CFB Salaries for Head Coaches & Asst Coaches

LTtxfan · March 22, 2022

The highest-paid defensive backs coaches in college football: 2022 edition

ZACH BARNETT MAR 21, 2022

It's that time of year again.

The coaching carousel is always spinning in some form or another, but the speed at which it turns at the Power 5 level has slowed, which means it's time to reset the scoreboard heading into the fall of 2022.

This year we're starting at the back end and working our way in. The goal is to isolate the specific value of position-specific coaching at the Power 5 level, but that gets more difficult with each passing year given the proliferation of titles -- co-coordinator, passing game coordinator, assistant head coach, defensive recruiting coordinator and so on. That's not to say it's a bad thing; it is very much a good thing. Head coaches want to reward good work, and bestowing more responsibility upon an assistant clears the way for various boards of regents to approve longer and fatter contracts.

Barry Odom is the highest-paid coach who coaches defensive backs at $1.85 million -- although technically we could argue Nick Saban into that spot -- but Georgia's Fran Brown is the highest-paid coach whose only official duty is to coach defensive backs.

This is not a comprehensive list, but with close to 40 names on the list, consider it a good start. If I missed anyone, my DMs are open.

1. Barry Odom, Arkansas -- $1.85 million*
2. Jim Leonhard, Wisconsin -- $1.5 million*
3. Chris Partridge, Ole Miss -- $1.2 million*
4. Zach Arnett, Mississippi State -- $1.1 million*
4. Morgan Scalley, Utah -- $1.1 million*
4. Phil Parker, Iowa -- $1.1 million*
7. Patrick Toney, Florida -- $1 million+
8. Bryan Brown, Louisville -- $850,000*
8. Steve Clinkscale, Michigan -- $850,000+
10. Charles Kelly, Alabama -- $825,000+
11. Mickey Conn, Clemson -- $800,000+
11. Terry Joseph, Texas -- $800,000+
13. Fran Brown, Georgia -- $750,000
14. Corey Raymond, Florida -- $725,000+
15. Matt Powledge, Oregon -- $700,000+
15. Tim Walton, Ohio State -- $700,000
17. Jay Valai, Oklahoma -- $655,000+
18. Joe Lorig, Oregon -- $650,000+
19. Derek Jones, Virginia Tech -- $550,000+
19. Chuck Morrell, Washington -- $550,000+
21. TJ Rushing, Texas A&M -- $513,000
22. Tony Hughes, Mississippi State -- $500,000+
22. Marcus Woodson, Florida State -- $500,000+
22. Marcel Yates, Texas Tech -- $500,000+
25. Torrian Gray, South Carolina -- $475,000
25. ShaDon Brown, West Virginia -- $450,000+
25. Kerry Cooks, LSU -- $450,000
25. Perry Eliano, Ohio State -- $450,000
25. Travis Fisher, Nebraska -- $450,000
25. Mike Reed, Clemson -- $450,000+
25. Robert Steeples, LSU -- $450,000
32. Blake Gideon, Texas -- $425,000
32. Willie Martinez, Tennessee -- $425,000
34. Van Malone, Kansas State -- $380,000+
35. Joe DeForest, NC State -- $375,000
35. Tim Duffie, Oklahoma State -- $375,000
35. Brett Maxie, Colorado -- $375,000+
38. Chris Collins, Kentucky -- $350,000
38. Dominique Bowman, Arkansas -- $350,000
40. Zac Etheridge, Auburn -- $315,000+
41. Julius Brown, Washington -- $300,000
41. Brandon Hall, Oklahoma -- $300,000

* - defensive coordinator
+ - co-coordinator/assistant head coach/pass game coordinator/recruiting coordinator

Missing: Charlton Warren (North Carolina), Travaris Robinson (Alabama), Wesley McGriff (Louisville), John Rudzinski and Curome Cox (Virginia), Sam Carter (Ole Miss), Frank Buffano (Kentucky), Terry Smith and Anthony Poindexter (Penn State), Dan Hammerschmidt (Oklahoma State), Rod Chance (Colorado), Pierson Pierleau (Virginia Tech), Brian Mitchell (NC State), Blake Baker and Al Pogue (Missouri).

LTtxfan · March 27, 2022

Mike Gundy receives significant raise at Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State has committed a significant pay bump to Gundy.

DOUG SAMUELS MAR 25, 2022

Oklahoma State announced an approved raise for head coach Mike Gundy this afternoon. Gundy's annual compensation got a $1 million pay bump, and will also receive an annual retention bonus of $1 million over each of the next five years. Those changes bring Gundy's compensation for the 2022 season to $7.5 million.

Steve Berkowitz points out that this new deal means that there will be at least nine public school coaches making at least $7.5 million during the 2022 season, with a new deal for Georgia's Kirby Smart expected and at least 13 public school coaches will be making at least $7 million.

The $125k annual escalator and annual one year extension terms from his existing contract remain in place.

The pay raise marks a step up in commitment from the school, and comes after Gundy publicly challenged the school to do the same while his now former defensive coordinator Jim Knowles (now at Ohio State) was being courted by some of college football's top programs.

From the school's release:

"I've spent a majority of my life in Stillwater. Oklahoma State is home. This next-level commitment from our president, , athletic director and our Board of Regents is a monumental step in solidifying Cowboy Football for the future as a national brand," Gundy said. "I'm thankful for Chad, our relationship, and the support and loyalty he's shown not only to me, but to our assistant coaches, support staff, student-athletes, former players, fans and everyone involved with OSU Football. The Cowboy Culture has never been stronger.

"We've already established OSU Football as a contender on the national stage," he added. "My excitement with our administration and their vision has me looking forward to long-term success on and off the field."

The Cowboys are coming off a 12-win season, which marks their best season in a decade and tied a school record for wins. Gundy is 149-69 since taking over the Cowboys back in 2005.

LTtxfan · March 29, 2022

The highest-paid defensive line coaches in college football: 2022 edition

The going rate for top-level defensive line coaching has topped half a million dollars, but D-line coaches are lacking behind their peers in one important way.

ZACH BARNETT 6 HOURS AGO

The goal of this project is to isolate, as best we can, the monetary value of elite coaching in major college football. At other positions, that gets difficult, due to a proliferation of coordinator and co-coordinator responsibilities.

For one reason or another, you won't see as many asterisks and plus signs as you do at other positions.

On the one hand, that tells you head coaches are likely lacking in doling out responsibility to their defensive line coach as compared to other position coaches. On the other, it certainly helps us here in this corner of the college football Interent.

Larry Johnson retains his title as the highest-paid defensive line coach in college football, but the median value for elite D-line coaching seems to be $550,000, with four coaches earning that number and five more within $50,000.

The full list:

1. Larry Johnson, Ohio State -- $1.13 million+
2. Bo Davis, Texas -- $900,000
3. Elijah Robinson, Texas A&M -- $867,000+
4. Jamar Cain, LSU -- $800,000+
5. Brian Williams, Maryland -- $775,000*
6. Tray Scott, Georgia -- $760,000
7. Nick Eason, Clemson -- $750,000+
8. Freddie Roach, Alabama -- $720,000
9. Miguel Chavis, Oklahoma -- $600,000
9. Mike Elston, Michigan -- $600,000+
11. Inoke Breckterfield, Washington -- $550,000
11. Mike Dawson, Nebraska -- $550,000
11. Rodney Garner, Tennessee -- $550,000
11. Odell Haggins, Florida State -- $550,000+
11. John Papuchis, Florida State -- $550,000+
16. Terry Price, Texas A&M -- $525,000
17. Lemanski Hall, Clemson -- $500,000
17. Tony Tuioti, Oregon -- $500,000
19. JC Price, Virginia Tech -- $475,000+
20. Randall Joyner, Ole Miss -- $450,000
21. Todd Bates, Oklahoma -- $440,000+
22. Kelvin Bell, Iowa -- $425,000
22. Jeff Phelps, Mississippi State -- $425,000
24. Brick Haley, Minnesota -- $420,000
25. Deke Adams, Arkansas -- $400,000
25. Charley Wiles, NC State -- $400,000

* - Coordinator
+ - Co-coordinator/run game coordinator/assistant head coach/recruiting coordinator

Additional notes:

-- Hold up. Todd Bates left Clemson for a pay... cut? Oklahoma's associate head coach, co-defensive coordinator, run game coordinator, and defensive tackles coach (that's a lot of commas) earned $515,000 at Clemson in 2021. He's well below defensive ends coach Miguel Chavis, who was in player development at Clemson and has no additional responsibilities beyond coaching defensive ends. So what's the deal?

Bates, offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby and defensive coordinator Ted Roof are Brent Venables' only assistants to get 3-year deals. Everyone else got 2-year deals, including assistant head coach Cale Gundy (though the former Sooner QB essentially has a lifetime deal in Norman) and co-defensive coordinator Jay Valai. Bates's salary climbs to $665,000 in 2023 and $715,000 in '24. Bates' buddy Vinny took care of him, he'll just have to be patient.

-- Missing: Jimmy Brumbaugh (Auburn), Sean Spencer (Florida).

LTtxfan · March 29, 2022

Bump to pg 5...

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

ZACH BARNETT March 22nd, 2022

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.

markstanco · March 30, 2022

Brick haley probably gets an extra 20-30k a year for his name alone.

LTtxfan · March 30, 2022

The highest paid tight ends coaches in college football: 2022 edition

ZACH BARNETT 8 HOURS AGO

Last year gave us our first $2 million tight ends coach.

Sure, most of that $2 million Clemson paid Tony Elliott last year was to coordinate the offense but, still, Elliott coached Clemson's tight ends and he made $2 million, and so college football had its first $2 million tight ends coach.

Elliott is now Virginia's head coach, and given a clean slate to structure his offensive staff to his whims, Elliott mirrored what he knew at Clemson. Des Kitchings coordinates Virginia's offense while also coaching the Cavaliers' tight ends.

Alas, we don't yet know how much Kitchings makes to do so, but we've got plenty of data on his peers elsewhere. Ohio State's Kevin Wilson is the highest-paid assistants that coaches tight ends, and Michigan State's Ted Gilmore is college football's highest-paid tight ends coach.

The full list:

1. Kevin Wilson, Ohio State -- $1.4 million*
2. Mike Denbrock, LSU -- $1.3 million*
3. Vince Marrow, Kentucky -- $1.2 million+
4. Jeff Banks, Texas -- $1 million+
5. Brian Ferentz, Iowa -- $860,000*
6. Tyler Bowen, Virginia Tech -- $850,000*
7. Alex Golesh, Tennessee -- $750,000*
8 .Jay Harbaugh, Michigan -- $600,000+
9. Ted Gilmore, Michigan State -- $541,000
10. Joe Jon Finley, Oklahoma -- $520,000
11. John David Baker, Ole Miss -- $510,000+
12. Andy Kotelnicki, Kansas -- $500,000*
12. Kyle Richardson, Clemson -- $500,000+
12. Chris Thomsen, Florida State -- $500,000
15. Sean Beckton, Nebraska -- $450,000
15. Todd Hartley, Georgia -- $450,000
17. John Lilly, North Carolina -- $440,000
18. James Coley, Texas A&M -- $425,000+
18. Erik Link, Missouri -- $425,000+
20. Dowell Loggains, Arkansas -- $400,000
21. Todd Goebbel, NC State -- $370,000
22. Jason McEndoo, Oklahoma State -- $365,000
23. Brad Bedell, Auburn -- $350,000
23. Derek Sage, UCLA -- $350,000+
23. Jody Wright, South Carolina -- $350,000
23. Freddie Whittingham, Utah -- $350,000

-- Missing: Joe Cox (Alabama), William Peagler (Florida), Des Kitchings (Virginia).

LTtxfan · April 9, 2022

Alabama doles out contracts, raises to eight of Nick Saban's assistants

Alabama will pay its assistants more in 2022 than it did it '21, but still less than the 2020 staff.

ZACH BARNETT 4 HOURS AGO

All eight position coaches on Nick Saban's staff will earn more in 2022 than they did in 2021. Alabama's board of trustees on Friday approved raises for four of Saban's returning coaches, as well as all four new ones, according to AL.com.

Defensive coordinator Pete Golding, heading into Year 2 of a 3-year deal, will remain the highest-paid assistant coach on staff at $1.6 million. Offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien heads into the final year of a 2-year contract at $1.1 million.

Offensive line coach Eric Wolford will be the highest-paid position coach at $900,000 per year. That doubles what he earned at Kentucky and bests the $755,000 Doug Marrone earned coaching the Tide's O-line last season.

Wide receivers coach Holmon Wiggins -- the longest tenured offensive staff member, heading into his fourth year on staff -- will earn $850,000, a $275,000 raise from last season. Associate defensive coordinator/safeties coach Charles Kelly will also earn $850,000, a modest $25,000 bump from 2021.

New cornerbacks coach Travaris Robinson is next at $800,000. That's a $275,000 raise from what Bama paid Jay Valai to coach corners last season, and a clue as to how much Robinson earned at Miami.

Next, defensive line coach Freddie Roach will earn $750,000 (a $30,000 raise), running backs coach Robert Gillespie will make $565,000 (another $30,000 raise), and linebackers coach/special teams coordinator Coleman Hutzler will earn $495,000, a $195,000 raise from what he earned at Ole Miss but a $200,000 savings from what Alabama paid Sal Sunseri. Hutzler got a 2-year deal and will make $595,000 in 2023.

Finally, tight ends coach Joe Cox rounds out the staff at $325,000, a 361 percent raise from what he earned at Charlotte.

In total, Alabama will pay Saban's on-the-field staff $8.235 million in 2022, $410,000 more than it paid his staff in 2021 but still below the record $8.85 million the 2020 group earned, thanks in large part to Steve Sarkisian's $2.5 million salary.

LTtxfan · April 9, 2022

Brian Hartline, Tony Alford net raises at Ohio State

Ohio State's wide receivers and running backs coaches are reaping the rewards of maintaining college football's highest-scoring offense.

ZACH BARNETT APR 6, 2022

Very, very few coaches are actually underpaid on the real world scale, but on the college football scale, Brian Hartline was arguably the most underpaid in the sport. Ohio State's wide receivers room was the very best in college football in 2021. Not just the best receiver room, but the best position room.

Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave will likely be first-round picks later this month, and the most productive player of the group, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, is not yet draft eligible. When Wilson (1,058 yards, 12 touchdowns) and Olave (936 yards, 13 touchdowns) opted out of the Rose Bowl, Smith-Njigba set a bowl game record with 15 grabs for 347 yards and three touchdowns, underclassmen Emeka Egbuka, Julian Fleming, and Marvin Harrison, Jr., combined for 14 receptions for 152 yards and three touchdowns.

In 2022, Ohio State will roster seven receivers who ranked among the national top 100 players as recruits, and that's after losing two first-round picks to the draft, plus a third future first-round pick (Jameson Williams) to transfer.

Ohio State is churning out elite wide receivers, and as a result Hartline will no longer be underpaid.

Following a promotion to passing game coordinator, Hartline signed a 2-year deal that will pay him $950,000 per year.

Assistant head coach and run game coordinator Tony Alford signed a 2-year extension worth $750,000 per year.

Not to be overshadowed by Ohio State's wide receivers, the Buckeyes' running backs are also a best-in-class position. Six Buckeyes have cracked the 1,000-yard mark in Alford's seven seasons, with the 8-game 2020 season the only exception. Freshman TreVeyon Henderson ranked fourth in the Big Ten in rushing yards (1,255) and third in rushing touchdowns (15) last season.

With the moves, Ohio State's offensive staff will be well compensated in dollars and titles.

Under an offensive-minded head coach in Ryan Day, the Buckeyes have offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson ($1.4 million in 2021), passing game coordinator Hartline, run game coordinator Alford, assistant head coach for offense Justin Frye ($800,000) and quarterbacks coach Corey Dennis, whose $100,000 raise takes him to $400,000 per year. He and Wilson signed 2-year deals, while associate head coach/defensive line coach Larry Johnson got a 1-year extension.

LTtxfan · April 16, 2022

The 2021 season saw a major leap forward for Jim Knowles. Who will be the Jim Knowles of 2022?

The highest-paid linebackers coaches in college football: 2022 edition

ZACH BARNETT APR 12, 2022

A year ago at this time, no one would've guessed Jim Knowles as the highest-paid linebackers coach in college football.

The Oklahoma State defensive coordinator was well-paid at $800,000, but that was just a third of what Brent Venables earned at Clemson, where he was entrenched as the Tigers' defensive coordinator. Beyond that, in 10 seasons coordinating defenses at Duke and Oklahoma State, Knowles's units ranked in the top-40 nationally twice.

But Knowles picked a good year to have a good year. When Kerry Coombs was not retained at Ohio State, Ryan Day turned to Knowles, leader of the nation's No. 5 yards per play defense in 2021. Furthermore, his defense's shutout of Oklahoma in the second half of Bedlam allowed Lincoln Riley to take the USC job, which allowed Brent Venables to remove himself from consideration among college football's highest-paid assistants.

Oklahoma State's offer actually beat Ohio State's in terms of total dollars ($6.5 million over five years vs. $5.7 over three), but Knowles picked Ohio State. As recently as 2016, Knowles led the nation's No. 105 defense at Duke. Now he's the highest-paid defensive coach in the country.

“It’s different because it’s The Ohio State,” Knowles said last month. ” It’s different because everything here, the expectations, the amount of resources that I have with coaches on the field, analysts off the field, recruiting resources — I basically have everything I ever wanted, everything any coach could ever want. You know, when you dream about being a coach at this level, that’s it.”

Without further ado, here's the full list.

1. Jim Knowles, Ohio State -- $1.9 million*
2. Matt House, LSU -- $1.8 million*
3. Pete Kwiatkowski, Texas -- $1.7 million*
4. Tosh Lupoi, Oregon -- $1.7 million*
5. Pete Golding, Alabama -- $1.6 million*
6. Brad White, Kentucky -- $1.4 million*
7. Scottie Hazelton, Michigan State -- $1.1 million*
7. Derek Mason, Oklahoma State -- $1.1 million*
7. Ted Roof, Oklahoma -- $1.1 million*
7. Clayton White, South Carolina -- $1.1 million*
11. Peter Sirmon, Cal -- $910,000*
12. Tim DeRuyter, Texas Tech -- $900,000*
12. Jesse Minter, Michigan -- $900,000*
14. Erik Chinander, Nebraska -- $850,000*
15. Tony Gibson, NC State -- $835,000*
16. Chris Marve, Virginia Tech -- $825,000*
17. Will Muschamp, Georgia -- $800,000+
17. Joe Rossi, Minnesota -- $800,000*
17. Glenn Schumann, Georgia -- $800,000+
20. Gene Chizik, North Carolina -- $700,000*
21. Jordan Lesley, West Virginia -- $650,000*
21. Mike Stoops, Kentucky -- $650,000
23. Randy Shannon, Florida State -- $625,000+
24. Chris Wilson, Colorado -- $600,000*
25. Jeff Choate, Texas -- $575,000+
26. Seth Wallace, Iowa -- $560,000+
27. Joe Bob Clements, Oklahoma State -- $550,000
27. William Inge, Washington -- $550,000+
27. Brian Jean-Mary, Tennessee -- $550,000
27. Chad Wilt, Indiana -- $550,000*
31. Tommy Thigpen, North Carolina -- $504,000+
32. George Helow, Michigan -- $500,000
33. Coleman Hutzler, Alabama -- $495,000+
34. Bobby April, Wisconsin -- $475,000+
35. Andy Buh, Illinois -- $450,000
36. Matt Brock, Mississippi State -- $415,000
37. Jeff Koonz, West Virginia -- $400,000+
37. Tyson Veidt, Iowa State -- $400,000+
39. Chris Simpson, Kansas -- $380,000
40. Tyler Santucci, Texas A&M -- $375,000+
41. Mike Ekeler, Tennessee -- $350,000+
41. Sterling Lucas, South Carolina -- $350,000
41. DJ Smith, Missouri -- $350,000+
41. Mark Smith, Colorado -- $350,000
45. Steve Sanard, Kansas State -- $340,000
46. Barrett Ruud, Nebraska -- $325,000
46. Michael Scherer, Arkansas -- $325,000

-- Missing: DJ Durkin (Texas A&M), Maurice Crum (Ole Miss), Christian Robinson (Auburn), Jay Bateman and Mike Peterson (Florida), Manny Diaz (Penn State), Kevin Kane (Illinois), Trent Bray (Oregon State), Brian Ward (Washington State), Vic So'oto (Cal), Johnny Nansen (Arizona).

-- A handful of coaches listed above -- Oklahoma State's Mason, Texas Tech's DeRuyter, to name two -- are so-called "walk-around coordinators" without specific positional assignments. This felt like the best place to include them.

LTtxfan · April 27, 2022

The highest-paid quarterbacks coaches in college football: 2022 edition

The surest path to football riches will always be playing or coaching the quarterback position at an elite level.

ZACH BARNETT 8 HOURS AGO

Quarterback is the most important position in sports, and so logic follows that the quarterbacks coach is often the highest-paid coach on staff (with a notable exception, which we'll get to in a moment.) Lincoln Riley is believed to be the highest-paid quarterbacks coach in the country, at around $10 million a year. Billy Napier is his own quarterbacks coach, as is Mike Leach.

There is no clearer path to riches in the game of football than playing (or coaching) the quarterback position at an elite level.

Unless, however, you happen to coach quarterbacks under a quarterback-centric head coach. AJ Milwee (Texas), Corey Dennis (Ohio State), and Tony Tokarz (Florida State) all coach quarterbacks under QB-centric-head coaches are the lowest-paid coaches on their collective staffs.

If the QBs they coach perform at an elite level, though, all three will be on the fast track to coordinator gigs and rocket up future editions of this list.

Due to the specialized nature of quarterback coaching, we've broken this list into two parts.

Highest-Paid OC/QB Coaches:

1. Todd Monken, Georgia -- $1.25 million
2. Kendal Briles, Arkansas -- $1.2 million
3. Bill O'Brien, Alabama -- $1.1 million
4. Ryan Grubb, Washington -- $1.02 million
5. Kenny Dillingham, Oregon -- $1 million
5. Bobby Engram, Wisconsin -- $1 million
5. Sean Gleeson, Rutgers -- $1 million
8. Brandon Streeter, Clemson -- $925,000
9. Andy Ludwig, Utah -- $915,000
10. Bill Musgrave, Cal -- $910,000
11. Phil Longo, North Carolina -- $900,000
11. Marcus Satterfield, South Carolina -- $900,000
11. Rich Scangarello, Kentucky -- $900,000
14. Mark Whipple, Nebraska -- $875,000
15. Brian Ferentz, Iowa -- $860,000
16. Darrell Dickey, Texas A&M -- $850,000
17. Tim Beck, NC State -- $835,000
18. Walt Bell, Indiana -- $700,000
18. Zach Kittley, Texas Tech -- $700,000
18. Brian Lindgren, Oregon State -- $700,000
21. Barry Lunney, Jr., Illinois -- $675,000
22. Mike Sanford, Colorado -- $625,000
22. Kirk Ciarocca, Minnesota -- $625,000
24. Graham Harrell, West Virginia -- $600,000
25. Dan Enos, Maryland -- $550,000

Highest Paid QB Coaches:
1. Matt Weiss, Michigan -- $850,000
2. Charlie Weis, Jr., Ole Miss -- $800,000
3. Bush Hamdan, Missouri -- $550,000
4. Joe Sloan, LSU -- $550,000
5. Brad Glenn, Virginia Tech -- $475,000
6. Corey Dennis, Ohio State -- $400,000
6. Joel Gordon, Iowa State -- $400,000
8. Joey Halzle, Tennessee -- $350,000
9. Tim Rattay, Oklahoma State -- $315,000
10. AJ Milwee, Texas -- $300,000
10. Tony Tokarz, Florida State -- $300,000

Missing: Collin Klein (K-State), Eric Morris (Washington State)

LTtxfan · May 2, 2022

LTtxfan · May 2, 2022

Seven Texas football coaches set to receive contract extensions

ByTAYLOR ESTES 3 hours ago

Seven Texas football coaches are set to be approved for one-year contract extensions when the UT System Board of Regents meet this week, with five coaches set to also see a pay increase in the future.

Special teams coordinator Jeff Banks will have a fourth year added to his current contract, which will see him make $1,050,000 in Year 2 (2022 season), $1,100,000 in Year 3 (2023 season) and $1,150,000 in Year 4 (2024 season). Defensive line coach Bo Davis will also receive a fourth year added to his original agreement, though Davis will also receive an annual increase to his previous contract. Davis was set to make $900,000 in Year 2 and $925,000 in Year 3, but the D-line coach will join the $1 million club and will receive an annual guaranteed salary of $1 million in each of the three years remaining on his contract.

Davis’ pending raise will make him the fourth Texas assistant coach on Steve Sarkisian’s staff to make $1 million or more as Davis joins the likes of defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski, offensive coordinator Kyle Flood and Banks as the coaches who have reached seven-figure annual salaries. Both Davis and Banks’ agreements will now run through Feb. 28, 2025.

Safeties coach Blake Gideon will receive a third year added to his previous two-year deal and will be paid $475,000 in Year 3 — a $50,000 increase from his Year 2 salary of $425,000.

Quarterbacks coach AJ Milwee will also have a third year added to his previous deal and is set to make $375,000 in his additional year, which is a $75,000 increase from what he will make in 2022.

Cornerbacks coach Terry Joseph will not receive a raise, though he will have a third year added to his previous two-year contract and will make $800,000 in both Year 2 and Year 3. Similar to Joseph, co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Jeff Choate will not receive a raise, but he will add a third year to his previous deal, which will have him making $575,000 for each of the next two football seasons.

In addition to on-field coaches set to receive contract extensions, director of football performance Torre Becton will also have a third year added to his previous agreement and will receive $550,000 in Year 3 — a $25,000 jump from what he will make this football season.

The new contracts for Gideon, Milwee, Joseph, Choate and Becton will run through Feb. 29, 2024.

Edited May 2, 2022 by LTtxfan

markstanco · May 3, 2022

Getting paid like a 13 win team!

Steamboat1874 · May 3, 2022

Who gives a shit.

Just win.

LTtxfan · May 4, 2022

On 5/2/2022 at 2:59 PM, LTtxfan said:

Seven Texas football coaches set to receive contract extensions

ByTAYLOR ESTES 3 hours ago

Seven Texas football coaches are set to be approved for one-year contract extensions when the UT System Board of Regents meet this week, with five coaches set to also see a pay increase in the future.

Special teams coordinator Jeff Banks will have a fourth year added to his current contract, which will see him make $1,050,000 in Year 2 (2022 season), $1,100,000 in Year 3 (2023 season) and $1,150,000 in Year 4 (2024 season). Defensive line coach Bo Davis will also receive a fourth year added to his original agreement, though Davis will also receive an annual increase to his previous contract. Davis was set to make $900,000 in Year 2 and $925,000 in Year 3, but the D-line coach will join the $1 million club and will receive an annual guaranteed salary of $1 million in each of the three years remaining on his contract.

Davis’ pending raise will make him the fourth Texas assistant coach on Steve Sarkisian’s staff to make $1 million or more as Davis joins the likes of defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski, offensive coordinator Kyle Flood and Banks as the coaches who have reached seven-figure annual salaries. Both Davis and Banks’ agreements will now run through Feb. 28, 2025.

Safeties coach Blake Gideon will receive a third year added to his previous two-year deal and will be paid $475,000 in Year 3 — a $50,000 increase from his Year 2 salary of $425,000.

Quarterbacks coach AJ Milwee will also have a third year added to his previous deal and is set to make $375,000 in his additional year, which is a $75,000 increase from what he will make in 2022.

Cornerbacks coach Terry Joseph will not receive a raise, though he will have a third year added to his previous two-year contract and will make $800,000 in both Year 2 and Year 3. Similar to Joseph, co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Jeff Choate will not receive a raise, but he will add a third year to his previous deal, which will have him making $575,000 for each of the next two football seasons.

In addition to on-field coaches set to receive contract extensions, director of football performance Torre Becton will also have a third year added to his previous agreement and will receive $550,000 in Year 3 — a $25,000 jump from what he will make this football season.

The new contracts for Gideon, Milwee, Joseph, Choate and Becton will run through Feb. 29, 2024.

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LTtxfan · May 21, 2022

Day's new raise and extension put him among the highest compensated coaches in college football.

Ryan Day's contract extension and raise put him in the $9 million club

DOUG SAMUELS MAY 18, 2022

Back in March word started to get out that Ryan Day and Ohio State were working on a contract extension and raise. Heading into his fourth season leading the Buckeyes, coming off an 11-2 season and Rose Bowl victory, the Board of Trustees officially approved the terms of the new deal.

Day's extension takes him through 2028 and will pay him $9.5 million per year. That new salary figure ensures that Day is among the highest paid coaches in college football.

He previously made $7.6 million annually and the extension adds two years to his previous deal. Day has led the Buckeyes to a 34-4 mark as head coach, including an impressive 23-1 mark in Big Ten play with two appearances in the College Football Playoff and two Big Ten titles.

The raise and extension for Day come after two of his Big Ten counterparts inked deals back in the fall. Michigan State awarded Mel Tucker with a significant raise and extension back in late November, and Penn State did the same for James Franklin right around the same time in the fall. Both Franklin and Tucker got 10-year extensions with Tucker's worth $95 million and Franklin's worth $75 million.

LTtxfan · May 27, 2022

Raise makes Todd Monken's new salary the highest among college football assistants

Five days after winning the school's first title in 41 years, and weeks after he fielded interest from LSU, Georgia bumped Monken's salary above any of his assistant-coaching colleagues.

ZACH BARNETT. 22 HOURS AGO

To the victor goes the spoils. Six hundred thousand of them, to be exact. Georgia's Todd Monken is now the highest-paid offensive coordinator in college football, with a raise to $2 million annually, according to documents obtained by the Athens

The Banner-Herald reports the raise went into effect on Jan. 15, five days after Georgia defeated Alabama to secure the school's first national title in 41 years, though it was likely in the works long before that. FootballScoop reported back in December that Monken fielded interest to coordinate Brian Kelly's offense at LSU.

Interestingly, the paper reports Georgia did not disclose information about a new or extended contract, just the raise. Hired after one seasons as the Cleveland Browns offensive coordinator, Monken inked a 3-year deal in 2020 that expires after this coming season. The $2 million salary represents a $750,000 raise from what Monken earned in 2021 and a $600,000 raise from what he was set to earn under the terms of the original (and still active?) deal.

It would seem Georgia would want to extend Monken's contract given that the Bulldogs are in a 1 v. 1 fight with Texas for No. 1 recruit Arch Manning, and play-caller stability is one advantage the Longhorns have over the Bulldogs. That, and the obvious -- that Monken just helped Georgia to its first national title in 41 years.

Monken's $2 million salary is the highest in college football, after an offseason in which each of the sport's previous $2 million coordinators (Brent Venables, Oklahoma; Tony Elliott, Virginia; and Mike Elko, Duke) all took head coaching jobs.

However, Monken will not technically be the highest-paid assistant in 2022. Jim Knowles' deal to be Ohio State's new defensive coordinator came with a $1.9 million salary that now sits beyond Monken, but it also came with a $138,500 signing bonus that nudges him back in the top spot.

Georgia is not done handing out raises following the 2021 title run. The school is putting the finishing touches on a long-term extension for Kirby Smart that is sure to be a whopper. The over/under on the total value of the extension is set at $100 million.

LTtxfan · June 3, 2022

Sources: Sam Pittman's new Arkansas deal worth more than $30 million

Arkansas' super-popular coach and leader of one of college football's greatest turnarounds last season is now set to earn $6m-plus per year

JOHN BRICE 9 HOURS AGO

In his second year atop the Arkansas Razorbacks’ football program, Sam Pittman snapped a significant, decade-long drought from the year-end rankings and likewise turned in the first-ever trifecta arguably most important to Hogs’ fans: defeating Texas, Texas A&M and LSU in the same season.

So a new deal for Pittman was inevitable, and Arkansas officials revealed a new, long-term contract extension for Pittman Thursday, as chronicled here by Zach Barnett. Now, FootballScoop has learned the full sum of that new pact for Pittman, and it’s a doozy.

Per multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations, Pittman, who switched representation to college football power-broker Jimmy Sexton and CAA last year, stands now with a revamped five-year deal worth more than $30 million.

In fact, Pittman’s new contract carries a $31 million price tag for the first five years, based on its average adjusted value.

Through deferred compensation and retention bonuses, Pittman actually is in line to average more than $6 million per year. He’ll open the new deal with an even $6 million earning sheet, with retention bonuses added at the end of each year and paid out on a bi-annual basis.

With these bonuses and escalators, the fifth year of Pittman’s deal is worth $6.4 million – bringing this pact to its $31 million value.

Additionally, per terms outlined by Arkansas, if Pittman gets the automatic rollover year for a seven-win season generated at any point during the lifetime of this deal, Pittman’s salary for the rollover year begins at $6.5 million.

And here’s the thing: those retention bonuses aren’t contingent on Pittman being employed by Arkansas for the duration of his deal. Per sources, if Arkansas for whatever reason decided to part with Pittman in January 2025, it still would owe him the retention bonuses from the 2022-23-24 seasons.

LTtxfan · June 18, 2022

Read somewhere else that some believe Kyle may only coach for 2 or 3 more years...

Utah extends Kyle Whittingham's contract with total commitment topping $100 million

Fresh off the school's first Pac-12 title, Utah's extension with Whittingham aims on keeping the program at the top of the conference.

ZACH BARNETT JUN 15, 2022

On Jan. 1, Utah took two steps forward as a football program. The Utes competed in their first Rose Bowl, against ultra-blue blood Ohio State. Though Utah ultimately lost the game, they more than proved worthy of the hallowed ground on which they played: a 14-point halftime lead, 45 points and 463 yards of total offense. The program has already won Sugar and Fiesta bowls as a Mountain West program, but getting to the Rose Bowl as the Pac-12 champion is something else entirely.

The other step forward Utah took that day only became clear today. That's the day Utah's commitment to head coach Kyle Whittingham reached a whole new level.

As reported by USA Today on Wednesday, the program has reached an agreement with Whittingham on a contract extension with a total pledge hitting the 9-figure mark.

First, effective Jan. 1, the school granted Whittingham $41 million in base salary over the next six years, a $6.83 million annual average that makes him the highest-paid coach at a Pac-12 public school. (Stanford's David Shaw is believed to be around the $7 million mark, and USC's Lincoln Riley is rumored to be around $10 million or even above.) Whittingham was paid $5.2 million in 2021, below the $5.6 million UCLA paid Chip Kelly.

Whittingham's 2022 pay will be $6 million, a $400,000 raise from what he was scheduled to earn under the previous agreement. He will reach $8 million by 2027.

Furthermore, the school has put in writing its commitment to increasing its investment in football to reach -- and win -- future Rose Bowls and beyond.

-- If Utah does not put new graphics on the walls of the Eccles Football Center by Sept. 1 of this year, it owes Whittingham $100,000 by Nov. 1.

-- If Utah does not install new carpet in the Eccles Center by Dec. 31, it must pay Whittingham $100,000 within 60 days of that date.

-- If Utah does not begin construction on a $62 million football-only indoor facility by July 1, 2023, it owes Wittingham $100,000.

-- If Utah does not assume occupancy of said facility by Dec. 31, 2024, it owes Whittingham another $100,000.

Presently, Utah shares its indoor facility with other Utes teams and local recreational programs. "Kyle has elevated our football program to the highest levels of success within our conference and climbing nationally and at the same time establishing a culture of excellence that has more than just winning. It's also incredible academic achievement and just the development of our student-athletes,” Utah athletics director Mark Harlan told USA Today. “So it made a lot of sense to compensate him at that elite level in our conference because he's proven that that's where our program resides."

In 17 seasons as Utah's head coach, Whittingham is 143-70 with two conference titles, six AP Top 20 finishes, and the program's first Pac-12 championship. The former BYU linebacker has been with the program continuously since 1994, and his first game as head coach was the landmark Fiesta Bowl victory over Pittsburgh following Urban Meyer's departure for Florida.

The extension cements the 62-year-old Whittingham's status as a Ute lifer. It also includes promises of free tuition for his grandchildren, a $1 million lump sum retirement payment, and a 5-year, $995,000 per year contract to serve as special assistant to the AD when he hangs up his whistle.

Fudge Nuggets · June 20, 2022

On 6/2/2022 at 10:26 PM, LTtxfan said:

Sources: Sam Pittman's new Arkansas deal worth more than $30 million

Arkansas' super-popular coach and leader of one of college football's greatest turnarounds last season is now set to earn $6m-plus per year

JOHN BRICE 9 HOURS AGO

In his second year atop the Arkansas Razorbacks’ football program, Sam Pittman snapped a significant, decade-long drought from the year-end rankings and likewise turned in the first-ever trifecta arguably most important to Hogs’ fans: defeating Texas, Texas A&M and LSU in the same season.

So a new deal for Pittman was inevitable, and Arkansas officials revealed a new, long-term contract extension for Pittman Thursday, as chronicled here by Zach Barnett. Now, FootballScoop has learned the full sum of that new pact for Pittman, and it’s a doozy.

Per multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations, Pittman, who switched representation to college football power-broker Jimmy Sexton and CAA last year, stands now with a revamped five-year deal worth more than $30 million.

In fact, Pittman’s new contract carries a $31 million price tag for the first five years, based on its average adjusted value.

Through deferred compensation and retention bonuses, Pittman actually is in line to average more than $6 million per year. He’ll open the new deal with an even $6 million earning sheet, with retention bonuses added at the end of each year and paid out on a bi-annual basis.

With these bonuses and escalators, the fifth year of Pittman’s deal is worth $6.4 million – bringing this pact to its $31 million value.

Additionally, per terms outlined by Arkansas, if Pittman gets the automatic rollover year for a seven-win season generated at any point during the lifetime of this deal, Pittman’s salary for the rollover year begins at $6.5 million.

And here’s the thing: those retention bonuses aren’t contingent on Pittman being employed by Arkansas for the duration of his deal. Per sources, if Arkansas for whatever reason decided to part with Pittman in January 2025, it still would owe him the retention bonuses from the 2022-23-24 seasons.

Dude earned every cent of that deal considering the shitshow he walked into that no one else would even consider taking on.

LTtxfan · July 2, 2022

Billy Napier's Florida staff features three $1 million coordinators

Florida will have a trio of coordinators earning $1 million, plus one of the highest paid strength coaches in college football

DOUG SAMUELS 10 HOURS AGO

Billy Napier was able to bring a handful of his Louisiana assistants with him when he made the jump to Florida, while also attracting some top-level coaches and recruiters to fill roles as well.

In total, Napier was given an assistant salary pool of $6.35 million to work with to hire his guys. G. Allan Taylor was able to get his hands on what the new Gators staff is earning, and Napier's lineup includes three coordinators that will start off making $1 million this fall.

Patrick Toney followed Napier to Gainesville from Lafayette, while the addition of new offensive coordinator Rob Sale marked a reunion after Sale spent last season in the NFL with the New York Giants after helping Napier's offense at Louisiana set a number of offensive records.

Sean Spencer also spent last season in the NFL with the Giants as their defensive line coach, and will now coach the Gators defensive line and serve as co-defensive coordinator with Toney.

Recapping, the salaries for Napier's staff are:

Patrick Toney (Co-DC / Safeties) - $1 million
Sean Spencer (Co-DC / DL) - $1 million
Rob Sale (OC / OL) - $1 million
Corey Raymond (CBs) - $725k
Mike Peterson (OLBs) - $550k
Keary Colbert (WRs) - $500k
Jabbar Juluke (RBs) - $450k
Jay Bateman (ILBs) - $425k
William Peagler (TEs) - $425k
Darnell Stapleton (OL) - $250k

In addition to those, strength coach Mark Hocke, who spent the last four seasons with Napier at Louisiana, will be one of the highest paid strength coaches in college football.

Hocke, who is set to make $750k this fall, ranks behind only Ohio State's Mickey Mariotti, who made $801k last season.

Napier's Gators will open with Utah at home on September 3rd, before welcoming Mark Stoops and his Kentucky squad to Gainesville the next week.

The rest of the year will feature SEC games at The Swamp against Missouri, LSU, and South Carolina, with road trips to Tennessee, Georgia, Texas A&M, Vandy and Florida State.

LTtxfan · July 7, 2022

There's reportedly a new highest paid strength coach in college football

Multiple reports share that Oklahoma State's Rob Glass will be college football's first $1 million strength coach.

DOUG SAMUELS JUL 4, 2022

After years with familiar names dominating the space, we reportedly have a new highest paid strength coach in college football.

Just a few years ago Ohio State's Mickey Mariotti and Iowa's Chris Doyle were sitting at the top of the list. Mariotti got a raise within the last few years that put him at $801k, while Doyle was just behind that at $800k before he was ultimately dismissed following some troubling issues within the Hawkeye program back in 2020.

Thanks to a new contract, various reports over the weekend out of Oklahoma share that Oklahoma State's Rob Glass will be the new highest paid strength coach in college football.

For years, the profession had been trending toward its first million dollar strength coach and multiple reports share that Glass will be making $1 million annually with this new contract.

Under his previous deal, Glass made $700k annually.

Glass, who holds the title of Assistant AD / Athlete Performance, has been Mike Gundy's loyal right hand man since joining the Cowboys for his second stint as head strength coach 18 seasons ago. He's spent a total of 28 seasons in Stillwater with a decade working with Florida's strength department sandwiched in between those two stints.

Gundy has been banging the table for his guys to be compensated more along the top tier of programs dating back to their attempt to keep defensive coordinator Jim Knowles from leaving for Ohio State (which ultimately did not work as Knowles is now in Columbus).

The public cries seem to have been heard, as Gundy was able to reward his most loyal assistant with the nod as the first million dollar strength coach in the game, and they were also able to grab Auburn defensive coordinator Derek Mason to fill the defensive coordinator opening with a two-year, $2.2 million deal.

LTtxfan · July 21, 2022

Georgia signs Kirby Smart to record-setting, $100-million-plus long-term contract

Smart is being richly rewarded after Georgia's national championship

JOHN BRICE 7 HOURS AGO

The University of Georgia already had multiple times shown its commitment to football coach Kirby Smart. Now on the heels of Smart leading the Bulldogs’ program to its first national championship in four decades, the school has rewarded Smart with a record-setting contract.

On Thursday, Georgia announced that it had signed Smart – represented by powerhouse college super-agent Jimmy Sexton of CAA – to a landmark 10-year pact worth well more than $100 million.

In fact, Smart is slated to make more than $10 million annually per each year of the deal and also is set to see the salary pinnacle at more than $12 million -- $12.25 – in the final year of the deal in 2031.

That deal also does not reflect all of the performance bonuses and contract escalators that sources said are present in the deal, from winning Southeastern Conference and College Football Playoff championships to other elements.

“Coach Smart’s impact on the University of Georgia extends far past his significant accolades as our head football coach,” UGA Director of Athletics Josh Brooks said in the school’s release. “He and his wife are Bulldogs through and through, and it is evident that Athens and UGA mean as much to him as he means to us. I am excited for our football program’s continued success under his direction.

“The future of Georgia football remains bright with Coach Smart as its steadfast leader.”

Since he took over at his alma mater prior to the 2016 season, Smart has led the Bulldogs to a 66-15 ledger with a 3-1 record in the CFP and a 6-2 postseason record in bowls. Four of Smart's seasons at the helm have featured 11 or more wins for the Bulldogs, who defeated Alabama in an SEC Championship rematch last January to win the program's first national title since 1980.

LTtxfan · August 7, 2022

Details on Kirby Smart's record-breaking contract

ZACH BARNETT AUG 4, 2022

One year and one long-awaited national championship later, Kirby Smart's buyout jumped nearly $90 million.

If you can concoct a scenario in which Georgia were to fire Kirby Smart without cause between now and Dec. 31, 2026, don't worry. The coach isn't going away empty handed.

According to contract details obtained by the Athens Banner-Herald, Smart's record-breaking 10-year, $112.5 million is fully guaranteed through its first five seasons. That means Smart would get 100 percent of the remaining total if he were fired without cause through the end of 2026, then 85 percent on or after Jan. 1, 2027

As the paper notes, Georgia's first national championship in four decades bought Smart a lifetime of security: his buyout jumped from $14 million to $102 million over the course of a year.

On the flip side, Smart would owe Georgia $5 million were he to leave before Dec. 31, 2024, then $4 million at any point over the next three years. His buyout decreases by $1 million a year thereafter.

In addition to a salary in the eight figures, Smart is also eligible for up to $1.525 million in bonuses per year, including a cool $1 million for a national title.

Now, the ultimate question: how bad would things have to get for Georgia to fire Smart for performance at any point over the next five seasons?

LTtxfan · August 23, 2022

Cross-post to add to this thread...

And here's the Tuesday Update...

Details of Nick Saban’s new $93.6 million contract

Michael Casagrande, al.com - 28m ago

Quite a bit’s happened since Alabama and Nick Saban agreed to a new contract just a year ago. A busy coaching carousel and a significant salary bump for a rival certainly contributed to the latest refresh for Saban’s deal approved Tuesday by the UA System trustees’ compensation committee.

Saban will be under contract through the 2029 season, adding one year to his last deal. He will make $10.7 million in Year 1 of the deal and $12.7 million in the final year.

In all, the contract is worth $93.6 million and covers the following eight football seasons. Saban will be 78 when this deal expires.

It includes completion bonuses for only the first four years of the eight years it covers. Saban is due to be paid an additional $800,000 for completing the 2022-2025 seasons.

Add it up and Saban will be making an average of $11.7 million over the eight years covered in the deal. That overtops Kirby Smart’s average pat of $11.25 million from the 10-year contract he signed in July.

Saban signed an eight-year $84.8 million deal last year before the first round of megadeals involving Brian Kelly at LSU, Mel Tucker at Michigan State and Lincoln Riley at USC. Then Smart inked a 10-year deal worth $112.5 million total in July. Both Smart and Saban are represented by agent Jimmy Sexton.

This is the eighth contract update at Alabama for Saban as he enters his 16th season in Tuscaloosa. His first deal in 2007 paid him $4 million a year, the equivalent of $5.7 million when adjusted for inflation.

Saban was already set to be the second-highest-paid coach in terms of average salary behind Smart. That doesn’t include Riley’s deal at USC since it is a private school not subject to the open records laws that produce the full contracts at public schools.

Saban’s average annual salary jumped to the $11.7 million figure a year after settling on $10.6 million a year under the 2021 contract. The wild coaching contract season from last fall pushed salaries higher but didn’t better Saban’s average annual pay. Kelly and Tucker each got deals that paid them $9.5 million a year.

Ryan Day at Ohio State and Jimbo Fisher each got new contracts that lifted their average pay to $9.5 million but Smart’s deal in July pushed the ball even further down the field.

Top average salary

Nick Saban $11.7 million a year
Kirby Smart: $11.25 million
Brian Kelly: $9.5 million
Mel Tucker $9.5 million
Ryan Day $9.5 million
Jimbo Fisher $9.5 million
Dabo Swinney $9.3 million

Note: Lincoln Riley’s contract details at USC are not subject to open record laws.

LTtxfan · September 10, 2022

Clemson Tigers head football coach Dabo Swinney agrees to new 10-year, $115 million contract

Sep 8, 2022 Andrea Adelson ESPN

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney agreed to a new 10-year, $115 million contract Thursday, the largest college football coaching contract by total compensation.

The new, enhanced contract runs through the 2031 football season and averages $11.5 million over 10 years. In 2022, Swinney is set to earn $10.5 million, just behind Alabama coach Nick Saban, who recently got a raise and extension that will pay him $10.7 million this season.

Over the length of his contract, which runs through 2030, Saban will make an average of $11.7 million per year. In July, Georgia coach Kirby Smart signed a 10-year, $112.5 million contract that averages $11.2 million per year.

Swinney, Saban and Smart have combined to win six of the eight national championships in the College Football Playoff era.

Entering his 15th season as Clemson head coach -- beginning as interim coach in 2008 -- Swinney has won two national championships and seven ACC titles. With 151 wins, Swinney is in third place in FBS history for the most coaching wins in the first 15 seasons of a head-coaching career behind Urban Meyer (165) and Bob Stoops (160).

"It is hard for me to believe I am in my 14th full season as your head coach, and I remain eternally grateful and honored for the opportunity to continue coaching and developing young people of excellence at Clemson," Swinney said in a statement. "This agreement is representative of what has been collectively built here and the success we've had both academically and athletically. It is a reflection of the All In commitment of so many people, including our players, our staff, our fans, our administration and our University leadership. While I am certainly proud of our accomplishments on the field, the most rewarding part remains the relationships forged within this program and the ability to positively impact those around us."

According to the term sheet, if Swinney leaves to become Alabama head coach in 2022, he would owe a $9 million buyout; that number is $6 million in 2022 if he leaves for another college team. He would owe nothing if he leaves for an NFL head-coaching job. The buyout number decreases every year of the deal.

If Clemson fires Swinney without cause, it would owe him $64 million in 2022 and 2023; $60 million in 2024 and 2025 and $57 million in 2026. The final years would pay him the remaining compensation left on the deal.

If he is fired for cause, no buyout would be paid.

Among the contract incentive enhancements in his new deal, Clemson added a $150,000 bonus for a CFP appearance, post-expansion; increased semifinal (added $50,000), final (added $50,000) and championship bonuses (added $100,000); increased ACC championship bonus by $50,000 and increased his maximum bonuses from $1.05 million to $1.5 million.

"I am appreciative of the support from the Board of Trustees to President Clements to ensure we can continue to build on a firm foundation, as Clemson football and Coach Swinney's leadership are a key driver for our university," athletic director Graham Neff said in a statement. "It is critical that Clemson continue to invest in our football program, and ensure our head coach is at Clemson for a long, long time. The best is yet to come."

LTtxfan · October 13, 2022

Highest-paid college football coaches in 2022

Nick Saban $10.96 million
Dabo Swinney $10.54 million
Kirby Smart $10.25 million
Brian Kelly $9.81 million
Mel Tucker $9.56 million
Jimbo Fisher $9.00 million
Ryan Day $8.78 million
James Franklin $8.50 million
Jim Harbaugh $8.11 million
Mike Gundy $7.50 million

Source: USA Today.

https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2022/10/nick-saban-again-nations-highest-paid-college-football-coach.html

Magus Ossis · October 13, 2022

7 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Highest-paid college football coaches in 2022

Nick Saban $10.96 million

Dabo Swinney $10.54 million

Kirby Smart $10.25 million

Brian Kelly $9.81 million

Mel Tucker $9.56 million

Jimbo Fisher $9.00 million

Ryan Day $8.78 million

James Franklin $8.50 million

Jim Harbaugh $8.11 million

Mike Gundy $7.50 million

Source: USA Today.

https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2022/10/nick-saban-again-nations-highest-paid-college-football-coach.html

There's something about #s 5 and 6 on that list. Oh yeah, I have it. They both coach at "in-state little brother" schools and, as of the half-way point this season, don't even have winning records.

Armybrat · October 13, 2022

Do I smell another big raise & extension for Jimbo?

LTtxfan · October 13, 2022

Yeah, a lot of private school coaches left out.

Lincoln Riley (might be $10mil)
Mario Cristobal ($8mil)
David Shaw ($8.9mil)

Quote

Recent David Shaw compensation info:

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/10/21/pac-12-football-salaries-which-coaches-are-overpaid-judge-for-yourself/

1. Stanford’s David Shaw

2021 salary: $8.9 million
Contract length: unknown
Comment: The figure is actually for the 2019 calendar year, according to USA Today, and represents a significant one-time bump from Shaw’s usual compensation. (Typically, he approaches $5 million annually.) Still, it’s a whopper of a number that places Shaw on the same level as coaches who regularly reach the College Football Playoff. It also renders laughable the university’s justification (budget woes) for attempting to cut 11 Olympic sports.
Verdict: Overpaid. Nobody is worth $8.9 million, except Nick Saban.

LTtxfan · October 28, 2022

https://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-reportedly-considering-lifting-the-cap-on-ga-compensation

LTtxfan · November 4, 2022

Will Muschamp signed a three-year contract early this year as he moved into his new role as Georgia co-defensive coordinator.

The details of the contract, which was signed in May but took effect on Feb. 1, were made available to the Athens Banner-Herald Thursday under an open records request.

Muschamp’s salary will rise each of the next two years from $805,000 in the first season to $855,000 starting July 1, 2023 and going up to $905,000 on July 1, 2024.

The former South Carolina and Florida head coach has the same salary and contract length as co-defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann. Schumann’s contract extension was released this summer.

Muschamp would have to pay Georgia 30 percent of all remaining total compensation in liquidated damages if he terminates the agreement unless he leaves for another coordinator position with “play calling duties,” or for an NCAA Division I or NFL head coaching position.

Muschamp joined Georgia, where he played safety, as a defensive analyst in 2021 and took an on-field position as special teams coordinator before last season. Coach Kirby Smart promoted him to co-defensive coordinator with Schumann after Dan Lanning was hired as Oregon head coach.

https://www.onlineathens.com/story/sports/college/bulldogs-extra/2022/11/03/georgia-bulldogs-will-muschamp-kirby-smart-glenn-schumann-nfl-south-carolina-gamecocks-dan-lanning/8259799001/

LTtxfan · November 9, 2022

Eli Drinkwitz's extension comes with substantial raise

A .500 record has netted Mizzou's third-year head coach a 50% raise.

ZACH BARNETT 5 HOURS AGO

Eli Drinkwitz's new contract extension will come with a substantial raise. Dave Matter of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday Drinkwitz will make $6 million in 2023, a $2 million bump from what he was set to make under the terms of his original deal. The contract runs thru 2027 -- a 2yr extension -- that will top him out at $7 million.

Even with the raise, Drinkwitz is on the low end of SEC head coaches.

The Mizzou head coach is 12th of 13 SEC public-school head coaches according to the USA Today coaching salary database (Vanderbilt's Clark Lea not included), and $1 million below No. 11, Tennessee's Josh Heupel.

The 39-year-old Drinkwitz landed the Mizzou job after one 12-1 season at Appalachian State. He is 15-17 in nearly three full seasons in Columbia, and odds favor him posting a third consecutive .500 season.

Assuming a loss at No. 5 Tennessee on Saturday (noon ET, CBS) and a Nov. 19 win over New Mexico State, the 5-6 Tigers would need to defeat Arkansas on Black Friday to reach a bowl game.

LTtxfan · November 21, 2022

Kentucky inks Mark Stoops to yet another extension

A 3-year extension will keep Stoops under contract through 2030 season. Stoops's deal pointedly pays him $8.65 million -- more than the $8.5 million John Calipari earns

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The 2022 season was not the one Kentucky hoped to have. As recently as Oct. 1, the Wildcats were 3-0, ranked No. 7 in the AP poll and driving for the win at No. 14 Ole Miss. Kentucky lost that game, and has since dropped four of the last six. The Wildcats are 6-5 are projected to be underdogs heading into the Governor's Cup game with rival Louisville.

That said, a disappointing 6-5 season underscores the job Mark Stoops has done in elevating the expectations for UK football. It will be the seventh consecutive bowl season on the bluegrass. Before the Stoops era, Kentucky only dared to dream of finding disappointment in a 7-5 or 6-6 season.

Because of that, Kentucky has extended Stoops's contract by three years, complete with a more than $2 million raise for the 2023 season.

The news was reported by Kentucky Sports Radio, who noted that the extension was done last week and not shared with the news media. Stoops took the Kentucky job in November 2012 and has since signed six extensions in 10 seasons.

“We have been working on this for over a month and are glad to have it finalized,” AD Barnhart said in a press release attached to the amended contract. “Continuity has become more and more important in today’s landscape, and make no mistake about it, the job that Coach Stoops has done is well known and highly regarded throughout the college football world.

“This extension also recognizes what Coach Stoops has done over the past decade, with unprecedented achievements in the history of Kentucky football, and reinforces his commitment to UK as we strive for continued success in the future.”

The extension is the second in less than a year for Stoops. Last December as Kentucky worked toward a 10-win season and an AP Top 20 ranking, he signed an extension that kept him at Kentucky through 2027 with a salary that started at $6.75 million and topped out at $8 million. He would have made $7 million in 2023. Stoops will now earn $8.65 million next season, though the contract does not appear to have annual escalators.

Stoops's deal pointedly pays him more than the $8.5 million John Calipari earns coaching the No. 4-ranked Kentucky men's basketball team this season.

The season began with Stoops taking offense to Calipari categorizing UK as a basketball school.

“I’m very appreciative of (President Dr. Eli Capilouto) and Mitch Barnhart for the relationship we have and the consistent commitment they have shown to the program,” Stoops said in the same release. “The continuity we’ve had has been crucial to our growth and is even more important as we move forward with the changes in college football.

“As Mitch said, we’ve been working on this for awhile, as I wanted to reaffirm my commitment. I’ve loved it here and am excited about our future.”

Pretty funny that Calipari helped Stoops get a raise to amount higher than Calipari's salary 😋

https://footballscoop.com/news/mark-stoops-kentucky-contract-extension-2030

LTtxfan · November 29, 2022

Details of Matt Rhule's Nebraska contract are out

Rhule said Monday that he's making the same coaching Nebraska as he would doing nothing. This is true in the short term, but he ain't coaching the Huskers for free.

ZACH BARNETT 3 HOURS AGO

At his introductory press conference on Monday, new Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule said he's making the same amount of money coaching the Cornhuskers as he would on a self-guided tour of Charlotte's best golf courses. This is true -- in the short term.

The Carolina Panthers owed Rhule roughly $34 million, which was offset by the first $34 million Nebraska will pay. But Rhule is going to make more than $34 million.

AD Trev Alberts said Monday that Rhule's 8-year contract will pay him $74 million, with 90 percent (roughly $66.6 million) guaranteed.

Beyond the total figure, we now know how much Rhule will make per year. He'll start at a modest $5.5 million for the 2023 campaign, but top out at $12.5 million for the 2030 season.

Alberts stated that Rhule will have a salary pool starting at $7 million. Scott Frost had $4.6 million to pay his 10 assistants; $7 million would place Nebraska between LSU and Ohio State, according to the 2022 numbers. The coach-side buyout starts at $7 million, then declines by $1 million a year through 2026. It holds at $3.5 million from 2027-29, then finishes at $2 million in 2030.

In a related story, in August the Big Ten signed a "groundbreaking" series of TV contracts with Fox, CBS and NBC worth in excess of $8 billion in total.

LTtxfan · November 29, 2022

Wisconsin commits more than $50 million to new coach Luke Fickell in 7-year contract

JOHN BRICE 1 HOUR AGO

After Wisconsin seemingly had settled on hiring interim head coach JIm Leonhard on a full-time basis, the Badgers sprung for unprecedented salary as they landed the reigning national college football coach of the year Luke Fickell.

Per contract terms and salary figures divulged Monday by Wisconsin athletics director Chris McIntosh, Fickell has garnered a guaranteed seven-year deal worth a total of more than $50 million -- including a minimum of $7.5 million for the life of Fickell's contract.

The new pact and new home reflect quite the major fiscal step up for Fickell, who just last year had agreed to a raise and contract extension with the Cincinnati Bearcats that paid Fickell more than $5 million per year.

Fickell's guaranteed salary shows Wisconsin is committing more fiscal resources than ever before to the Badgers' football program; just a year ago, former head coach Paul Chryst had received a boost to his pay that pushed him from just below $4.5 million to north of $5 million.

Additionally, Wisconsin is committing record levels of money to Fickell's assistant coaches' and support staff salary pools.

(Sources indicated to FootballScoop that Fickell would be expected to take Cincy's Brady Collins, the team's head of sports performance in its strength program, with him to Wisconsin, as well as recruiting aces Pat Lambert and Max Stienecker. )

LTtxfan · November 30, 2022

Details of Lance Leipold's extension at Kansas are out

Kansas is upping its commitment after Leipold led the Jayhawks to their first bowl game in 15 seasons.

ZACH BARNETT

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What are you doing on April 1, 2025? Chances are you have no idea, but Lance Leipold does.

That day, a Tuesday for what it's worth, Leipold will likely wake up, check in with work, and then take Kelly out for a big ol' breakfast. Or at least that's what I'd do.

On that day, Leipold and his representatives will meet with the Kansas administration to decide if, and how much, more money its head football coach should be paid.

It's all laid out in his contract, released by KU on Tuesday.

On or around April 1, 2025, the parties shall meet in good faith to evaluate whether or not Head Coach’s annual compensation, the salary pool for assistant coaches, and the salary pool for football staff are at or within the top half of the Big 12 Conference. If at that time Head Coach’s annual compensation or either of the salary pools are not within the top half of the Big 12 Conference, Athletics will increase such amount(s) to be at or within the top half of the Big 12 Conference.

The deal, agreed upon last week, will pay the 58-year-old $5 million in 2023, with $100,000 annual raises and a $750,000 bonus due within 30 days of signing. The deal will top out at $5.6 million in 2029, unless Kansas bumps it to get Leipold back within the top half of its conference. (Subsequent contract language states that salaries for the Texas and Oklahoma coaches will not be included in the calculation.)

Leipold agreed to a significant coach-end buyout in order to get that level of commitment from Kansas -- at least through the current cycle. He would owe $12.5 million upon leaving before April 30, 2023. The figure drops to $6 million on May 1 of next year, then $1 million a year thereafter. Kansas would owe Leipold 80 percent of the remaining contract if fired without cause.

Leipold will have $5 million a year to pay his on-field assistants and $2.5 million to pay his off-field staff, with $100,000 annual raises to each pool. His bonus structure ranges from $50,000 for reaching seven wins to $500,000 for reaching the national title game.

“I am very thankful for Chancellor (Douglas) Girod and (athletic director) Travis Goff and their commitment to this program and our entire staff. My wife Kelly and I couldn’t be more excited to know we are going to be staying in Lawrence for a very long time,” Leipold said Tuesday. “We have said from the start how happy we are here, and that we plan on being here for a very long time. Since the moment we arrived, we have been welcomed and accepted by the Lawrence and KU communities, and we are very grateful. We are very proud of the progress the program has made over the last 18 months and even more excited about what the future holds as we continue to build a program that will make Jayhawk fans everywhere proud.”

Kansas started the season 5-0 and joined the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2008. Next month, Kansas will play in its first bowl game since that season.

LTtxfan · December 9, 2022

Contract details for Jeff Brohm at Louisville

Jeff Brohm can earn automatic extensions and raises for seasons of seven and ten win seasons with his deal.

DOUG SAMUELS 1 HOUR AGO

Jeff Brohm was formally introduced as the new leader of his alma mater yesterday at his introductory presser. The former Purdue head coach signed a six-year deal worth $36 million with some interesting incentives and a rather simple buyout.

If he wins seven games at any point during those six years, the deal becomes a seven-year deal worth $42.5 million. If he were to win 10-games it would become an eight-year $49.5 million deal.

Per his contract, Brohm will have a salary pool of $5.5 million to hire his 10 assistants, DFO and head strength coach. Brohm's buyout is simple. He would owe $1 million to Louisville if he resigns at any point of the contract, and he would be owed 100% of his remaining contract if he were terminated without cause.

Other noteworthy incentives include:
-$50k for Conference or National Coach of the Year honors from a major publication
-$100k for participating in the ACC title game
-$250k for winning ACC Championship
-$100k for 6 wins / bowl eligibility
-$250k for participating in the college football playoff
-$400k for a top 4 seed in the College Football Playoff
-$500k for playing for the national title
-$750k for winning the national title

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See additional details of the contract below.

LTtxfan · December 14, 2022

Contract details for new South Carolina offensive coordinator, Pete Lembo's extension

The Gamecocks are dramatically ramping up investment in assistant salary pool

JOHN BRICE 17 HOURS AGO

With his South Carolina team closing its regular season in emphatic fashion with signature wins against a pair of top-five rivals, Tennessee and Clemson, and the Gamecocks preparing for their Gator Bowl berth against storied Notre Dame, Shane Beamer officially has his next offensive coordinator under contract.

And Beamer likewise has locked up his special teams ace on a longer term as well.

Per contracts obtained Tuesday by FootballScoop, new South Carolina offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains has received a three-year pact worth $1 million annually to serve as the Gamecocks' offensive play-caller. The contract is effective Dec. 13, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2025.

Additionally, Pete Lembo -- the Gamecocks' special teams coordinator who guided those units to national acclaim -- received an extension and a significant raise that also carries Lembo's deal through the end of 2025. Previously earning $478,950 per year, Lembo is being elevated to a base salary of $725,000.

Both coaches also are eligible for bowl bonuses and saw their buyout terms formalized as well.

If Loggains, who exited his assistant coaching position this week at Arkansas to take over Carolina offense, helps the Gamecocks to an SEC Championship game appearance, he earns $25,000 or $50,000 with a win; his bowl bonuses range from a minimum of $20,000 up to $65,000 if USC wins the College Football Playoff.

If Loggains exits his contract early to become a head coach in college or NFL, he does not owe the university a buyout; if he leaves for a similar job, Loggains is scheduled to owe $550,000, $450,000 or $350,000 -- with the sum decreasing by $100,000 for each year Loggains stays on staff.

With a significant raise, Lembo also faces a steeper buyout unless he leaves to become a head coach or offensive coordinator. Lembo's new buyout terms start at $400,000 and decrease by $100,000 each year of his contract.

After the Gamecocks' 2021 season concluded with a win in the Mayo Bowl, defensive coordinator Clayton White was bumped up from $900,000 to $1.1 million earlier this year.

Loggains replaces Marcus Satterfield, who was on an expiring contract and recently exited the program to reunite with his former boss, Matt Rhule, at Nebraska, where Satterfield is going to help run the Cornhuskers' offense.

LTtxfan · December 17, 2022

New deal for Kansas OC Andy Kotelnicki may be longest on record for an assistant

Kansas's offense was the most improved in FBS in 2022.

ZACH BARNETT 23 HOURS AGO

I'm not sure we've ever seen a deal quite like this one. Kansas is handing offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki a 5-year contract to remain in Lawrence, according to Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated on Friday. If there's a longer contract for an assistant coach out there... we'd like to see it.

Kotelnicki has been with head coach Lance Leipold since 2013, when the pair was at Wisconsin-Whitewater. The latter followed the former to Buffalo and then to Kansas, where the Jayhawk offense powered a gridiron revival this fall. Kansas has jumped from 104th to fifth in yards per play (7.00), from 111th to 27th in scoring (34.2 points per game), and from 91st to fifth in passing efficiency (163.23). As a result, later this month Kansas will face Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl, the program's first postseason appearance since 2008.

That success spawned admirers for Kotelnicki, who has reportedly opted to remain in Lawrence. Through 2027.

Kotelnicki received a 3-year, $500,000 per year contract upon arrival in January 2021, which was set to expire next season. While terms were not disclosed, it's safe to assume the 5-year deal will come with a raise, that still may not have touched offers that poured in from elsewhere. Kotelnicki coached this season with a salary that tied for the 218th highest in college football, according to USA Today. He would've been the lowest-paid member of Jimbo Fisher's Texas A&M staff, for example.

Offering a stupendously-long contract is the strategy Oklahoma State used to pitch Jim Knowles on remaining in Stillwater last offseason. Mike Gundy offered Knowles a 5-year, $1.3 million deal to remain in black and orange, but Knowles ultimately accepted a 3-year, $1.9 million per year offer from Ohio State.

KU's pledge to Kotelnicki is an extension of its commitment to Lance Leipold. Last month, Kansas signed Leipold to an extension through 2029 that starts at $5 million with a $750,000 signing bonus and comes with $100,000 annual raises.

LTtxfan · December 17, 2022

Bet West Va fans wish they still had this guy

Sources: N.C. State rewards star defensive coordinator Tony Gibson with new contract

Gibson's Wolfpack led the league in scoring defense in 2022

JOHN BRICE 2 HOURS AGO

North Carolina State's defense in recent years has reached all new levels of excellence under fourth-year coordinator Tony Gibson. Now, per sources, the Wolfpack are rewarding Gibson with a raise and multiyear extension.

On the heels of having the Atlantic Coast Conference's top scoring defense, yielding barely 19 points per game, Gibson and N.C. State are in agreement on a new three-year deal worth nearly $4 million before any additional incentives.

In fact, Gibson's new deal -- paying him an annual salary of $1.25 million -- is right at the top of the heap for defensive coordinators in the ACC.

Helping the Pack to an eight-win season despite several injuries, with a chance for a ninth win later this month against Maryland in the bowl game, Gibson's N.C. State defense also led the ACC in interceptions.

Starting his career as a high school coach in West Virginia, Gibson has engineered a fascinating career arc. He's coached at the Power 5 level at West Virginia (twice), Michigan, Pittsburgh and Arizona.

Gibson had a long run at West Virginia last decade before he joined Dave Doeren's N.C. State staff prior to the 2019 season.

LTtxfan · December 27, 2022

Washington OC Ryan Grubb receives raise to $2 million per year: Source

By Christian Caple 3h ago The Athletic

University of Washington offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ryan Grubb received his second raise in a two-month span and is now scheduled to earn $2 million per season through 2025, per a department source. Here’s what you need to know:

Washington has never paid an assistant more than $1.4 million, which former defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake earned in 2019.

UW OC Ryan Grubb receives another raise, becomes highest paid assistant in program history

Dec. 27, 2022

Mike Vorel Seattle Times staff reporter

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UW offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb received a raise last month that set his salary at $1.45 million in 2023, $1.55 million in 2024 and $1.67 million in 2025.

It didn’t last long.

The Huskies’ first-year offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach recently received a second raise that will pay him $2 million annually through 2025, a department source confirmed Tuesday. That’s after the Houston Chronicle reported last week that Grubb was prominently featured on Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator wish list.

According to USA Today’s salary database, just two college football assistants earned $2 million or more this year — Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken ($2,005,000) and Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles ($1,900,000, surpassing $2 million with incentives).

Grubb will soon become UW’s highest paid assistant in program history, surpassing former defensive coordinator (and eventual head coach) Jimmy Lake — who made $1.4 million in 2019. A Kingsley, Iowa, native and Buena Vista University alum, Grubb initially signed a two-year contract in December 2021 worth $1,020,000 annually. The performance incentives and buyout figures attached to his extension have not been disclosed.

Under Grubb and head coach Kalen DeBoer — whose own two-year extension, through 2028, was announced last month — Washington’s offense leads the nation in passing (376.7 yards per game), first downs (27.4 per game), third-down conversions (57.06%) and completions of 10 yards or more (182). The Huskies also sit second in total offense (522.2 yards per game) and fourth in scoring (40.8), nearly doubling their scoring average from 2021 (21.5).

“I think just our staff collectively — (associate head coach JaMarcus Shephard), (tight ends coach) Nick (Sheridan), (running backs coach Lee) Marks and (offensive line coach Scott) Huff — I think we work together really, really well,” Grubb said Monday, when asked about UW’s third down efficiency. “That’s what it comes down to. I think people get in rooms and guys have ideas and man, if you can get to the best idea and put the best thing out there for the kids, they can succeed. Things get pretty easy pretty quick. I think we’ve done a good job of that.”

Indiana transfer quarterback Michael Penix Jr. has certainly flourished in Grubb and DeBoer’s prolific attack — leading the country in passing yards (4,354) while completing 66% of his passes and totaling 33 touchdowns (29 passing, four rushing) and seven interceptions. The redshirt junior also claimed program records for single-game passing yards (516) and completions (36, twice) in his UW debut.

In doing so, sophomore wide receivers Rome Odunze (11 games, 70 catches, 1,088 yards, eight TDs) and Jalen McMillan (12 games, 71 catches, 1,040 yards, eight TDs) blossomed as well — becoming the first UW teammates to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in the same season.

Grubb isn’t the only key piece returning in 2023. Penix, McMillan and left tackle Troy Fautanu have each announced they’ll forgo the NFL draft in favor of another season in Seattle. Odunze’s decision is still outstanding.

Grubb and DeBoer worked together at three previous stops — the University of Sioux Falls (offensive-line coach and run-game coordinator from 2007-09), Eastern Michigan (offensive-line coach from 2014-16) and Fresno State (offensive-line coach and run-game coordinator in 2017-18, associate head coach and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach in 2020-21).

That partnership continues to withstand outside interest.

And the extra money helps.

“My initial emotional response to being here [last winter] was that this place could be unbelievably special, not knowing really anything about Washington,” Grubb said last month. “Now, going through a full year of it and seeing the support of the community and the kids that are in this program, this place is incredibly special. So I’m excited to be here.”

LTtxfan · December 28, 2022

Joey McGuire and Texas Tech agree to new contract

DOUG SAMUELS 2 HOURS AGO

After leading the Red Raiders to a seven-win season heading into their bowl game tonight, Joey McGuire and Texas Tech have agreed to a new contract. McGuire has agreed to a new six-year contract, worth $26.6 million. The new deal takes him through the 2028 season.

The contract is worth about $1 million more annually than McGuire's original deal.

"I firmly believe our best days are still ahead with Coach McGuire at the helm of our football program," Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt shared in the school's statement.

"It was evident throughout this football season that he and his staff are building a culture that will benefit this program for years to come. Coach McGuire will be the first to tell you that his goal is not to just play in a bowl game but to win championships, and I believe we are on that path under his direction."

A win tonight against Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss would give the Red Raiders their first 8-win season since 2013.

LTtxfan · January 9, 2023

Shane Beamer reportedly set for huge raise

DOUG SAMUELS AND ZACH BARNETT

JAN 6, 2023

When Shane Beamer landed the job at South Carolina, the Gamecocks were on the hook for a $15 million buyout for firing Will Muschamp. The two parties would later agree to a reduced buyout of $12.9 million.

Having the benefit of looking back on his results through his first two seasons, and with a bunch of money tied up in that buyout, South Carolina signed Shane Beamer to a steal of a deal with a wait-and-see approach.

Beamer, who landed the job with limited coordinator experience after serving as assistant head coach and tight ends coach Oklahoma, initially signed a five-year deal worth about $2.75 million annually.

But after winning seven games in year one, and eight games in year two - including two top ten wins over Tennessee and Clemson - the worst kept secret in college football was that Shane Beamer was going to enter this fall making more money.

The question was just how much more.

Chris Low of ESPN tweets today that Beamer is set for a massive raise.

After making $2.75 million last season, Low shares that Beamer is set for a raise to the $6.5 million range.

Beamer is 15-11 through two seasons, and the Gamecocks have some significant momentum throughout the program heading into the fall of 2023.

South Carolina also dished out extensions and raises to a number of Beamer's staff.

The report adds that there is a board meeting Friday to approve the deal.

LTtxfan · January 12, 2023

A look at Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss contract: Major bonuses for P-5, SEC wins; $9 million per year

Kiffin’s figures vault him firmly near top-10, top-4 SEC

JOHN BRICE 6 HOURS AGO

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Lane Kiffin’s record-setting success at Ole Miss, coupled with Auburn’s virtually public pursuit of its SEC Western Division rival head coach late in 2022, has culminated in a groundbreaking contract for Kiffin.

In short, as long as Kiffin is Ole Miss’s head coach on the last day of 2023, he’ll earn $9 million atop the Rebels’ program.

His 2023 base pay is $8.75 million, but there’s also an automatic $250k bonus to be paid, regardless of on-field record, as long as Kiffin is still the head coach at year’s end.

Based on 2022's public coaching salaries, Kiffin would rank in the top-8 of the sport in the coming year.

In fact, with a similar retention bonus in the pact for 2024, Kiffin will earn $36 million minus any additional incentives to continue as the Ole Miss head coach for the next four football seasons.

The deal, which FootballScoop and other outlets had reported on in late-November, has numerous retention bonuses, a litany of inducements for on-field performance and up to six-figure payouts for coaching honors and the program’s Academic Progress Report (APR) standing.

In one of the more unique elements, Kiffin can begin earning $150,000 for each win against a Southeastern Conference opponent once the Rebels have secured four wins against SEC foes.

So, for example, though the Rebels were just 4-4 in SEC play this past fall, Kiffin would have netted an additional $300,000 in 2021 if his pact had included a similar bonus structure; Kiffin that season led Ole Miss to its first-ever 10-win regular-season and a 6-2 ledger in SEC play.

Kiffin, represented by CAA, has received lucrative extensions after each of his past two seasons at Ole Miss, when during one stretch Kiffin led the Rebels to a 17-3 mark in 20 games spanning the 2021-22 seasons.

Under this new pact, Kiffin also would have pocketed extra money each of the past two years with a new non-conference opponent incentive clause in the deal; any regular-season win against a Power-5 foe is worth $100,000 to Kiffin moving forward. The Rebels defeated Atlantic Coast Conference residents Louisville and Georgia Tech, both games in Atlanta, in each of the previous two seasons.

If Ole Miss breaks through to the College Football Playoff with Kiffin under the terms of his new deal, Kiffin would receive a minimum $500,000 and up to $1 million for the CFP title.

LTtxfan · January 14, 2023

Garrett Riley's compensation package at Clemson

JOHN BRICE 15 HOURS AGO

Clemson is preparing to commit nearly $6 million in guaranteed compensation to new offensive coordinator Garrett Riley, according to documents viewed by FootballScoop.

Riley, the new offensive coordinator for the Tigers after Dabo Swinney’s abrupt dismissal of Brandon Streeter this week following just one year of coordinating the offense, is set to receive $5.55 million per terms of the initial three-year pact.

Riley drew interest from schools for both head coaching and offensive coordinator vacancies during this cycle after helping guide TCU to a record-setting offensive campaign that culminated in a College Football Playoff runner-up finish.

With a base salary of $1.75 million per year, Riley also is set to receive a whopping $300,000 signing bonus — all of which is due within 60 days of Riley’s official employment start date.

Additionally, Riley can earn a number of bonuses ranging from $10,000 for an ACC Championship game appearance to up to $100,000 for having a top-5 “relative” or “total” offense.

If Clemson for any reason without cause parts with Riley, it owes him 100% of the remaining base salary per his contract (subject to mitigation); Riley can terminate for just 25% of the remaining term if he leaves for a parallel job.

However, Clemson has “sole discretion” to waive the buyout-obligation for Riley, who can exit at any time for a head coaching post without penalty.

LTtxfan · February 21, 2023

Texas football: Eight assistants set to receive contract extensions

Nick Moyle, Staff writer

AUSTIN – The University of Texas System Board of Regents next week will approve contract extensions for eight Texas football coaches.

When the board convenes Feb. 22 and 23, it will authorize a one-year contract extension for strength coach and director of football performance Torre Becton, co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Jeff Choate, running backs coach Tashard Choice, safeties coach Blake Gideon, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Kyle Flood, defensive passing game coordinator and secondary coach Terry Joseph, defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski and quarterbacks coach AJ Milwee.

Becton will receive a one-year extension that runs through February 2025. His annual base salary will remain at $550,000.

Choate will receive a one-year extension that runs through February 2025. His annual base salary will increase by 8.7 percent annually, rising to $625,000 in 2023 and $675,000 in 2025.

Choice will receive a one-year extension that runs through February 2025. His annual base salary will remain at $550,000.

Gideon will receive a one-year extension that runs through February 2025. His annual base salary will remain at $475,000.

Flood will receive a two-year extension that runs through February 2026. His annual base salary will increase by 6 percent annually, rising to $1.33 million in 2024 and $1.4 million in 2025.

Joseph will receive a one-year extension that runs through February 2025. His annual base salary will remain at $800,000.

Kwiatkowski will receive a one-year extension that runs through February 2025.His annual base salary will remain at $1.7 million.

Milwee will receive a one-year extension that runs through February 2025. His annual base salary will increase by 13.3%, rising to $425,000 in 2023 and 2024.

Defensive line coach Bo Davis and assistant head coach/special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Jeff Banks both received a raise and one-year extension last offseason. Their current employment agreements run through February 2025.

Additionally, Texas on Jan. 24 hired former Jacksonville Jaguars assistant Chris Jackson as its new passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach. Details of Jackson’s contract have not yet been released.

LTtxfan · May 9, 2023

Thx for finding this @Jabberwocky

LTtxfan · May 9, 2023

An updated look at Big 12 head coaches salaries

Joe Cook•about 15 hours

ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported last night that Kansas State and head football coach Chris Klieman were in the process of finalizing a new contract worth $44 million over the next eight seasons. The contract for the reigning Big 12 champion and four-time FCS national champion coach would go into effect this year at a rate of $4.5 million and eventually reach a total as high as $5.5 million.

The move, one that locks Klieman in with K-State until 2030, alters the pecking order of salaries within the Big 12. In light of the news, here’s a look at the 14 head coaching salaries.

Mike Gundy – Oklahoma State

Salary: $7.625 million

Gundy agreed to a five-year contract in 2021 approved by the OSU board of regents in 2022. The deal with his alma mater annually adds a one-year extension and increases the salary by $125,000. Gundy also receives an annual retention bonus of $1 million.

Brent Venables – Oklahoma

Salary: $7.1 million

Venables signed a six-year, fully-guaranteed contract worth $43.5 million when Oklahoma hired him from Clemson. It runs through the 2027 season.

Steve Sarkisian – Texas

Salary: $5.6 million

Sarkisian signed a six-year, $34.2 million contract with Texas in 2021. His contract stipulated annual $200,000 increases, so his salary has gone up from its starting figure of $5.2 million to its current $5.6 million.

Lance Leipold – Kansas

Salary: $5 million

Leipold’s 6-7 year with the Jayhawks in 2022 inspired the KU brass to keep the 59-year-old head coach in Lawrence for the long-term. The deal runs through the 2029 season. His pay doubled from its previous $2.4 million level.

Chris Klieman – Kansas State

Salary: $4.5 million

Klieman’s record at K-State since he took over for Bill Snyder in 2019 is 30-20.

Dana Holgorsen – Houston

Salary: $4.3 million

Holgorsen and Houston agreed to an extension through the 2027 season in March of 2022. In four years at Houston, Holgorsen is 27-20. The Cougars followed up a 12-2 2021 campaign with an 8-5 2022. Both years ended in bowl wins.

Joey McGuire – Texas Tech

Salary: $4.1 million

McGuire and Texas Tech agreed to an extension through the 2028 season at the end of the former state champion head coach’s first campaign in Lubbock.

Matt Campbell – Iowa State

Salary: $4 million

Programs from around the country, including in the NFL, have courted Campbell but a six-year deal signed in 2021 has the man who turned the Cyclones into a formidable foe in Ames, Iowa for the long-haul.

Neal Brown – West Virginia

Salary: $4 million

Brown and WVU agreed to a two-year extension through the 2026 season back in April 2021. Brown would be owed 100 percent of the remaining total should he be fired this year without cause.

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Dave Aranda – Baylor

Salary: $3.81 million

When Baylor pulled Aranda from the LSU defensive coordinator spot, they gave him a six-year deal. As a private institution, Baylor does not have to disclose how much the fourth-year head coach makes. USA TODAY lists his salary at $3.81 million per year, though he likely is compensated a higher dollar amount.

Scott Satterfield – Cincinnati

Salary: $3.4 million

Satterfield left Louisville for Cincy as it begins its Big 12 journey. He signed a six-year deal that pays him $3.4 million in year one and increases annually by $100,000.

Gus Malzahn – UCF

Salary: $2.3 million

Malzahn signed a five-year, $11.5 million contract in 2021 that pays him $2.3 million per year. The former Auburn head coach received a $21.5 million buyout from the Tigers after they dismissed him in December of 2020.

Sonny Dykes – TCU

Salary: N/A

The private institution does not have to release details about much it is paying the coach who led the Horned Frogs to the College Football Playoff national championship game in his first year. The Fort Worth Star Telegram reported in December that Dykes received a one-year extension through 2028 and a significant pay raise that would “put Dykes near the top of the Big 12.”

Kalani Sitake – BYU

Salary: N/A

Details of Sitake’s salary aren’t available due to BYU’s private nature, but the former BYU running back’s salary is likely in the top half of the Big 12. After receiving an updated contract in the summer of 2021, Sitake earned another extension from BYU a couple of months after the ensuing 10-3 season.

LTtxfan · May 31, 2023

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Vols' Josh Heupel lands extension, raise to $9M per year

Chris Low, ESPN Senior Jan 24, 2023

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- With Tennessee coming off its best season in more than two decades, football coach Josh Heupel has been rewarded with a contract extension that will pay him $9 million per year.

The raise of $4 million will take Heupel to fifth among SEC head football coaches. The only four higher are Alabama's Nick Saban, Georgia's Kirby Smart, Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher and LSU's Brian Kelly. Heupel's initial contract paid him $4 million annually and he was bumped to $5 million last year.

According to details of Heupel's new contract released by the university, his buyout would be 100% of what he was owed if he were terminated without cause before Dec. 15, 2025. The buyout would drop to 75% if he were fired between Dec. 15, 2025 and Dec. 14, 2027. The buyout would decrease to 50 percent on Dec. 15, 2027.

Heupel's incentives package was also increased. He would earn $100,000 for making a bowl game and up to $1 million for winning the national championship. Other incentives include $50,000 for finishing in the Top 25, $100,000 for finishing in the top 10 and $150,000 for finishing in the top 5 as well as additional money for playing in the SEC championship game, winning coach of the year and his team reaching certain academic progress rates. Heupel will also receive increased private jet usage.

If Heupel were to leave Tennessee, he would owe the school $8 million before Dec. 15. His buyout drops to $6 million until Dec. 15, 2024, and decreases by $1 million in each subsequent year. Heupel would owe Tennessee $2 million if he leaves prior to Dec. 15, 2028.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35518227/vols-josh-heupel-lands-extension-raise-9m-per-year

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