Jonas Hayes' salary in return as Georgia basketball assistant revealed

Georgia basketball coach Mike White  brought back former assistant and player Jonas Hayes last month after he spent the past four seasons as head coach at Georgia State.

Hayes will be paid an annual salary of $375,000, according to information received on Friday, May 1, by the Athens Banner-Herald under an open records request.

That puts him second for assistant coaches on the Bulldogs staff behind Antonio Reynolds Dean’s $475,000.

Hayes had an annual salary of $502,000 at Georgia State, according to USA Today’s 2024 salary survey. The school parted ways with him after he went 48-77 in four seasons. Hayes led Xavier to the NIT title in 2022 as interim coach.

Hayes, who played for Georgia from 2001-04 and was a Bulldog assistant from 2014-18, already has helped Georgia in the transfer portal since returning.

Saint Louis transfer forward Brady Dunlap said Hayes coming to Georgia was a big factor in him signing with the Bulldogs.

Georgia also released the salary for newly hired women’s basketball associate coach Justin Payne.

He will be paid $225,000.

Payne came to Georgia after three seasons as women’s basketball coach at Nicholls State.

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