additional $200,000 in potential incentive pay: $50,000 for Ole Miss winning the SEC championship game and $150,000 for Ole Miss winning the entire College Football Playoff.</p>
<p>Golding's annual salary will increase each of the next two seasons, as he is set to make $2.6 million from Feb. 1, 2026 to Jan. 31, 2027 and then $2.7 million from Feb. 1, 2027 to Jan. 31, 2028.</p>
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<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Pete Golding salary: Ole Miss DC highest-paid SEC assistant coach</p>
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