[ColoradoTree]

Right, the offensive and defensive "assistants" are undoubtedly full time.  I assume they get paid, but I doubt it's very much it all.  As to the graduate assistants, however, my understanding is that they get a pretty pitiful stipend (something like $1,000 per month) on top of their scholarships to cover graduate study.  It's where you start in college coaching, however, so there are innumerable 20-somethings that fight over those opportunities.  Given that the offensive and defensive "assistants" are the next step up on the coaching ladder, however, I have to think those at least warrant some sort of salary, even if it's only a few thousand per month. 

In sum: Head Coach > Coordinators (considered part of the 9 "full-time assistant coaches") > Position Coaches (also part of the "full-time assistant coaches") > Offensive and Defensive Assistants (not part of the "full-time assistant coaches," though they are both full-time and assistant coaches) > Graduate Assistants (basically interns picking up a Master's Degree and spending crazy hours coaching football with little compensation). 

[ColoradoTree]

Right, the offensive and defensive "assistants" are undoubtedly full time.  I assume they get paid, but I doubt it's very much it all.  As to the graduate assistants, however, my understanding is that they get a pretty pitiful stipend (something like $1,000 per month) on top of their scholarships to cover graduate study.  It's where you start in college coaching, however, so there are innumerable 20-somethings that fight over those opportunities.  Given that the offensive and defensive "assistants" are the next step up on the coaching ladder, however, I have to think those at least warrant some sort of salary, even if it's only a few thousand per month. 

In sum: Head Coach > Coordinators (considered part of the 9 "full-time assistant coaches") > Position Coaches (also part of the "full-time assistant coaches") > Offensive and Defensive Assistants (not part of the "full-time assistant coaches," though they are both full-time and assistant coaches) > Graduate Assistants (basically interns picking up a Master's Degree and spending crazy hours coaching football with little compensation).