BATON ROUGE — Another national championship, another raise for LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson .

The LSU Board of Supervisors is set to approve a new deal for Johnson that will make him the highest-paid college baseball coach next season at $3.05 million per year, per public records The Daily Advertiser obtained. The board is scheduled to meet Friday and expected to approve the new term sheet.

Johnson's new annual salary surpasses Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello , who makes $3 million a year. This season, Johnson was the fourth-highest paid coach in the Southeastern Conference behind Vitello, Vanderbilt's Tim Corbin and Florida's Kevin O'Sullivan. WHY LSU BASEBALL PLAYERS BELIEVE TIGERS ARE JUST GETTING STARTED UNDER JAY JOHNSON

The new contract, which LSU and Johson ag

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