Curiosity is growing at Virginia as news of Al Groh's contract as Georgia Tech defensive coordinator begins to circulate.

Groh will receive $150,000 per year, according to details of his contract that were published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Groh's predecessor as Georgia Tech defensive coordinator, Dave Wommack, was paid $288,500 per year. At least two other ACC defensive coordinators, Bud Foster at Virginia Tech and Mark Stoops at Florida State, have agreements paying them $400,000 per year.

Responding to The Roanoke Times' request under the Freedom of Information Act, UVa said Thursday that new offensive coordinator Bill Lazor will receive a base salary of $425,000 per year and that new defensive coordinator Jim Reid will receive $365,000.

So, how did Georgia Tech manage to get Groh for less than half the going rate?

Virginia is making up the difference.

Groh, fired by UVa with two years remaining on his contract, was entitled to a severance package worth more than $4 million.

A copy of Groh's contract obtained by The Roanoke Times specifies that the "severance benefit shall be reduced by any amounts that the coach receives or earns from any head or assistant coaching position."

If Groh were paid $400,000 by the Yellow Jackets, then Virginia would have to pay him $1.6 million this year. Instead, the Cavaliers will be responsible for $1.85 million.

However, Georgia Tech won't necessarily benefit from the deal.

Groh's contract specifies that he will receive a minimum bonus of $321,000 on or before Jan. 12, 2012, "regardless whether he's still employed by Tech," according to the Journal-Constitution.

Groh's contract with Virginia is set to expire Dec. 31, 2011.

Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage said earlier this week that he was aware of the Journal-Constitution piece.

"This is being reviewed," he wrote in an e-mail.

Groh, the Cavaliers' head coach for nine seasons prior to his dismissal in late November, did not return a voice message on the subject.

"Our policy really isn't to talk about those things," Georgia Tech athletic director Dan Radakovich said Thursday in a phone interview.

ACC bowl and television contracts will be renegotiated and revenues could rise before 2012, but Radakovich said that has not been a consideration in contract talks.

"Those [bowl and TV] negotiations are under way, but the dollars really won't show their way to campus for a while," Radakovich said. "Not understanding what they would be, it's not anything we would put into our thought process."