D'Andre Payne - Defensive Analyst

[El Paso Eagle]

D’Andre Payne joined the UNT Football staff in January 2023. He serves as a defensive analyst.
 
Payne came to North Texas following four seasons on staff at his alma mater, Iowa State. He was a quality control assistant for the ISU defense from 2021-22 following one year as a graduate assistant in 2020. Payne was a student assistant in 2019.
 
In Payne's four seasons on staff, the Cyclones appeared in a three bowl games: 2019 (Camping World Bowl), 2020 (Fiesta Bowl) and 2021 (Cheez-It Bowl).
 
Iowa State ranked in the top-three in the league in scoring defense every season of his coaching tenure.  The Cyclones finished No. 6 nationally (285.6 ypg) in total defense in 2022. 
 
Payne was a star in Iowa State’s secondary from 2016-18, starting 31 games while racking up 130 tackles, 13.0 TFL, 14 pass breakups and two interceptions in his outstanding Cyclone career.
 
The Cyclones made bowl games and won eight games in both of his last two seasons, earning Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades in 2017 with 48 tackles and 6.0 TFL. Payne won the 2016 Dury Moss Award as the team’s top newcomer and participated in the 2019 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl after his career ended.
 
The Washington, D.C., native is a 2017 graduate of Iowa State.
 

 

 

[UNTLifer]

Welcome aboard.  

[drex]

Hope he likes it here...should be a fun ride in the next few years.

[Withers940]

Met this guy and Demarcus Ayers yesterday. Really good dudes! Happy to have them aboard!

[GrandGreen]

Did NT football discover a gold mine?  Seems to be spending money like never before. 

Should improve football, but I hope they are not going to hurt funding for other sports like softball and basketball. 

[Marty]

Hearing good things about him from Iowa State alums.

[GMG_Dallas]

6 hours ago, GrandGreen said:

Did NT football discover a gold mine?  Seems to be spending money like never before. 

Should improve football, but I hope they are not going to hurt funding for other sports like softball and basketball. 

I hear they're selling Bruce Hall and the Super Pit to pay for all of this. Hope the kids don't mind 3 to a dorm and parking lot graduations.

[Graddean]

Hey, I lived three to a dorm room.

[97and03]

Head coach is about 500k less annually, right? These analysts and staff positions don’t pay a ton. Many are basically entry level, so you might be able to bring in up to 10 people for that money. 

[GrandGreen]

1 hour ago, GMG_Dallas said:

I hear they're selling Bruce Hall and the Super Pit to pay for all of this. Hope the kids don't mind 3 to a dorm and parking lot graduations.

They could use a dorm just for the football support staff. 

Not complaining, just amazed at the size and pace of the changes being made. 

[cousin oliver]

I am wondering how UNT came up with the money to triple or quadruple their football staff.  I am certainly not complaining though and this probably should have been done a long time ago,  I just don't get why they waited so long to do it.  It is almost like they were paying Litrell too much and everyone else too little.  Happy about the changes.

[jtm0097]

1 minute ago, cousin oliver said:

I am wondering how UNT came up with the money to triple or quadruple their football staff.  I am certainly not complaining though and this probably should have been done a long time ago,  I just don't get why they waited so long to do it.  It is almost like they were paying Litrell too much and everyone else too little.  Happy about the changes.

Are you trolling? This has been mentioned several times.

Seth-1.9 Mil a year

Eric-1.2 Mil a year

$700,000 surplus 

 

[cousin oliver]

23 minutes ago, jtm0097 said:

Are you trolling? This has been mentioned several times.

Seth-1.9 Mil a year

Eric-1.2 Mil a year

$700,000 surplus 

 

No I must have missed that and I was mainly just talking out loud.  I am pleased at what they are doing and glad they are spending the extra money.

[DentonLurker]

Isn't Jared's deal less than Wren's was too?

[jtm0097]

10 minutes ago, DentonLurker said:

Isn't Jared's deal less than Wren's was too?

Yes, I think Wren was making around 800K and Jared is making in the 500s.

[DentonLurker]

They have a good chunk of "salary savings" they can float around up there right now.

[GMG24]

12 hours ago, 97and03 said:

Head coach is about 500k less annually, right? These analysts and staff positions don’t pay a ton. Many are basically entry level, so you might be able to bring in up to 10 people for that money. 

A lot of time it is closer to the 20-30 range sometimes less so may be able to bring in even more if that is the number they go with.  

[meaniegreenie]

6 hours ago, jtm0097 said:

Are you trolling? This has been mentioned several times.

Seth-1.9 Mil a year

Eric-1.2 Mil a year

$700,000 surplus 

 

Don't we still have to pay SL something?

[jtm0097]

4 minutes ago, meaniegreenie said:

Don't we still have to pay SL something?

I think we owe him 1 years salary. However, it is offset by the salary he takes elsewhere. For instance, if he took an assistant job making 300k, the buyout would reduce to 1.6 million. I also think the salary pool for the assistants were higher than the last staff. I don't know those numbers, but Morris taking a smaller base salary helped out.

Edited January 26, 2023 by jtm0097

[ADLER]

25 minutes ago, meaniegreenie said:

Don't we still have to pay SL something?

North Texas owes Seth the $1.35 million base salary for 2023. His total post-termination compensation was $1.6 million, but that includes the last two months of 2022's contract plus the bonuses and incentives he was owed.

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The former head coach of UNT's football team had one year remaining on his deal following this season with a base salary of $1.35 million. UNT owes Littrell the remainder of that base salary, to be paid on a monthly basis. The contract runs through Jan. 31, 2024

 

[jtm0097]

I don't subscribe to Denton RC "sorry Brett" but here was the original post with it.