SEATTLE – As Chris Petersen prepares to embark on his sixth season as the head football coach at Washington, most of his assistants are signed through the 2021 season.

Tight ends coach Jordan Paopao, the only holdover from the previous coaching regime under Steve Sarkisian, is the lone assistant whose contract ends on January 31, 2020 after the season.

One assistant that could be elsewhere already, Huskies second-year defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake, is signed for the next three seasons with his contract ending on January 31, 2022.

Not only will one of the more sought after college football assistants continue to develop elite defensive backs for years to come at UW. If Lake were to accept another coaching position within the Pac-12 Conference he would owe 100 percent of his remaining salary to the school.

Should he get lured by a non-Pac-12 institution or an NFL team – excluding being named head coach at either level; a defensive coordinator in the latter – Lake will owe 50 percent of what remains on his contract.

TheDawgReport.com received all 10 UW assistant coach contracts via public records request in August, in addition to Chris Petersen and other personnel.

Based on the terms of his contract signed on April 3, 2019, Lake’s salary will increase $100,016 in the second year and $200,000 in the final year.

For the 2019 season Lake will be the only assistant football coach earning more than $1 million in total compensation. The following two seasons both Lake and co-defensive coordinator / outside linebackers coach Pete Kwiatkowski will receive seven figure salaries.

Below is the entire UW coaching staff salaries for the 2019 season:

Bush Hamdan, second-year offensive coordinator / quarterback coach: $750,000

Keith Bhonapha, sixth-year running back coach: $380,004

Junior Adams, first-year wide receivers coach: $375,000

Jordan Paopao, sixth-year tight ends coach: $300,000

Scott Huff, third-year offensive line coach / run game coordinator: $550,008

Total combined offensive salaries: $2,355,012.

Ikaika Malloe, third-year defensive line coach: $455,004.00

Bob Gregory, sixth-year assistant head coach / inside linebacker coach: $550,008.00

Pete Kwiatkowski, sixth-year (co) defensive coordinator / outside linebacker coach: $950,004.00

Jimmy Lake, sixth-year defensive backs coach / defensive coordinator: $1,400,016.00

Will Harris, second-year assistant defensive backs coach: $230,004.00

Total combined defensive salaries: $3,585,036.

Including Petersen, UW will pay out just under $10 million to its football coaching staff for the 2019 season with $9,515,048 in total salary, excluding potential incentives for on-field and academic success.

Money, Money, and more Money

Saturday marks the official return of college football across the country and for UW. The Huskies will host Football Championship Subdivision perennial power Eastern Washington for a Noon kickoff, the only game on the Seattle sports calendar on August 31.

On Thursday, the Seahawks host the Oakland Raiders for their final preseason game while the Seattle Sounders face the Los Angeles Galaxy at CenturyLink Field on Sunday. The professional baseball team operating in Seattle is on the road Saturday playing the Texas Rangers.

Even though UW does not begin class until September 25 – four days after the third game of the season at BYU and three days before hosting USC – opening the season on a winning note with 65,000-plus fans in attendance would seem to be a solid weekend for the football program.

According to financial records obtained by TheDawgReport.com for fiscal year 2018, the athletic department generated $3,985,000 in revenue combined from game programs, novelties, food, concession and parking sales.

The football program accounted for $3,011,163 of that revenue while men’s basketball was responsible for $149,754. UW women’s basketball brought in $32,857 of the near $4 million combined total.

In total for FY18 the athletic department reported $130,919,331 in total operating revenue, with just over $81 million generated by the football program alone accounting for almost 62 percent.

Of the three women sports programs to report $1 million or more in revenue for FY18, the UW rowing team generated the most at $1,421,771. The other two programs do to so were women’s basketball and softball.

Second-year head men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins leading the program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011 yielded $10,223,811 in revenue. However, football is still the unquestioned ticket of choice for UW fans based on sales from last season.

For the 2018 season the football program generated $25,270,303 in ticket sales, which is nearly 90 percent of the entire men’s ticket sale revenue total and slightly more than 25 times the amount generated by all 12 women’s teams combined ($999,532).

UW received $22,475,010 in revenue for its media rights in FY218. That includes the conference distribution, in addition to funds received from radio, television, and other rights. From the conference distribution – payout distributions from post-season bowl revenue – the program received $7,893,010.

That is less than half the amount of revenue ($16,436,076) UW generated from royalties, licensing and advertisement and sponsorship. Most importantly it is money in for an athletic department continuing to move out from under its debt.