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Highest Paid College Football Coaches & Salaries - USA TODAY

Ever wondered who the highest paid coach in college football is? Find out today with USA TODAY's complete salary data.

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USA Today has published its latest set of data on college football head coach salaries

Rank	Name	School	Salary	Buyout
1	Nick Saban	Alabama	$11,407,000	$44,800,000
2	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	$10,884,775	$64,000,000
3	Kirby Smart	Georgia	$10,705,600	$92,625,000
4	Ryan Day	Ohio State	$10,271,250	$46,222,292
5	Mel Tucker	Michigan State	$10,015,350	---
6	Brian Kelly	LSU	$9,975,000	$70,018,333
7	Jimbo Fisher	Texas A&M	$9,150,000	$77,562,500
8	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	$9,013,600	$51,187,500
9	Josh Heupel	Tennessee	$9,000,000	$46,500,000
9	Lake Kiffin	Mississippi	$9,000,000	---
11	James Franklin	Penn State	$8,500,000	$64,666,667
12	Jim Harbaugh	Michigan	$8,254,600	$27,236,892
13	Luke #2ndChoice	Wisconsin	$7,625,000	$39,680,000
13	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	$7,625,000	$24,976,563
15	Mike Norvell	Florida State	$7,300,000	$42,209,583
16	Billy Napier	Florida	$7,270,000	$32,384,716
17	Brent Venables	Oklahoma	$7,100,000	$30,583,333
18	Kirk Ferentz	Cockeye	$7,000,000	$37,000,000
19	Dan Lanning	Oregon	$6,624,999	$44,333,333
20	Hugh Freeze	Auburn	$6,500,000	$25,187,500
20	Bret Bielema	Illinois	$6,500,000	$35,750,000
22	Sam Pittman	Arkansas	$6,357,500	---
23	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	$6,325,000	$12,250,000
24	Shane Beamer	South Carolina	$6,125,000	$18,255,521
25	Eliah Drinkwitz	Missouri	$6,000,000	$20,437,500
25	P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	$6,000,000	$23,725,000
27	Chip Kelly	UCLAbia	$5,979,167	$8,787,917
28	Pat Narduzzi	Pittsburgh	$5,875,817	---
29	Lance Leipold	Kansas	$5,750,000	$27,346,667
30	Steve Sarkisian	Texas	$5,600,000	$12,26,667
31	Jeff Brohm	Louisville	$5,550,000	$31,416,667
32	Deion Sanders	Colorado	$5,500,000	$18,343,750
32	Matt Rhule	Nebraska	$5,500,000	$62,062,500
33	Mike Locksley	Maryland	$5,500,000	$16,547,917
35	Dave Doeren	North Carolina State	$5,024,390	$10,307,926
36	Mack Brown	North Carolina	$5,000,000	$2,812,500
37	Jonathan Smith	Oregon State	$4,850,000	$17,525,625
38	Chris Klieman	Kansas State	$4,750,000	$29,625,000
39	Tom Allen	Indianus	$4,510,000	$20,400,000
40	Justin Wilcox	California	$4,400,000	$20,725,000
41	Dana Holgorsen	Houston	$4,300,000	$14,838,333
42	Dave Clawson	Wake Forest	$4,284,656	---
43	Tony Elliott	Virginia	$4,250,000	$19,475,000
44	Kalen DeBoer	Washington	$4,200,000	$23,200,120
45	Joey McGuire	Texas Tech	$4,104,960	$15,862,063
46	Dino Babers	Syracuse	$4,063,138	---
47	Matt Campbell	Cockeye State	$4,005,537	$15,250,000
48	Neal Brown	West Virginia	$4,005,000	$13,033,333
49	Ryan Walters	Purdoodoo	$4,000,000	$12,625,000
49	Greg Schiano	Buttgers	$4,000,000	$13,068,750
49	Brent Pry	Virginia Tech	$4,000,000	$12,650,000
52	Kenny Dillingham	Arizona State	$3,850,000	$15,800,000
53	Scott Satterfield	Cincinnati	$3,535,000	$19,291,667
54	Jedd Fisch	Arizona	$3,250,000	$9,135,000
55	Jeff Hafley	Boston College	$3,120,012	---
56	Clark Lea	Vanderbilt	$3,051,881	---
57	Dave Aranda	Baylor	$3,021,003	---
58	Zach Arnett	Mississippi State	$3,000,000	---
59	Willie Fritz	Tulane	$2,842,000	---
60	Brent Key	Georgia Tech	$2,800,000	$7,213,333
61	Jake Dickert	Washington State	$2,700,000	$3,712,500
62	Jeff Traylor	Texas-San Antonio	$2,550,000	$14,165,000
63	Alex Golesh	South Florida	$2,500,000	---
64	Mike Houston	East Carolina	$2,355,804	$4,347,000
65	Craig Bohl	Wyoming	$2,337,000	$1,841,667
66	Guz Malzahn	Central Florida	$2,300,000	$3,593,750
66	Brent Brennan	San Jose State	$2,300,000	$4,316,667
68	Ryan Silverfield	Memphis	$1,900,000	$2,465,000
69	Jim Mora	Connecticut	$1,800,000	$3,700,000
70	Barry Odom	UNLV	$1,785,000	$5,184,375
71	Andy Avalos	Boise State	$1,750,000	$3,262,043
72	Jay Norvell	Colorado State	$1,700,000	$3,000,000
73	Brian Newberry	Navy	$1,600,000	---
74	Jeff Tedford	Fresno State	$1,550,000	$4,639,583
75	Blake Anderson	Utah State	$1,375,000	$4,585,936
76	Trent Dilfer	Alabama-Birmingham	$1,300,000	$5,416,667
76	Eric Morris	North Texas	$1,300,000	$3,030,000
78	Brady Hoke	San Diego State	$1,273,100	$4,861,942
79	Jason Candle	Toledo	$1,125,000	$900,000
80	Jim McElwain	Central Michigan	$1,025,420	$2,000,000
81	Rich Rodriguez	Jacksonville State	$1,000,000	$4,066,667
81	Biff Poggi	Charlotte	$1,000,000	$2,041,667
81	Jon Sumrall	Troy	$1,000,000	$3,316,667
81	Tim Beck	Coastal Carolina	$1,000,000	$4,083,333
85	Sonny Cumbie	Louisiana Tech	$950,000	$2,368,750
85	Ken Wilson	Nevada	$950,000	$1,000,000
87	Mike Bloomgren	Rice	$926,208	---
88	Shawn Clark	Appalachian State	$925,020	$3,000,000
89	Tyson Helton	Western Kentucky	$922,800	$4,000,000
90	Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee State	$910,504	$4,988,699
91	Lance Taylor	Western Michigan	$850,000	$3,123,750
92	Ricky Rahne	Old Dominion	$831,669	$1,922,772
93	Dana Dimel	Texas-El Paso	$829,000	$667,292
94	Butch Jones	Arkansas State	$825,000	$1,541,667
95	Will Hall	Southern Mississippi	$824,000	$1,716,667
96	Don Brown	Massachusetts	$816,000	$2,216,000
97	Shawn Elliott	Georgia State	$811,000	$1,500,000
98	Kane Wommack	South Alabama	$810,000	$2,502,188
99	G.J. Kinne	Texas State	$800,000	$1,600,000
100	Charles Huff	Marshall	$755,500	$881,417
101	Michael Desormeaux	Louisiana-Lafayette	$755,000	$1,304,250
102	Clay Helton	Georgia Southern	$752,000	$1,844,000
103	Mike MacIntyre	Florida International	$705,000	$1,515,625
104	Tom Herman	Florida Atlantic	$700,000	$2,858,333
104	Danny Gonzales	New Mexico	$700,000	$400,000
106	Maurice Linguist	Buffalo	$684,500	$1,493,875
107	Mike Neu	Ball State	$680,000	$750,000
108	Curt Cignetti	James Madison	$677,311	$3,046,773
109	Thomas Hammock	Northern Illinois	$677,045	$1,518,200
110	Tim Albin	Ohio	$651,500	$1,858,556
111	Joe Moorhead	Akron	$620,000	$1,301,563
112	Timmy Chang	Hawaii	$600,006	$856,552
113	Jerry Kill	New Mexico State	$600,000	$2,650,000
113	K.C. Keeler	Sam Houston State	$600,000	$1,791,681
115	Chris Pickle Smoochers	Eastern Michigan	$590,000	$800,000
116	Chuck Martin	Miami (OH)	$575,300	$750,000
117	Scot Loeffler	Bowling Green	$560,000	$1,131,000
118	Kenni Burns	Kent State	$527,100	$1,514,688
119	Terry Bowden	Louisiana-Monroe	$435,400	$182,700
--	Kevin Wilson	Tulsa	--	--
--	Marcus Freeman	Notre Dame	--	--
--	Mike Elko	Duke	--	--
--	Jeff Monken	Army	--	--
--	Stan Drayton	Temple	--	--
--	Mario Cristobal	Miami (FL)	--	--
--	Troy Taylor	Stanford	--	--
--	Kalani Sitake	BYU	--	--
--	Jamey Chadwell	Liberty	--	--
--	David Braun	Northwestern	--	--
--	Sonny Dykes	TCU	--	--
--	Rhett Lashlee	Southern Methodist	--	--
--	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	--	--

 

[HuskerGarrett]

Chris Pickle Smoochers

 

[BorWhiskey]

How is Matt Rhule so low?

 

[MtnHusker]

How is Matt Rhule so low?

I'm guessing that is his salary for this year as $5.5 mill for 8 years is only $44 mill. So it is probably beck end loaded to take advantage of Carolina paying his salary difference. I believe this was a tricky negotiation for Rhule with Carolina which was potentially one of the hold ups.

 

[Irv]

I'm guessing that is his salary for this year as $5.5 mill for 8 years is only $44 mill. So it is probably beck end loaded to take advantage of Carolina paying his salary difference. I believe this was a tricky negotiation for Rhule with Carolina which was potentially one of the hold ups.

Yeah, it goes up every year. I think the less money at the start was to help us because of all of the Frost money we owed. Of course, more money later also make it more expensive to fire someone.

 

[doublewing]

Chris Pickle Smoochers

LOL

 

[David Webb]

There a few regrets in the top 10.

 

[Stan Raymond]

How is Matt Rhule so low?

Kept low at the beginning so Rhule could get the most from Carolina.

Contract Year Payment Amount
Start Date through December 31,2023 $5,500,000 per annum
January 1, 2024 through December 31,2024 $6,500,000
January 1, 2025 throughDecember 31,2025 $7,500,000
January 1, 2026 throughDecember 31,2026 $8,500,000
January 1, 2027 throughDecember 31,2027 $10,000,000
January 1, 2028 throughDecember 31,2028 $11,500,000
January 1,2029 throughDecember 31,2029 $12,000,000
January 1, 2030 through the later of December31, 2030 or the Program's last ‘game of the 30-31 football season $12,500,000 per annum

Also some bonuses to defer some payment and have Carolina pay more.


a. If you continue to be employed on March 1, 2025, a payment in the amountof$1,000,000 shall be made to you (less required withholding) by the Payment Date.
b.. Ifyou continue tobe employed on March 1, 2027,a payment in the amountof$1,000,000 shall be made to you (less required withholding) by the Payment Date.
c. If you continue to be employed until March 1, 2029, a payment in the amount of $1,000,000 shall be made to you (less required withholding) by the Payment Date
d. If you continue to be employed until December 31, 2030, a payment in the amount of $1,000,000 shall be made to you (less required withholding) by the Payment Date.

It was tricky trying to make it worth Rhule's time when he had Carolina's money coming to him for doing nothing.

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

Highest Paid College Football Coaches & Salaries - USA TODAY

Ever wondered who the highest paid coach in college football is? Find out today with USA TODAY's complete salary data.

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USA Today has published its latest set of data on college football head coach salaries

Rank	Name	School	Salary	Buyout
1	Nick Saban	Alabama	$11,407,000	$44,800,000
2	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	$10,884,775	$64,000,000
3	Kirby Smart	Georgia	$10,705,600	$92,625,000
4	Ryan Day	Ohio State	$10,271,250	$46,222,292
5	Mel Tucker	Michigan State	$10,015,350	---
6	Brian Kelly	LSU	$9,975,000	$70,018,333
7	Jimbo Fisher	Texas A&M	$9,150,000	$77,562,500
8	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	$9,013,600	$51,187,500
9	Josh Heupel	Tennessee	$9,000,000	$46,500,000
9	Lake Kiffin	Mississippi	$9,000,000	---
11	James Franklin	Penn State	$8,500,000	$64,666,667
12	Jim Harbaugh	Michigan	$8,254,600	$27,236,892
13	Luke #2ndChoice	Wisconsin	$7,625,000	$39,680,000
13	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	$7,625,000	$24,976,563
15	Mike Norvell	Florida State	$7,300,000	$42,209,583
16	Billy Napier	Florida	$7,270,000	$32,384,716
17	Brent Venables	Oklahoma	$7,100,000	$30,583,333
18	Kirk Ferentz	Cockeye	$7,000,000	$37,000,000
19	Dan Lanning	Oregon	$6,624,999	$44,333,333
20	Hugh Freeze	Auburn	$6,500,000	$25,187,500
20	Bret Bielema	Illinois	$6,500,000	$35,750,000
22	Sam Pittman	Arkansas	$6,357,500	---
23	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	$6,325,000	$12,250,000
24	Shane Beamer	South Carolina	$6,125,000	$18,255,521
25	Eliah Drinkwitz	Missouri	$6,000,000	$20,437,500
25	P.J. Fleck	Minnesota	$6,000,000	$23,725,000
27	Chip Kelly	UCLAbia	$5,979,167	$8,787,917
28	Pat Narduzzi	Pittsburgh	$5,875,817	---
29	Lance Leipold	Kansas	$5,750,000	$27,346,667
30	Steve Sarkisian	Texas	$5,600,000	$12,26,667
31	Jeff Brohm	Louisville	$5,550,000	$31,416,667
32	Deion Sanders	Colorado	$5,500,000	$18,343,750
32	Matt Rhule	Nebraska	$5,500,000	$62,062,500
33	Mike Locksley	Maryland	$5,500,000	$16,547,917
35	Dave Doeren	North Carolina State	$5,024,390	$10,307,926
36	Mack Brown	North Carolina	$5,000,000	$2,812,500
37	Jonathan Smith	Oregon State	$4,850,000	$17,525,625
38	Chris Klieman	Kansas State	$4,750,000	$29,625,000
39	Tom Allen	Indianus	$4,510,000	$20,400,000
40	Justin Wilcox	California	$4,400,000	$20,725,000
41	Dana Holgorsen	Houston	$4,300,000	$14,838,333
42	Dave Clawson	Wake Forest	$4,284,656	---
43	Tony Elliott	Virginia	$4,250,000	$19,475,000
44	Kalen DeBoer	Washington	$4,200,000	$23,200,120
45	Joey McGuire	Texas Tech	$4,104,960	$15,862,063
46	Dino Babers	Syracuse	$4,063,138	---
47	Matt Campbell	Cockeye State	$4,005,537	$15,250,000
48	Neal Brown	West Virginia	$4,005,000	$13,033,333
49	Ryan Walters	Purdoodoo	$4,000,000	$12,625,000
49	Greg Schiano	Buttgers	$4,000,000	$13,068,750
49	Brent Pry	Virginia Tech	$4,000,000	$12,650,000
52	Kenny Dillingham	Arizona State	$3,850,000	$15,800,000
53	Scott Satterfield	Cincinnati	$3,535,000	$19,291,667
54	Jedd Fisch	Arizona	$3,250,000	$9,135,000
55	Jeff Hafley	Boston College	$3,120,012	---
56	Clark Lea	Vanderbilt	$3,051,881	---
57	Dave Aranda	Baylor	$3,021,003	---
58	Zach Arnett	Mississippi State	$3,000,000	---
59	Willie Fritz	Tulane	$2,842,000	---
60	Brent Key	Georgia Tech	$2,800,000	$7,213,333
61	Jake Dickert	Washington State	$2,700,000	$3,712,500
62	Jeff Traylor	Texas-San Antonio	$2,550,000	$14,165,000
63	Alex Golesh	South Florida	$2,500,000	---
64	Mike Houston	East Carolina	$2,355,804	$4,347,000
65	Craig Bohl	Wyoming	$2,337,000	$1,841,667
66	Guz Malzahn	Central Florida	$2,300,000	$3,593,750
66	Brent Brennan	San Jose State	$2,300,000	$4,316,667
68	Ryan Silverfield	Memphis	$1,900,000	$2,465,000
69	Jim Mora	Connecticut	$1,800,000	$3,700,000
70	Barry Odom	UNLV	$1,785,000	$5,184,375
71	Andy Avalos	Boise State	$1,750,000	$3,262,043
72	Jay Norvell	Colorado State	$1,700,000	$3,000,000
73	Brian Newberry	Navy	$1,600,000	---
74	Jeff Tedford	Fresno State	$1,550,000	$4,639,583
75	Blake Anderson	Utah State	$1,375,000	$4,585,936
76	Trent Dilfer	Alabama-Birmingham	$1,300,000	$5,416,667
76	Eric Morris	North Texas	$1,300,000	$3,030,000
78	Brady Hoke	San Diego State	$1,273,100	$4,861,942
79	Jason Candle	Toledo	$1,125,000	$900,000
80	Jim McElwain	Central Michigan	$1,025,420	$2,000,000
81	Rich Rodriguez	Jacksonville State	$1,000,000	$4,066,667
81	Biff Poggi	Charlotte	$1,000,000	$2,041,667
81	Jon Sumrall	Troy	$1,000,000	$3,316,667
81	Tim Beck	Coastal Carolina	$1,000,000	$4,083,333
85	Sonny Cumbie	Louisiana Tech	$950,000	$2,368,750
85	Ken Wilson	Nevada	$950,000	$1,000,000
87	Mike Bloomgren	Rice	$926,208	---
88	Shawn Clark	Appalachian State	$925,020	$3,000,000
89	Tyson Helton	Western Kentucky	$922,800	$4,000,000
90	Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee State	$910,504	$4,988,699
91	Lance Taylor	Western Michigan	$850,000	$3,123,750
92	Ricky Rahne	Old Dominion	$831,669	$1,922,772
93	Dana Dimel	Texas-El Paso	$829,000	$667,292
94	Butch Jones	Arkansas State	$825,000	$1,541,667
95	Will Hall	Southern Mississippi	$824,000	$1,716,667
96	Don Brown	Massachusetts	$816,000	$2,216,000
97	Shawn Elliott	Georgia State	$811,000	$1,500,000
98	Kane Wommack	South Alabama	$810,000	$2,502,188
99	G.J. Kinne	Texas State	$800,000	$1,600,000
100	Charles Huff	Marshall	$755,500	$881,417
101	Michael Desormeaux	Louisiana-Lafayette	$755,000	$1,304,250
102	Clay Helton	Georgia Southern	$752,000	$1,844,000
103	Mike MacIntyre	Florida International	$705,000	$1,515,625
104	Tom Herman	Florida Atlantic	$700,000	$2,858,333
104	Danny Gonzales	New Mexico	$700,000	$400,000
106	Maurice Linguist	Buffalo	$684,500	$1,493,875
107	Mike Neu	Ball State	$680,000	$750,000
108	Curt Cignetti	James Madison	$677,311	$3,046,773
109	Thomas Hammock	Northern Illinois	$677,045	$1,518,200
110	Tim Albin	Ohio	$651,500	$1,858,556
111	Joe Moorhead	Akron	$620,000	$1,301,563
112	Timmy Chang	Hawaii	$600,006	$856,552
113	Jerry Kill	New Mexico State	$600,000	$2,650,000
113	K.C. Keeler	Sam Houston State	$600,000	$1,791,681
115	Chris Pickle Smoochers	Eastern Michigan	$590,000	$800,000
116	Chuck Martin	Miami (OH)	$575,300	$750,000
117	Scot Loeffler	Bowling Green	$560,000	$1,131,000
118	Kenni Burns	Kent State	$527,100	$1,514,688
119	Terry Bowden	Louisiana-Monroe	$435,400	$182,700
--	Kevin Wilson	Tulsa	--	--
--	Marcus Freeman	Notre Dame	--	--
--	Mike Elko	Duke	--	--
--	Jeff Monken	Army	--	--
--	Stan Drayton	Temple	--	--
--	Mario Cristobal	Miami (FL)	--	--
--	Troy Taylor	Stanford	--	--
--	Kalani Sitake	BYU	--	--
--	Jamey Chadwell	Liberty	--	--
--	David Braun	Northwestern	--	--
--	Sonny Dykes	TCU	--	--
--	Rhett Lashlee	Southern Methodist	--	--
--	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	--	--

Boy this is some serious egg on face for some incredible douchebags on this board. Kinda sad what it’s turning into. Didn’t used to be like that

 

[Mavsker]

Boy this is some serious egg on face for some incredible douchebags on this board. Kinda sad what it’s turning into. Didn’t used to be like that

In what way?

 

[alt f4]

Where's Lincoln Riley?

 

[David Webb]

Where's Lincoln Riley?

USC is a private college that doesn’t have to report salaries.

 

[Huskerforlife]

Chris Pickle Smoochers

Well, it's the autocorrect on this board (Chris C r e i g h t o n).

 

[SoCal_Corn]

At least we (*NEB) is Top Ten in something


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