CFB Salaries for Head Coaches & Asst Coaches

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Thanks for info @RGBIII

• 2021 - $5.2 million
• 2022 - $5.4 million
• 2023 - $5.6 million
• 2024 - $5.8 million
• 2025 - $6 million
• 2026 - $6.2 million

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Here’s a look at the 2021 South Carolina staff salary breakdown, with info courtesy of the Seattle Times. 

NAME	TITLE	SALARY (DEAL LENGTH)
Shane Beamer	Head Coach	$2.75 million (5-year deal)
OFFENSE
Mike Bobo	OC / QBs	$1.2 million (2-year deal)
Will Friend	Offensive Line	$700k (2-year deal)
Des Kitchings	Running Backs	$300k (2-year deal)
Justin Stepp	Wide Receivers	$460k (2-year deal)
Erik Kimrey	Tight Ends	$200k (2-year deal)
DEFENSE
Tracy Rocker	Defensive Line	$525k (2-year deal)
Mike Peterson	Outside Linebackers	$300k (2-year deal)
SPECIAL TEAMS
Pete Lembo	Associate HC / STC	$450K (3-year deal)

As of the morning of 1/6/21, two on-field positions remain open, including defensive coordinator.

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Thanks for Contract info attachment @Machinator

 

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Boise State: The school has announced that Andy Avalos’ deal is for five-years worth about $1.4 million annually.

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Edited February 20, 2021 by LTtxfan

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Thx for this info @Machinator

[The Earl of Texas 3131]

We should not guarantee anyone anything beyond three years for HC, assistants fewer. Unless it was Saban or Meyer, who guarantees success in return.

Edited February 20, 2021 by The Earl of Texas

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Texas releases contract info for Steve Sarkisian, new staff

By Zach Barnett -  February 20, 2021

The University of Texas system board of regents are set to award Steve Sarkisian the richest contract in school history.

The athletics department has offered the newly-hired coach a 6-year deal worth $34.2 million in salary. Sarkisian will make $5.2 million in 2021 and rising $200,000 per year, up to a final total of $6.2 million in 2026. While the total value of the contract is greater than anything Tom Herman ever got, the $5.2 million Sarkisian will earn is lower than the $6 million pre-pandemic salary Herman netted.  In addition to the $34.2 million in total salary, Sarkisian is eligible for a $1.2 million retention bonus on Dec. 31, 2024 and up to $675,000 in incentives.

 

Here is a breakdown of what the Texas staff will earn in 2021, compared to what each coach was paid at their previous post in 2020 according to the USA Today salary database.

Coach	2021 Texas Pay	2020 Pay	Change
HC Steve Sarkisian	$5.2 million	$2.5 million	$2.7M (+108%)
DC Pete Kwiatkowski	$1.7 million	$1 million	$700,000 (+70%)
OC Kyle Flood	$1 million	$650,000	$350,000 (+54%)
STC Jeff Banks	$1 million	$725,000	$275,000 (+38%)
DL Bo Davis	$875,000	N/A	N/A
CBs Terry Joseph	$750,000	N/A	N/A
RBs Stan Drayton	$650,000	$650,000	None
ILBs Jeff Choate	$500,000	$206,000	$294,000 (+143%)
S&C Torre Becton	$500,000	$300,000	$200,000 (+67%)
WRs Andre Coleman	$450,000	$350,000	$100,000 (+29%)
S Blake Gideon	$400,000	$300,000	$100,000 (+33%)

 The total compensation for Sarkisian and his 11 top assistants will be will be $13.025 million, up from the $12.81 million Texas paid Herman and his staff — and that’s without information for quarterbacks coach AJ Milwee, whose contract was not forwarded for approval by the athletics department.

(Prior salary information for Bo Davis and Joseph was not publicly available; Davis worked in the NFL and Joseph at Notre Dame.)

 

Details of contracts that Texas regents are set to approve:  

• DC Pete Kwiatkowski got a 3-year deal at $1.7 million per year with no annual raise
• OC/OL coach Kyle Flood: 3 years — $1 million (2021), $1.175 million (2022), $1.25 million (2023)
• ST/TEs coach Jeff Banks: 3 years — $1 million (2021), $1.05 million (2022), $1.1 million (2023)
• DL coach Bo Davis: 3 years — $875,000 (2021), $900,000 (2022), $925,000 (2023)
• Pass game coordinator/CBs coach Terry Joseph: 2 years — $750,000 (2021), $800,000 (2022)
• Running Game Coordinator/RBs coach Stan Drayton received a 2-year deal at $650,000 per year
• Co-DC/ILBs coach Jeff Choate: 2 years — $500,000 (2021), $575,000 (2022)
• WRs coach Andre Coleman: 2 years — $450,000 (2021), $500,000 (2022)
• Safeties coach Blake Gideon: 2 years — $400,000 (2021), $425,000 (2022)
• QBs Coach AJ Milwee    (unavailable)

Head strength coach Torre Becton: 2 years — $500,000 (2021), $525,000 (2022)

The regents are set to approve the contracts next week.

 

Btw, Deals for defensive coordinator/OLBs coach Pete Kwiatkowski and run game coordinator/RBs coach Stan Drayton are structured differently than their peers.

Kwiatkowski got a 3-year deal at $1.7 million per year with no annual raise, paid to his LLC.

 

Drayton received a 2-year deal at $650,000 per year.

 

 

https://footballscoop.com/news/texas-releases-contract-info-for-steve-sarkisian-new-staff/

Edited February 20, 2021 by LTtxfan

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4 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

(Prior salary information for Bo Davis and Joseph was not publicly available; Davis worked in the NFL and Joseph at Notre Dame.)

From the rumors or lack thereof, I'd guess Terry Joseph got a nice raise. 

[Machinator 32097]

5 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Coach	2021 Texas Pay	2020 Pay	Change
HC Steve Sarkisian	$5.2 million	$2.5 million	$2.7M (+108%)
DC Pete Kwiatkowski	$1.7 million	$1 million	$700,000 (+70%)
OC Kyle Flood	$1 million	$650,000	$350,000 (+54%)
STC Jeff Banks	$1 million	$725,000	$275,000 (+38%)
DL Bo Davis	$875,000	N/A	N/A
CBs Terry Joseph	$750,000	N/A	N/A
RBs Stan Drayton	$650,000	$650,000	None
ILBs Jeff Choate	$500,000	$206,000	$294,000 (+143%)
S&C Torre Becton	$500,000	$300,000	$200,000 (+67%)
WRs Andre Coleman	$450,000	$350,000	$100,000 (+29%)
S Blake Gideon	$400,000	$300,000	$100,000 (+33%)

Flood is making $1.1M in 2021, not $1M. Not sure how they screwed that up when they have the right number in their own article.

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9 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Flood is making $1.1M in 2021, not $1M. Not sure how they screwed that up when they have the right number in their own article.

Thanks TARS !!!

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The highest-paid offensive line coaches in college football: 2021 edition

By Zach Barnett -    March 4, 2021

Back by popular demand, we’re once again examining the highest-paid position coaches in college football. We start where everything does — up front.

Before we dive in, a bit of housekeeping.

The goal with this exercise is to isolate the market value for position coaching at the highest level of college football. However, sorting between the litany of titles accompanying positional duties — coordinator, co-coordinator, run game coordinator, assistant head coach — in any sort of hard-and-fast way is next to impossible. How do you differentiate between a play-calling coordinator, a non-play calling coordinator and co-coordinator?  The answer is you don’t. So we’re throwing everyone in the list and we’ll sort it out later. The goal is to stick to 10 but go above 10 when warranted.  We’ve done our best to provide up-to-date salary information for each coach, relying on USA Today‘s salary database to fill in gaps.

Without further ado, the list.

1. Kyle Flood, Texas — $1 million*
2. Matt Luke, Georgia — $900,000+
3. Bill Bedenbaugh, Oklahoma — $810,000+
4. Doug Marrone, Alabama — $755,000
5. Glen Elarbee, Tennessee — $750,000
6. James Cregg, LSU — $707,000
7. Justin Frye, UCLA — $700,000*
7. Chris Kapilovic, Michigan State — $700,000+
7. Greg Studrawa, Ohio State — $700,000
10. Brad Davis, Arkansas — $650,000
11. Robbie Caldwell, Clemson — $640,000
12. Josh Henson, Texas A&M — $600,000
12. Brent Key, Georgia Tech — $600,000+
12. Alex Mirabal, Oregon — $600,000+
15. Greg Adkins, South Carolina — $550,000
15. Sherrone Moore, Michigan — $550,000+
* – Offensive coordinator
+ – Co-coordinator/run game coordinator/assistant head coach

— New hires we don’t yet have salary information for: Will Friend at Auburn (he made $800,000 at Tennessee), Clay McGuire at USC, George Barnett at Iowa, Mike Cavanaugh at Arizona State, and Eric Mateos at Baylor.

— Elarbee earned a reported $425,000 salary for the same job at UCF. His 66 percent raise rivals the 74 percent raise his boss, Josh Heupel, got in turning his $2.3 million UCF salary into a $4 million salary at Tennessee.

— Another big riser: Oregon’s Alex Mirabal. He made $350,000 in 2020 but got a 3-year deal at $600k per, along with a promotion to assistant head coach.

— Michigan’s Moore also netted a big raise by staying put. He earned $415,000 in 2020 as the Wolverines’ tight ends coach.

— It’s good to be wanted in a market-driven business. Brad Davis was set to earn $550,000 upon leaving Missouri for Arkansas last year, but netted a $100,000 raise before coaching his first game following reported interest from Texas A&M. Sam Pittman never spelled out the interest Davis got from the Aggies, and Jimbo Fisher already had — and still has — Josh Henson managing his O-line. Doesn’t matter, got paid. ju

— In case it slipped by anyone, Alabama’s offensive line coach was an NFL head coach last season. LOL.

 

https://footballscoop.com/news/the-highest-paid-offensive-line-coaches-in-college-football-2021-edition/

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The highest-paid special teams coordinators in college football: 2021 edition

By Zach Barnett -    March 11, 2021

The stated purpose of this exercise is to, as best we can, isolate the value of specific position coaching in major college football. And nowhere is that more difficult than special teams.

On the one hand, the guys are responsible for coaching the entire roster. Other than the starting quarterback and a handful of others, every player is (technically) under their purview. They’re primarily responsible for eight different units.

But, at the same time, very few of these guys only coach special teams. Take Texas’s Jeff Banks. College football’s first $1 million special teams coordinator isn’t just a special teams coordinator, he’s also Steve Sarkisian’s assistant head coach, tight ends coach, and his bulldog recruiter.

How much of that $1 million salary applies to special teams specifically? Impossible to say. But for that money, the ‘Horns had better be doggone good in every phase of special teams.

The list:

1. Jeff Banks, Texas — $1 million
2. John Papuchis, Florida State — $570,000
3. Mickey Conn, Clemson — $515,000
4. Scott Cochran, Georgia — $550,000
5. Jovan Dewitt, North Carolina — $500,000
6. Greg Knox, Florida — $497,000
7. Ross Els, Michigan State — $475,000
8. Scott Fountain, Arkansas — $450,000+
8. Chris Haerig, Wisconsin — $450,000
8. Pete Lembo, South Carolina — $450,000+
11. LeVar Woods, Iowa — $440,000
12. Erik Link, Missouri — $425,000
12. Greg McMahon, LSU — $425,000
14. Jay Harbaugh, Michigan — $415,000
14. Bobby Williams, Oregon — $415,000
+ – associate/assistant head coach

Additional notes:

— If you’re wondering why Texas A&M is scrimping on its special teams, fret not. Jimbo Fisher does not have a dedicated special teams coordinator, but he does employ two dedicated special teams analysts. Other well-paid staffs that don’t employ dedicated STCs: Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech.

— Listed coaches paid only for coordinating special teams, meaning they’re not an assistant head coach and they don’t have any other positional responsibilities: Cochran, Haerig, Link, McMahon, Williams and Woods.

— We don’t yet know what Coleman Hutzler will earn to coordinate the Ole Miss special teams. He earned $600,000 to coach linebackers at Texas, and at Ole Miss he replaces Blake Gideon… who left for Texas.

— Ditto for Alabama’s Jay Graham. He replaces Banks, who also left for Texas.

— Other STCs whose salaries are not public info: Parker Fleming (Ohio State), Bert Watts (Auburn),

— Geoff Collins has an arrangement at Georgia Tech you don’t see elsewhere. He employs an offensive (Chris Wiesehan) and defensive (Jeff Popovich) special teams coordinator. Wiesehan also coaches tight ends, Popovich cornerbacks. Apparently, punt and kick return are more valuable than punt and kickoff; Wiesehan makes $300,000 while Popovich brings home $230,000.

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Tracking the highest paid coordinators in college football heading into 2021

By Doug Samuels -   March 11, 2021

As it currently sits with publicly available information, here’s an updated look at the highest paid coaches from the Power 5 level.

	SCHOOL	NAME (ROLE)	Last Reported Annual Salary
1	Clemson	Brent Venables (DC)	$2.4 million
2	Texas A&M	Mike Elko (DC)	$2.1 million
3	Clemson	Tony Elliott (OC)	$2 million
4	Florida	Todd Grantham (DC)	$1.8 million
5	Arkansas	Barry Odom (DC)	$1.75 million
6	Georgia	Dan Lanning (DC)	$1.7 million

Newcomers to the list include Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott, who got a pay bump back in February after being considered a top candidate (once again) for a number of openings this past cycle to enter the elite $2 million club. He made $1.6 million in 2020.

Barry Odom is another coach that earned a recent increase in pay, becoming the highest paid assistant coach in Razorback history back in February as well, going from $1.3 million to $1.75 million.

Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning is the final one we’ll touch on in this piece, earning a pay increase from $1.25 million to $1.7 million this off season after being pursued for other premier coordinator openings.

If you noticed a trend carrying over to this year again, you’d be right. Defensive coordinators are once again staking claim to the highest paid territory, with Elliott the only offensive mind on the list. It was just a few years ago the list was dominated by offensive minded coaches.

A few other notes of interest to keep in mind:

• New Arizona defensive coordinator Don Brown’s salary ranked #8 nationally while at Michigan. The detail of his deal on Jedd Fisch’s staff have not yet been released.
• Mike Yurcich, who was at Texas in 2020 as offensive coordinator with a salary ranked #10 nationally, landed at Penn State as offensive coordinator. His salary info has also not been shared.

https://footballscoop.com/news/tracking-the-highest-paid-coordinators-in-college-football-heading-into-2021/

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The highest paid wide receivers coaches in college football: 2021 edition

By Zach Barnett -   March 9, 2021

It says something about the economy of high-level college football that we can look at a list and not see a single wide receivers coach with not a single member above $1 million and only 10 at or above $500,000 and think, “Hmm, this is pretty reasonable.”

You can make half a million bucks or more just coaching wide receivers, but you’d better work at a blue blood.

Wide receivers coaches are often responsible for three to four players on the field at a given time and are also expected to be volume recruiters. Additional titles are common, and no one devotes more resources to the position than Oklahoma. The Sooners pay Cale Gundy and Dennis Simmons a combined $1.09 million and, in addition to co-coordinator Bill Bedenbaugh and play-caller Lincoln Riley, Gundy is a co-coordinator and Simmons the passing game coordinator and assistant head coach.

Without further ado, the list:

1. Josh Gattis, Michigan — $900,000*
2. Kasey Dunn, Oklahoma State — $800,000*
3. Dameyune Craig, Texas A&M — $700,000
4. Billy Gonzales, Florida — $632,000+
5. Cale Gundy, Oklahoma — $580,000+
6. Darrin Chiaverini, Colorado — $550,000*
6. Cortez Hankton, Georgia — $550,000+
6. Brian Hartline, Ohio State — $550,000
9. Dennis Simmons, Oklahoma — $510,000+
10. Matt Lubick, Nebraska — $500,000*
11. Holmon Wiggins, Alabama — $475,000
12. Justin Stepp, South Carolina — $460,000
13. Andre Coleman, Texas — $450,000
13. Ron Dugans, Florida State — $450,000
13. Derrick Nix, Ole Miss — $450,000

* – Offensive coordinator
+ – Co-coordinator/passing game coordinator/assistant head coach/recruiting coordinator

— The one Clemson coach you won’t see on this list is wideouts coach Tyler Grisham. The poor man of the group, Grisham was promoted to wide receivers coach following four years as an analyst and two as a GA. The Tigers secured his services for the bargain price of $300,000.

— Though neither has a + title, expect Hartline and Wiggins to gain additional titles and monies soon. Hartline has quickly established himself one of the top recruiters in the game, and Wiggins coached DeVonta Smith to the Heisman Trophy and his entire unit to a national title.

— Ed Orgeron’s investment in the wide receiver position is interesting. DJ Mangas, hired earlier this year as passing game coordinator with wide receivers oversight, signed a 2-year deal at $400,000 per year, and assistant head coach/wide receivers coach Mickey Joseph signed a 2-year deal last year at $407,000 a year.

https://footballscoop.com/news/the-highest-paid-wide-receivers-coaches-in-college-football-2021-edition/

 

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The highest-paid defensive backs coaches in college football: 2021 edition

By Zach Barnett -   March 8, 2021

To reiterate something you already know: the passing game has never been better in college football. Twenty-eight teams posted season-long passing efficiency numbers of 150 or greater in 2020; that’s double the number from a decade ago.

As such, it’s never been more important to find a coach who can stop (or at least slow) the passing game. Or, short of that, to pay your defensive backs coaches as if they can.

As the importance of the passing game has grown, so have the numbers of people dedicated to that phase of the game. The default number of defensive backs on the field at a given time has grown from four to five, the number of defensive backs coaches on a given staff have grown as well.

Rare is the staff in 2021 that employs just a single defensive backs coach. In fact, it’s more common nowadays to see head coaches assign three assistants to the secondary compared to one. In Mike Leach’s case, he employs a safeties coach, a corners coach and a nickel backs coach — and pays the three of them a combined $1.225 million.

And while not too long ago it was assumed all defensive coordinators would also coach linebackers (because the mike ‘backer was the QB of the defense), it’s not always the case anymore. Sure, lots of coordinators also coach linebackers, but not all of them.

Many head coaches build their defensive staffs from the back forward. In 2021, the secondary often comes first.  And as you’ll see, at least 20 secondary coaches now earn at least half a million dollars a year.

1. Mike Elko, Texas A&M — $2.1 million*
2. Alex Grinch, Oklahoma — $1.8 million*
3. Barry Odom, Arkansas — $1.75 million*
4. Daronte Jones, LSU — $1.3 million*
5. Jim Leonhard, Wisconsin — $1.1 million*
6. Jay Bateman, North Carolina — $900,000*
7. Phil Parker, Iowa — $890,000*
8. Charles Kelly, Alabama — $800,000
9. Bryan Brown, Louisville — $750,000*
10. Terry Joseph, Texas — $750,000+
11. Maurice Linguist, Michigan — $680,000+
12. Nick Howell, Virginia — $650,000*
13. Chris Partridge, Ole Miss — $625,000+
14. Justin Hamilton, Virginia Tech — $600,000*
15. Corey Raymond, LSU — $575,000
16. Mike Reed, Clemson — $545,000
17. Mickey Conn, Clemson — $515,000
18. TJ Rushing, Texas A&M — $513,000
19. Jahmile Addae, Georgia — $500,000
19. Steve Clinkscale, Kentucky — $500,000
19. Tony Hughes, Mississippi State — $500,000+
19. Brian Norwood, UCLA — $500,000
* – Defensive coordinator
+ – Co-coordinator/passing game coordinator/assistant head coachcoach

— Ryan Day shuffled his staff following a national runner-up finish in 2020. Kerry Coombs and his $1.4 million salary is now a “walk-around” coordsainator and Matt Barnes is now the Buckeyes’ secondary coach, full stop. He earned $450,000 in 2021.

— We don’t yet know how much Auburn will pay defensive coordinator (and safeties coach) Derek Mason, nor cornerbacks coach Zac Etheridge.

— We also don’t yet know what Jay Valai will get to coach Alabama’s corners, but I’d bet it’s north of the half-million mark. The fastest-riser of the 2020-21 cycle landed at Alabama after just two seasons of on-field coaching, and walked away from an NFL job to don his crimson polo. Valai earned $300,000 at Texas in 2020; the man he replaced, Karl Scott (now with the Vikings), made $550,000.

— Torrian Gray took a pay cut in leaving Florida for South Carolina. After earning $461,5000 for Dan Mullen’s staff, he joins Shane Beamer’s new South Carolina staff on a 3-year deal that starts at $350,000 but his $500,000 by 2023.

— We don’t have salary information for Florida secondary coaches Wesley McGriff and Jules Montinar.

— Nothing’s been announced, but don’t be surprised if Wisconsin gives Jim Leonhard a new deal soon. The Badgers’ defensive coordinator nearly traded his Bucky head for a cheese head, turning down the Packers at the 11th hour. “I was about the door,” he told the Wisconsin State Journal last month.

— Arizona State’s staff page lists Chris Hawkins as the club’s lone defensive backs coach. The 2020 USA Today salary database lists his pay at $100,000, lowest of the 504 coaches on the list. (For the record, Antonio Pierce made $700,000 as ASU’s defensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator and associate head coach.)

— Listed as Tennessee’s sole defensive backs coach, Willie Martinez will make $425,000 in 2021. 

https://footballscoop.com/news/the-highest-paid-defensive-backs-coaches-in-college-football-2021-edition/

 

Edited March 16, 2021 by LTtxfan

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Bryan Harsin’s contract and buyout details at Auburn

By Doug Samuels -   March 15, 2021

This afternoon, Adam Rittenberg shared the details of Bryan Harsin’s deal that lured him away from Boise State and to Auburn and the SEC.  As previously reported, Harsin’s deal is a 6-year deal worth an average of $5.35 million per year. The deal runs through December 31st, 2026.

The SEC contract represents a significant pay raise, as Harsin was making just under $2 million at Boise State. Meanwhile, the SEC was paying four of their coordinators more than Harsin was making leading the Broncos.

Perhaps most interestingly, the deal is not subject to an offset, and Harsin has no duty to mitigate if he were to be let go. Also, half of his buyout would be due within 30-days.

Auburn found themselves catching some heat publicly for those same type of clauses following the dismissal of Gus Malzahn back in December, in a situation where they owe Malzahn a total of $21.7 million.  Harsin can earn bonuses for New Year’s Six Bowl appearances ($200k), reaching the College Football Playoff ($300k), reaching the national title game ($400k) and a whopping $800k for winning bringing home the national title.

If fired without cause, Harsin would be owed 70% of his remaining salary. As previously outlined, half that would be due within 30 days while the other half would be paid out over four years.

If Harsin were to leave for another job before the end of the deal, he would owe $7 million after the first year, $5 million in year two, and $3 million after year three. The fourth and fifth years of the agreement, the buyout drops to $1 million each year.

https://footballscoop.com/news/bryan-harsins-contract-and-buyout-details-at-auburn/

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TARS found this... Big Raise!!!

 

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Clemson makes Venables college football's top-paid assistant coach

With Brent Venables new deal worth $2.5 million per year and the salaries committed to head coach Dabo Swinney and offensive coordinator Tony Elliott, Clemson has earmarked more than $13 million annually for its top three football coaches.

JOHN BRICE   JUL 14, 2021

Once again, Brent Venables fielded multiple inquiries this offseason about potential head-coaching opportunities around college football.  And once again, Clemson held onto its esteemed defensive coordinator.  The end result for Venables? He's now college football's highest-paid assistant coach.

Clemson officials on Wednesday revealed that the school had awarded Venables an extended five-year deal worth $2.5 million per year that matches what both Steve Sarkisian and Kevin Steele made last season as college football's top-two earning assistant coaches.  Sarkisian now is Texas' head coach, and Steele had an eventful offseason that saw him briefly serve as Tennessee's interim coach before new UT athletics director Danny White tabbed Josh Heupel to run Vols' football.

Venables' new pact is all part of Tigers' head coach Dabo Swinney preserving the hierarchy of his coaching staff this offseason, after Venables was courted by multiple teams and Tigers offensive coordinator Tony Elliott was seriously pursued for the aforementioned opening on Rocky Top.  With Elliott's new deal announced in February at approximately $2 million per year, Venables' new $2.5 million term and Swinney's mega, 10-year deal inked April 2019, the Tigers' athletics department has committed more than $13 million per year moving forward for its top three football coaches.

A former Broyles Award winner as college football's top assistant coach, Venables has been a part of three national championship teams as a coach – one at Oklahoma, two at Clemson – and has helped Clemson go a perfect 6-0 in ACC Championship games, with just as many College Football Playoffs appearances.  

 

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Saban gets a raise...

 

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Sumpthing interesting is happin in 2026-7. He is selling something or they are taking a pay down on a debt.

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Fuckin' California...

 

Tax docs show Stanford's Shaw among college football's top-paid coaches

The private university on Wednesday revealed tax filings that showed coach David Shaw likely trailed only Alabama's Nick Saban in 2019 earnings.

JOHN BRICE    AUG 4, 2021

Stanford University's football tax bill came due – in terms of the private institution's federal filings.  And what it showed was an absolutely massive payday – among college football's highest – for head coach David Shaw during the 2019 calendar year.

Per documents reviewed and shared by USA Today, Shaw was credited with earnings of $8.9 million for the 2019 year.

While that figured included more than $400,000 in what the university termed was deferred compensation, it means Shaw still was scheduled to earn $8.5 million in the 2019 tax year from the Cardinal, which has won 90 games in Shaw's 10 years atop the program.

Stanford won 40 games in the four seasons preceding 2019, when the Cardinal dipped to a 4-8 record that reflected Shaw's only losing ledger in his decade atop the program.

Previously, per multiple published reports, Shaw's salary had been reported by Stanford to be below $5 million – between $4.4-4.8 million.

The university told USA Today that Shaw's '19 compensation schedule included “$6.8 million in base compensation” and that the remainder – some $2 million – reflected bonus compensation and inventive pay.

Stanford won three of four bowl games, including a Rose Bowl, in that 2015-18 stretch.

Stanford has reported an endowment of nearly $30 billion – $28.9 billion as of last August – that placed it among the United States' top-five wealthiest academic institutions.

Shaw has signed multiple long-term extensions atop the Cardinal program since he first was elevated to head coach prior to the 2011 season.

Per USA Today's College Football Coaches Salary Database, Shaw's '19 earnings of $8.9 million would have ranked second last year – and trailed only Alabama coach Nick Saban, who reported earnings of $9.3 million, while Shaw's figure essentially matched the $8.9 million of LSU coach Ed Orgeron.

 

 

Edited August 9, 2021 by LTtxfan

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27 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Fuckin' California...

 

Tax docs show Stanford's Shaw among college football's top-paid coaches

The private university on Wednesday revealed tax filings that showed coach David Shaw likely trailed only Alabama's Nick Saban in 2019 earnings.

JOHN BRICE    AUG 4, 2021

Stanford University's football tax bill came due – in terms of the private institution's federal filings.  And what it showed was an absolutely massive payday – among college football's highest – for head coach David Shaw during the 2019 calendar year.

Per documents reviewed and shared by USA Today, Shaw was credited with earnings of $8.9 million for the 2019 year.

While that figured included more than $400,000 in what the university termed was deferred compensation, it means Shaw still was scheduled to earn $8.5 million in the 2019 tax year from the Cardinal, which has won 90 games in Shaw's 10 years atop the program.

Stanford won 40 games in the four seasons preceding 2019, when the Cardinal dipped to a 4-8 record that reflected Shaw's only losing ledger in his decade atop the program.

Previously, per multiple published reports, Shaw's salary had been reported by Stanford to be below $5 million – between $4.4-4.8 million.

The university told USA Today that Shaw's '19 compensation schedule included “$6.8 million in base compensation” and that the remainder – some $2 million – reflected bonus compensation and inventive pay.

Stanford won three of four bowl games, including a Rose Bowl, in that 2015-18 stretch.

Stanford has reported an endowment of nearly $30 billion – $28.9 billion as of last August – that placed it among the United States' top-five wealthiest academic institutions.

Shaw has signed multiple long-term extensions atop the Cardinal program since he first was elevated to head coach prior to the 2011 season.

Per USA Today's College Football Coaches Salary Database, Shaw's '19 earnings of $8.9 million would have ranked second last year – and trailed only Alabama coach Nick Saban, who reported earnings of $9.3 million, while Shaw's figure essentially matched the $8.9 million of LSU coach Ed Orgeron.

 

 

I guess we know why he turned us down after Mack

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Whoa...  Fatterson at #10, David Shaw #3 and Cajun Cookie Monster #2

 

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On 10/14/2021 at 7:30 PM, LTtxfan said:

 

 

USA Today's CFB Head Coach Salaries article making toad fans angry -- Fatterson at #10

 

Edited October 24, 2021 by LTtxfan

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Mel Tucker isn't going anywhere.

Amid rumors that Michigan State's football coach could bolt for LSU, Rico Beard reported Thursday on 97.1 The Ticket that it appears Tucker is signing a long-term extension with the Spartans that could pay him up to $8 million per year.

"I have sources who said it appears that Mel Tucker is going to be getting a contract extension with money around $6.8 to $7.8 million (per year) with escalators and bonuses that could take him up even higher," said Beard, adding that the news is "unconfirmed."

Tucker currently makes $5 million per year. With a bump to $6.8 million, he would become the ninth highest-paid coach in the country between Ohio State's Ryan Day ($6.8 million) and Georgia's Kirby Smart ($7.1 million), according to USA Today.

Tucker, 49, took over a sputtering program from Mark Dantonio after the 2019 season and has the Spartans back in the national conversation two years later. Michigan State won its first eight games this season, including a 37-33 thriller over Michigan in East Lansing, and debuted at No. 3 in the College Football Playoff Rankings. The Spartans are currently No. 7 after a loss to Purdue.

Tucker's success fueled speculation that he would leave for more money at LSU, a la Nick Saban in 1999, after the Tigers announced they would be parting ways with head coach Ed Orgeron. But Michigan State has apparently convinced him to stay.

"Mel Tucker’s about to secure the bag," said Mike Valenti, corroborating Beard's report. "Long-term extension, $6.8 million with incentives to take him to $8 million. It firmly puts him in the top 8 highest-paid coaches. It gets him Ryan Day money. Both Rico and I have heard the same things. This is not new. They’ve been working on this for weeks."

Beard said it's unclear when Michigan State plans to announce the news. The Spartans host Maryland Saturday before colliding with No. 6 Ohio State next weekend in Columbus.

Mel Tucker

 

 

 

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Mark Stoops salary this past year was $5.25mil -- obviously getting a raise.  

 

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I should have pushed my boys into becoming college football coaches instead of finance and accounting.  What was I thinking?

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Someone needs to do a $ per win analysis on these salaries.

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38 minutes ago, Left Coast said:

Someone needs to do a $ per win analysis on these salaries.

Somebody did on the sec I saw on twitter the other day.  I believe Jimbo was the 2nd worst value and I believe Sam Pittman was either the best or 2nd best at like $125 per win.

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Just for fun, adding this...

 

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Lane Kiffin got a significant raise and some attractive incentives in his new contract.

DOUG SAMUELS

Details of Lane Kiffin's new deal at Ole Miss

Over the weekend, Ole Miss threw some water on any rumors still floating around out there that Lane Kiffin would be entertaining other coaching opportunities with the announcement that they had agreed to a new contract to keep him on The Grove.

Earlier today, Ole Miss released the details of that new deal.  The total base compensation for Kiffin starts at $7.25 million, and that increases $100k each year until he's making $7.55 million in 2025.

That marks a significant raise for Kiffin, who made $4.5 million this past fall leading the Rebels.

Kiffin will also get a salary pool of $3.5 million for his support staff.

Incentives for the deal include:

• $150k for each win against SEC opponents, starting with the fifth SEC win of the regular season.
• $100k for each regular season win against a non-SEC Power 5 opponent
• $150k for playing in the SEC title game OR $400k for winning the SEC title
• $500k for playing in a College Football Playoff Semifinal game, OR $1 million for winning the national title

Kiffin also has a number of incentives tied to season ticket sales, where he can make up to an additional $200k.  In 2021, Kiffin led the Rebels to their first 10-win regular season in school history.  On Sunday, it was revealed that Kiffin and the Rebels will play in the Sugar Bowl, where they will face Baylor in a match up of top 10 teams.

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DEC 5, 2021       ZACH BARNETT

Recent contracts for college coaches expected to send NFL coaching pay upwards

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A run of $90 million contracts could cause NFL coaching salaries to double or even triple in recent years.

It took just a matter of weeks for $90+ million contracts to become normalized in college football, and that hasn't gone unnoticed in the NFL.

Jay Glazer reported for Fox's NFL pregame show Sunday morning, summarized here by ProFootballTalk, that recent deals inked by the likes of Jimbo Fisher, Mel Tucker, James Franklin, Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly -- with more certainly coming -- turned heads at the professional level, and that NFL head coaching salaries could double or even triple within the next couple years.

As of now, the league is believed to have eight head coaches earning eight figures a year, led by Bill Belichick's rumored $20 million salary.

Two factors have historically suppressed NFL head coaching salaries, compared to college. One, NFL contracts are more ironclad than their college counterparts, so there's less of a need by ownership to overpay in order to fend off competitors. Two, without open-records laws, owners have no incentive to publicize how much they pay their coaches.

But this could soon change. For one, league revenues are climbing. The NFL topped $15 billion in total revenue in 2019, more than triple what the league generated in 2002.

PFT writes that a third of NFL head coaches could earn $25 million 

Even if all 32 coaches earned $25 million a year, that's "only" $800 million per year. The NFL has been clear about its ambitions for years: $25 billion in annual revenue by 2025. 

Professional football is a for-profit business, with no cap governing coaches salaries. At $800 million a year, that's 3.2 percent of $25 billion. NFL players collectively earn 48 percent of football-related revenue. Three percent to the coaches running each team seems like a drop in the bucket, does it not?

 

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Saban gets a contract extension...

Nick Kelly, The Tuscaloosa News   Dec 10, 2021

Alabama football coach Nick Saban’s contract extension through the 2028 season is official after the compensation committee of the University of Alabama system board of trustees approved the deal in a virtual meeting Monday.

The university announced it had agreed on the extension with Saban in early June, a deal that would add three years to his contract, keeping him in Tuscaloosa through at least February 2029.

His base salary will remain $275,000. His talent fee for 2020-21 was $8.425 million and will continue to grow at a rate of $400,000 annually. It will reach $11.225 million in the final year of the extension. With his base salary and talent fee, he is set to make $11.5 million in 2028-29.

Saban is set to become the first college coach to reach $10 million in annual recurring compensation during this contract in 2023-24. He will also receive an $800,000 completion benefit each year through 2025 upon finishing each season.

 

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To get him to leave Stillwater, Ohio State came to Jim Knowles with an offer to make him the highest paid assistant in Ohio State history.

DEC 10, 2021        DOUG SAMUELS

To land Jim Knowles, Ohio State made him the highest paid assistant in Buckeye history

A few weeks ago Mike Gundy was "very, very confident" that Oklahoma State would be able to retain defensive coordinator, and Broyles Award finalist Jim Knowles.

That comment also came with a qualifier though, or should we say a challenge to his administration in Stillwater.

Being able to forsee that Knowles was going to be a hot commodity after his work with the Cowboys over the past few seasons, Gundy challenged those in Stillwater to step up to do what was necessary to keep him before other programs came with deeper pockets to poach him away.

“If you want to play with the big boys, and that’s your goal and the philosophy of the people in the organization and the fans, you gotta get in the same boat. If you want to get in the boat, then get in the boat. If you don’t, then don’t expect it."

"There is a side of it to where you have to decide if you want to play in the big games or not moving forward."

Well, Ohio State ended up being that program who swooped in. Ryan Day brought Knowles to Columbus to shore up some defensive issues that have popped up over the course of the last few seasons and to get the Buckeyes back on the path of playing championship caliber defense.

In Stillwater, Knowles was making $800k per season working alongside Gundy.

Based on multiple reports this afternoon, Knowles more than doubled that in his move to Ohio State.

The new Buckeyes defensive coordinator will make $1.9 million annually as part of his three-year deal. That is significantly more than the $1.3 million the Cowboys were reportedly set to offer him as part of a 5-year contract extension.

That $1.9 million annual salary makes him the highest paid assistant in Ohio State history. 

Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson and secondary coach Kerry Coombs (who is still on staff after starting the season at defensive coordinator before an early season demotion) made $1.4 million.

That salary will put him just shy of the elite $2 million per year coordinator club once led by Clemson coordinators (who are now both head coaches) Brent Venables and Tony Elliott.

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DEC 10, 2021        ZACH BARNETT

Details of Brent Venables contract at Oklahoma

Lincoln Riley's departure for USC was a blow to Oklahoma's collective ego, but it did represent a cost savings for the Sooners' balance sheet.

According to a source, Brent Venables signed a 6-year contract that starts at $7 million per year and rises $100,000 per year thereafter, taking him to a peak of $7.5 million by 2027. He will average $7.25 million in salary over the life of the deal. 

Venables will start at $6.4 million in base pay with $600,000 per year in supplemental payments. 

Lincoln Riley earned $8.05 million in 2021 and was set to top $7.5 million in each of the final four years on his contract, with a $750,000 retention bonus in 2023 that would have taken his pay to $8.275 million that year. 

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Florida State and head football coach Mike Norvell have verbally agreed to a one-year contract extension, it was announced Tuesday. Norvell, who is entering his third season with the Seminoles in 2022, is now under contract through the 2026 season

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Stoops' coach-friendly contract became even friendlier.

Details of Mark Stoops' contract at Kentucky

ZACH BARNETT         7hrs ago

Mark Stoops is 32-17 over his last four years at Kentucky, with an opportunity to collect his second 10-win season in the Citrus Bowl on New Year's Day. That success, at a program not accustomed to sustained winning, has attracted admirers in the media and in other athletics departments.

But the feeling all along was Stoops' best-in-class contract would make it tough to pry him out of Lexington, and this month Kentucky has given Stoops a new deal that will push his roots even further down into the bluegrass.

Stoops signed a new contract that will keep him at Kentucky through the 2027 season, with a salary rising up to $8 million. Via the Louisville Courier-Journal, he'll make $6.75 million in 2022, up from the $5.5 million he would've made under terms of his previous contract. 

2021 salary: $5.25 million
2022: $6.75 million
2023: $7 million
2024: $7.25 million
2025: $7.5 million
2026: $7.75 million
2027: $8 million

Stoops' previous deal provided a $250,000 bonus for reaching seven wins in a season as well as an additional quarter-million bucks for every W beyond No. 7. The new deal ups that threshold a bit: Stoops will receive $250,000 for each at No. 9 and beyond -- but he'll still get an automatic 1-year extension each time Kentucky wins seven games in a season and an automatic 2-year extension for each 10-win season. Those additional seasons will also trigger a $250,000 raise for each new season.

So, if Kentucky goes 7-6 in 2022, Stoops will be locked in for 2028 at $8.25 million.

Additional bonuses range from $50,000 for a team GPA of 2.75 or higher to $500,000 for winning a national championship.

The buyout structure remains extremely coach-friendly as well. Stoops would owe $1.75 million if leaving after next season, while Kentucky would owe him 75 percent of his remaining salary. Moving on after the 2022 season would cost Kentucky $28.125 million.

Kentucky also deepened its assistant salary pool, upping its commitment to $6.5 million per year (from the current level of $5.45 million) and agreed to "evaluate the salaries for the football program’s support staff in accordance with market conditions and retentions strategies, and work in good faith with (Stoops) to increase those salaries accordingly.”

“It was the most important,” Stoops said of the staff pay clause. “We all know I'm paid too much. … Everybody talks about specifically recruiting budget. It's not recruiting budget. There's a lot to it. There's guys over here with me, (director of recruiting) Chase Heuke over here … I can't even tell you the amount of hours that he works and what he does and what he puts into it. So getting some support and continuing to build our organization, that's all.”

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Details of Tony Elliott's deal at Virginia

DOUG SAMUELS              3 HOURS AGO

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Virginia may be Tony Elliott's first head coaching opportunity, but his contract is reflective of where the market is for college coaches right now.  While the offensive coordinator at Clemson, Tony Elliott was the highest paid offensive coordinator in college football making $2 million annually on a contract that kicked in back in July.

Now, in his first opportunity as a head coach, Elliott will start at $4.1 million annually.  Steve Berkowitz was among those that details of the term sheet in a few tweets tonight.

It's a six-year deal for Elliott, who replaces Bronco Mendenhall. The contract runs through March of 2028.  The annual salary starts at $4.1 million, includes a $350k signing bonus,  and increases as follows:

• $4.25 million in years two and three 
• $4.4 million in years four and five
• $4.55 million in year six

Buyouts for both parties begins at $8 million and decreases annually.

The starting salary is reflective of where the market has climbed for college coaches currently. When Bronco Mendenhall left BYU, a program he had built into a top 25 program annually, to take the Virginia job back in 2015 he signed a deal that had a salary of $3.25 million annually with a signing bonus of $25k.

 

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DEC 17, 2021                  DOUG SAMUELS

Oklahoma will reportedly make Jeff Lebby one of the highest paid coordinators in college football

Jeff Lebby has been a part of some of the most explosive offenses in college football.

From his time at Baylor under Art Briles, to UCF (where he first held the offensive coordinator title) to what he did with the Rebels the past two seasons, he's clearly been a coordinator on the rise.

Now, as a part of Brent Venables new staff at Oklahoma, he will reportedly join rare air as one of the highest paid coordinators in college football.

According to The Oklahoman, who obtained the contract details, Lebby has agreed to a three-year, $5.7 million deal.

He will make $1.8 million his first season, $1.9 million year two, and join the $2 million coordinator club in year three under the terms of his deal.

With Tony Elliott leaving Clemson to be the head coach at Virginia, Lebby's salary likely makes him the highest paid offensive coordinator in the game.

At Ole Miss, Lebby initially came on board making $700k, but a new contract 11 months ago bumped his annual pay into the $1.2 million range.

On the other side of the ball, defensive coordinator Ted Roof also has a three-year deal, worth $3.45 million. Roof will make $1.1 million his first season, followed by increases of $50k over the next two seasons.

Head here to read the full piece from  The Oklahoman.

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Lincoln Riley now #1 according to this article...

ByBRAD CRAWFORD Dec 26th 

Highest-paid college football coaches by salary for 2022

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College football's list of highest-paid coaches is expected to change significantly for the 2022 season coming off a wild coaching carousel featuring several record-setting deals. Lincoln Riley landing at USC and Brian Kelly's move to LSU resulted in huge, long-term contracts for the two high-profile coaches, not to mention notable extensions for Mel Tucker and James Franklin within the Big Ten, among others.

If there's more extensions or substantial raises this offseason, that would mean Alabama's Nick Saban likely gets a bump in salary too thanks to specific contract language that guarantees he'll be one of the nation's highest-paid. And he still has the College Football Playoff and potentially another national championship game to play as well.

One coach surprisingly not on the list of the top 10 highest-paid is Michigan's Jim Harbaugh, who just led the Wolverines to their first Big Ten Championship of his tenure. Harbaugh went from the Big Ten's highest-paid coach at $8 million in base salary after taking a massive paycut in January. He is guaranteed $4.1 million in 2022, $4.2 million in 2023, $4.3 million in 2024 and $4.4 million in 2025, according to MLive, with a contract that's laced with incentives.

Based on expected salary figures and reported contract numbers for several new arrivals, here's who we expect to be the nation's 10 highest-paid head coaches during the 2022 season.

10. RYAN DAY, OHIO STATE

2022 base compensation: $7.6 million

The latest: Ryan Day's salary at Ohio State jumps to $7.6 million in 2022 as a part of an extension agreement signed ahead of the 2020 season after he was named Big Ten Coach of the Year following his early success in the post-Urban Meyer era for the Buckeyes. The new deal for Day is supposed to keep him in Columbus through at least through the 2026 football season. Day and the Buckeyes were scheduled to appear in the Big Ten Championship Game this season with another CFB Playoff opportunity on the horizon with a win at Michigan, but it didn't happen after Ohio State's lengthy winning streak over its arch rival came to an end.

9. MARIO CRISTOBAL, MIAMI

2022 base compensation: $8 million

The latest: Mario Cristobal is reportedly set to earn $8 million next season during his first campaign with the Hurricanes, who paid his buyout at Oregon before signing him to a $80 million long-term deal earlier this month. Cristobal was the big fish for the ACC program who fired Manny Diaz to get him. Per reports, Cristobal will have the highest assistant coaching pool in the ACC for salary, which means he'll be able to fill his staff with elite-level options and money not being a factor. "Championship culture" is what Cristobal is hoping to establish early with the Hurricanes and they've made a substantial investment in his services.

T8. JAMES FRANKLIN, PENN STATE

2022 compensation: $8.5 million

The latest: Believed to be one of the top candidates at USC and other major vacancies this coaching cycle, James Franklin instead remained at Penn State with a gargantuan extension that makes him one of the Big Ten's highest-paid coaches in 2022 and beyond. The school announced a new 10-year contract for Franklin in November, a deal that includes $8.5 million in total compensation each year. Franklin, who has led the program to three 11-win seasons and one Big Ten championship during his eight seasons, will remain at Penn State through 2031.

T8. DABO SWINNEY, CLEMSON

2022 compensation: $8.5 million

The latest: Clemson’s trustees approved a 10-year, $93 million contract for Dabo Swinney prior to the 2019, a deal that stands out for both its length and dollar amount. Few coaches in college football history can claim a 10-year deal, and fewer still can say they averaged $9.3 million a year. Not to mention there's an "Alabama clause" in the agreement, verbiage featuring an "enhanced" buyout clause should the multi-time national champion jump ship for the Crimson Tide in the future before the end of the deal.

T6. DAVID SHAW, STANFORD

2022 compensation: $9 million (estimated)

The latest: The Pac-12's highest-paid coach by a wide margin prior to Lincoln Riley's arrival at USC, David Shaw's reported total is from the 2019 season since that's now public record and Stanford's individual updated annual salaries for employees are private. So, we're guessing a bit here, but Shaw's 2022 salary should be around — or exceed — $9 million. Shaw reportedly did not see a pay reduction during the 2021 campaign stemming from the economic crisis across college football from the 2020 pandemic.

T6. JIMBO FISHER, TEXAS A&M

2022 compensation: $9 million

The latest: LSU was reportedly set to offer Jimbo Fisher a record-setting deal to leave the Aggies and move to Baton Rouge, but it didn't happen. Fisher shot down the rumors early and said his long-term plans were with Texas A&M and Texas A&M only, given the elite 2022 signing class, enhanced facilities and funds resources devoted to winning national championships at the program. Fisher's 10-year, $75 million deal a few years ago was a market-setter at the time. His extension in September increased Fisher's 2022 salary to $9 million and near the top of the coaching ranks.

T4. MEL TUCKER, MICHIGAN STATE

2022 compensation: $9.5 million

The latest: Mel Tucker signed a mega extension at Michigan State in November, one that will pay him $95 million over the next 10 years. According to Spartan Tailgate's reporting, two MSU alumni — Mat Ishbia and Steve St. Andre — are funding the massive raise from just over $5.5 million per season to a now mastic annual salary. Michigan State will owe Tucker his full salary if he is fired at any point without cause. Tucker led the program to 10 wins and a berth in a New Year's Six bowl this fall.

T4. BRIAN KELLY, LSU

2022 compensation: $9.5 million

The latest: LSU's new coach had to walk back his "fairy godmother" remarks after taking the job with the Tigers. Brian Kelly was asked earlier this season at Notre Dame if he could ever see himself leaving the Fighting Irish for another job. Kelly definitively said no, unless a "fairy godmother" dropped a "$250 million" contract in his lap, which would make him reconsider. It happened. LSU lured Kelly away from South Bend, Indiana, with an expansive deal earlier this month. The Tigers will shell out $95 million over a 10-year deal that is sure to expand if Kelly proves his worth early.

2. NICK SABAN, ALABAMA

2022 compensation: $9.9 million (estimated)

The latest: We've mentioned the detailed contract language within Nick Saban's deal with the Crimson Tide and he has said publicly he expects Alabama to be his final coaching stop. The seven-time national champion agreed to a contract extension that would keep him in charge of the Crimson Tide through at least the 2028 season earlier this fall and he's going to get another bump given changes to the coaching landscape over the past month and change.

1. LINCOLN RILEY, USC

2022 compensation: $10 million (estimated)

The latest: Unable to match USC's expansive contract offer, Oklahoma watched its elite head coach leave for the Trojans earlier this fall in a month that shocked the coaching landscape across college football. Lincoln Riley inked a long-term contract worth approximately $110 million (reportedly since USC is private) that included a lavish mansion in Los Angeles, among other expansive perks. Riley took home $7.6 million with the Sooners this season, a number that made him the Big 12's highest-paid coach and one of the nation's richest.

 

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A look at the contracts for Brian Kelly's LSU staff

ZACH BARNETT          JAN 7, 2022

Brian Kelly's first LSU staff is nearly set. He still needs to hire a wide receivers coach and he still needs to assign positional duties to defensive aides Robert Steeples and Kerry Cooks, but other than that everything is in place.

Even the salaries.

The last of the assistants -- saved the yet-to-be-hired coach, obviously -- saw their deals approved on Thursday. Via The Advocate's Wilson Alexander, each of Kelly's hires got a 3-year deal rising incrementally each year. To date, LSU has committed $8.18 million to Kelly's nine assistants and head strength coach Jake Flint. 

Matt House, defensive coordinator
2022 -- $1.8 million | 2023 -- $1.9 million | 2024 -- $2 million

Mike Denbrock, offensive coordinator
2022 -- $1.3 million | 2023 -- $1.4 million | 2024 -- $1.5 million

Frank Wilson, associate head coach
2022 -- $900,000 | 2023 -- $950,000 | 2024 -- $1 million

Jamar Cain, defensive line coach/run game coordinator
2022 -- $800,000 | 2023 -- $850,000 | 2024 -- $900,000

Brian Polian, special teams coordinator
2022 -- $625,000 | 2023 -- $675,000 | 2024 -- $725,000

Joe Sloan, quarterbacks coach
2022 -- $550,000 | 2023 -- $600,000 | 2024 -- $650,000

Robert Steeples, defensive assistant
2022 -- $450,000 | 2023 -- $500,000 | 2024 -- $550,000

Kerry Cooks, defensive assistant
2022 -- $450,000 | 2023 -- $500,000 | 2024 -- $550,000

Jake Flint, director of athletic development
2022 -- $475,000 | 2023 -- $500,000 | 2024 -- $525,000

Offensive line coach Brad Davis, a 2021 arrival and the lone holdover from Ed Orgeron's staff, was on a 3-year deal that was to pay him $830,000 in 2022 and $850,000 in '23. 

 

Btw, here's BK's info from a Top 10 ranking of CFB Head Coaches salaries...

T4. BRIAN KELLY, LSU

2022 compensation: $9.5 million

The latest: LSU's new coach had to walk back his "fairy godmother" remarks after taking the job with the Tigers. Brian Kelly was asked earlier this season at Notre Dame if he could ever see himself leaving the Fighting Irish for another job. Kelly definitively said no, unless a "fairy godmother" dropped a "$250 million" contract in his lap, which would make him reconsider. It happened. LSU lured Kelly away from South Bend, Indiana, with an expansive deal earlier this month. The Tigers will shell out $95 million over a 10-year deal that is sure to expand if Kelly proves his worth early.

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To right what went wrong in 2021 and before, Nebraska is investing even more in Scott Frost's coaching staff.

ZACH BARNETT     JAN 21, 2022

Nebraska sets salaries for Scott Frost's 2022 staff

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It's an amazing thing when you stop and think about it. Nebraska fell well short of expectations in 2021, entering the year anticipating its first bowl trip since 2016 and ending it further from the Promised Land it's ever been, at 3-9.

The school brought Scott Frost back for a fifth season, despite AD Trev Alberts admitting there's not a lot of empirical evidence that a 15-29 coach will right the ship given a fifth try, and will pay his staff more in 2022 than it did in 2021.

Because, duh. The guys that went 3-9 didn't get it done, so you've got to pay more money to get the new guys in here. These are the guys that will get it done.

Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Mark Whipple will earn $875,000, a massive jump from the $500,000 Matt Lubick made to coordinate the offense and coach the wide receivers in 2020 and '21.

Associate head coach/wide receivers coach Mickey Joseph will earn $600,000; the coach he replaced, Mario Verduzco, earned $375,000.

New running backs coach Bryan Applewhite will earn $325,000; a $75,000 savings from what Ryan Held earned in 2021. Held was also Nebraska's recruiting coordinator.

Offensive line coach Donovan Raiola's $325,000 salary also represents a savings from the $500,000 Greg Austin earned to coach the same position in 2021.

Tight ends coach Sean Beckton earned a $25,000 raise to $450,000. 

On defense, coordinator Erik Chinander netted a 1-year extension and a $50,000 raise to $850,000.

Defensive line coach Mike Dawson earned a 1-year extension and a $550,000 salary, with a $100,000 retention bonus due in April. 

Inside linebackers coach Barrett Ruud netted a $75,000 raise to $325,000. 

Bill Busch was promoted from defensive analyst to special teams coordinator and will earn $400,000.

And defensive backs coach Travis Fisher will earn $450,000.

In all, Frost's assistants will earn $5.15 million, increasing Nebraska's investment by more than half a million dollars from 2021.  The Omaha World-Herald notes that's the highest number in school history, which cuts to the core of the college football coaching market. (It should be noted, Frost took a $1 million pay cut, so he's financing the investment himself in a way.)

If the 2022 team wins enough to save their coaches' jobs, it'll be time to dole out extensions and raises. And if the 2022 team doesn't win enough, it'll be time to bring in a new staff and pay those guys more than what they're currently paying these guys.

 

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FEB 22, 2022     ZACH BARNETT

Cincinnati makes Luke Fickell's contract extension official

Cincinnati officially extended Luke Fickell's contract, after the deal was first reported last week.  The deal is a reflection of Cincinnati's commitment to remain among college football's elite programs.

"Completing a contract extension for Coach Fickell was a top priority for our athletic department and university, and shows our commitment to growing this football program and taking it to the next level," AD John Cunningham said. "We believe we have the best coach in the country and certainly the best leader for our Cincinnati football program. He has proven that day in and day out by building a culture that consistently wins and breaks records, but most importantly develops men of great character, setting them up to succeed in life. I can't thank President Neville Pinto enough for his leadership and work on getting this contract completed.

"We share Coach Fickell's vision to grow the program. This new contract ensures that we are united and committed to enhancing our university and continuing to impact the lives of student-athletes – core missions of our athletic department. This is also a major step towards making sure we will be 'Day One Ready' and prepared to compete for championships when we join the Big 12 conference."

The deal keeps Fickell under contract through 2028 with an immediate raise to $5 million per year. His assistant salary pool will be $5.2 million.

The extension makes Cincinnati immediately competitive upon entry to the Big 12. In fact, Fickell stands as the league's highest-paid coach outside Texas' Steve Sarkisian and Oklahoma's Brent Venables.

Cincinnati became the first Group of 5 program to crash the College Football Playoff last season and stands at 44-7 over the past four seasons. The Bearcats have won 23 straight games against every program except Alabama and Georgia. 

"I appreciate the support of the leadership at the University of Cincinnati, including Director of Athletics and President Neville Pinto, as well as the Board of Trustees, our fans and our whole university and Cincinnati community," Fickell said. "John and President Pinto share my vision for how we want to grow this program and take it to the next level, and that's by investing in people - not just the head coach - and providing the necessary resources to prepare student-athletes to be at their best on and off the field.

"I'm truly honored to be the head coach of the University of Cincinnati and excited to keep working with our phenomenal student-athletes and administration to continue to develop our program. Now, it's time to get to work."

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The highest-paid wide receivers coaches in college football: 2022 edition

ZACH BARNETT        2 HOURS AGO

Volatility is a hazard of the coaching business. It's also, at the highest levels, quite profitable. LSU paid Mickey Joseph $407,000 to coach its wide receivers in 2021.

When Ed Orgeron was fired and the staff was changed over, LSU paid a premium to pluck Cortez Hankton, still buzzed from the championship champagne, away from Georgia. Hankton netted a $300,000 raise to become the highest-paid wide receivers coach in the industry. 

To replace Hankton, Georgia recalled Bryan McClendon, a former Bulldog wide receiver and a former Bulldog running backs coach, to coach his old position at his alma mater. That netted him a $185,000 raise from what he earned at Oregon. (McClendon was set to follow Mario Cristobal to Miami before returning to Athens.)

Meanwhile,  Joseph -- part of the fired staff at LSU -- got a 2-year deal at Nebraska, making him the second-highest paid member of Scott Frost's staff at $600,000 per year. 

Here's how the full list breaks down:

1. Cortez Hankton, LSU -- $850,000+
2. Kasey Dunn, Oklahoma State -- $800,000*
3. Bryan McClendon, Georgia -- $700,000+
4. Dameyune Craig, Texas A&M -- $675,000
5. JaMarcus Shepard, Washington -- $650,000+
6. Cale Gundy, Oklahoma -- $610,000+
7. Brian Hartline, Ohio State -- $600,000+
7. Mickey Joseph, Nebraska -- $600,000+
9. Junior Adams, Oregon -- $575,000+
9. Holmon Wiggins, Alabama -- $575,000+
11. George McDonald, Illinois -- $550,000+
11. Derrick Nix, Ole Miss -- $500,000+
11. Nate Scheelhassee, Iowa State -- $500,000+
14. Justin Stepp, South Carolina -- $475,000
15. Ron Dugans, Florida State -- $450,000
15. Tyler Grisham, Clemson -- $450,000+
15. Emmett Jones, Texas Tech -- $450,000+
18. Lonnie Galloway, North Carolina -- $440,000+
19. Courtney Hawkins, Michigan State -- $425,000
20. Joker Phillips, NC State -- $415,000+
21. Alvis Whitted, Wisconsin -- $400,000
22. Matt Simon, Minnesota -- $395,000
23. Steve Spurrier, Jr., Mississippi State -- $390,000+

Additional notes: 

-- Notable names missing: Ike Hilliard (Auburn), Keary Colbert (Florida), Jacob Peeler (Missouri), Fontel Mines (Virginia Tech), Brennan Marion (Texas), Taylor Stubblefield (Penn State), Adam Henry (Indiana), Garrick McGee (Purdue), Joel Filani (Washington State)

-- Another notable name missing is Miami's Josh Gattis. It's unlikely we'll ever learn what he's making at The U, a private school, but we do know he was set to become college football's first $1 million wide receivers coach had he remained in Ann Arbor. (Obviously, Gattis is also an offensive coordinator.) He likely got more than that to leave for Miami. "In life I would never advise anyone to be where they are not wanted," he sent in a text to his players on his way to Coral Gables.

Michigan replaced Gattis by moving Ron Bellamy from safeties to wide receivers. He'll earn $250,000 in 2022, per the 2-year deal he signed upon joining the Wolverine staff from Michigan's West Bloomfield High School. 

-- Ron Dugans signed a new deal in January; the $450,000 salary was his 2021 figure. 

-- Nate Scheelhasse coaches Iowa State's running backs and wide receivers. 

-- Junior Adams was Washington's original wide receivers coach on Kalen DeBoer's new staff, at $500,000 per year. His move to rival Oregon was profitable for him and for his replacement, JaMarcus Shepard.