USA Today released their annual FBS coaches salary index today and below you'll find the $2 million club (for all salaries, refer to the link). Ohio State's Jim Tressel is the 6th highest-paid coach in the land, just behind Les Miles of LSU and just ahead of Iowa's Kirk Ferentz.
| School | Coach | Total Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Saban | $5,997,349.00 |
| Texas | Brown | $5,161,500.00 |
| Oklahoma | Stoops | $4,375,000.00 |
| Florida | Meyer | $4,010,000.00 |
| LSU | Miles | $3,905,000.00 |
| Ohio State | Tressel | $3,888,389.00 |
| Iowa | Ferentz | $3,781,000.00 |
| Wake Forest | Grobe | $2,939,475.00 |
| Georgia | Richt | $2,937,740.00 |
| Arkansas | Petrino | $2,713,000.00 |
| Missouri | Pinkel | $2,550,000.00 |
| Michigan | Rodriguez | $2,525,280.00 |
| Mississippi | Nutt | $2,509,000.00 |
| Oregon | Kelly | $2,400,000.00 |
| Cal | Tedford | $2,305,000.00 |
| Georgia Tech | Johnson | $2,300,000.00 |
| SMU | Jones | $2,142,056.00 |
| Virginia Tech | Beamer | $2,128,000.00 |
| Tennessee | Dooley | $2,121,391.00 |
| Auburn | Chizik | $2,103,500.00 |
| Kansas | Gill | $2,101,200.00 |
| Nebraska | Pelini | $2,100,000.00 |
| Maryland | Friedgen | $2,043,306.00 |
| South Carolina | Spurrier | $2,032,500.00 |
| Rutgers | Schiano | $2,000,932.00 |
Some notes:
- Michigan's Rich Rodriguez is paid well -- $360k per win. Not nearly the heist he pulled the last two years, but still earning far more than he deserves to pocket (especially when you factor in the hidden costs of recruits not qualifying, transfers, NCAA investigations, etc.)
- Mack Brown has earned the right to be paid well. He's done a terrific job at Texas over the course of the last decade, but he takes the cake in terms of what he's paid per win. This year, as the Longhorns stumbled to a 5-7 record, he took home over a cool million per victory.
- Nick Saban is a very, very good coach. He's turned Alabama into a dominant player after 20 years of middling success, but is he worth nearly $6 million?
- Tennessee's Derek Dooley is easily FBS' highest-paid first year coach, but that comes with the turf when you take a job at one of the blue bloods of the college football world.
And here's the Big Ten's pay chart:
| School | Coach | Total Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | Tressel | $3,888,389.00 |
| Iowa | Ferentz | $3,781,000.00 |
| Michigan | Rodriguez | $2,525,280.00 |
| Nebraska | Pelini | $2,100,000.00 |
| Michigan State | Dantonio | $1,796,700.00 |
| Wisconsin | Bielema | $1,781,759.00 |
| Illinois | Zook | $1,505,000.00 |
| Penn State | Paterno | $1,109,977.00 |
| Purdue | Hope | $900,000.00 |
| Minnesota | Brewster | $808,000.00 |
| Indiana | Lynch | $600,000.00 |
Notes on the Big Ten pay:
- Figures for Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald were not available as they are a private institution. He's rumored to be making somewhere in the $1-1.5M range.
- Bill Lynch, the lowest paid coach in the league, is gone. His successor, Kevin Wilson is thought to be getting $1.2M per year.
- As far as earning their pay this season, Dantonio and Bielema have done well, while Ferentz, obviously has not.
Comments
Interesting that Harbaugh is not on the "$2-million" list... Maybe he will be a Michigan man sooner even than some think?
Harbaugh's salary is unlisted because Stanford is a private institution. There's speculation that he's in the $1.5M range.
Ferentz and Groebe have to be the most overpaid. Chip Kelly most underpaid.
-TomCollins
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Joe Pa is getting paid on the Social Security pay chart so he thinks he is the highest paid coach.
I'd love to see similar chart on OC/DC salaries. That might start to reveal more interesting trends...
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WOW! There is a big difference between JT $ and Lynch. I too would like to se the Coordinators salaries.
I'm going to sit back and think about how much money this actually is...
Yup, that's a lot of bank.