Monte Kiffin, who will step down as USC's assistant head coach for defense after the Sun Bowl, was college football's highest-paid assistant coach, according to an analysis by USA Today.
Monte Kiffin earned about $1.5 million in total compensation from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, according to the most recent tax return that USC, as a private school, is required to make public. Head Coach Lane Kiffin earned about $2.4 million during the same period. Figures for 2011 and 2012 are not available.
