College Sports: The list of highest-paid NCAA football coaches has a few surprises

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On Thursday, USA Today released a report showing the total compensation for each NCAA soccer coach and there are some surprises.

As you can see below Nick Saban (Alabama) is the highest paid college football coach for a total salary of $ 9.5 million.

Some of you will be surprised to see this Jim Harbaugh (Michigan) is at the bottom of the list at number 32 after taking a pay cut ahead of the 2021 season. Harbaugh is the Big Ten’s eleventh highest paid coach.

Michigan State Mel Tucker comes in at number 13 on the list (third highest salary in the Big Ten).

rank	Coach	school	Total wage	Conf.	Planned school fees	Reduction of the pandemic in the contract year	Actual school fees	Overall pandemic reduction	School purchase from 01.12.2021
1	Nick Saban	Alabama	$ 9,753,221 *	SEK	$ 9,500,000	$ 0 *	$ 9,500,000	$ 0 *	$ 38.4 million
2	Ed Orgeron	State of Louisiana	$ 9,012,917 *	SEK	$ 8,687,500	$ 300,000 *	$ 8,387,500	$ 300,000 *	$ 17,150,000
3	David Shaw	Stanford	$ 8,924,683 *	Pac-12	$ 8,924,683	$ 0 *	$ 8,924,683	$ 0 *	–
4th	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	$ 8,370,775 *	ACC	$ 9,508,575	$ 1,250,000 *	$ 8,258,575	$ 1,250,000 *	$ 47,500,000
5	Lincoln Riley	Oklahoma	$ 7,672,710 *	Big 12	$ 7,857,293	$ 214,583 *	$ 7,642,710	$ 515,000 *	$ 25,188,000
6th	Dan Mullen	Florida	$ 7,570,000 *	SEK	$ 7,570,000	$ 0 *	$ 7,570,000	$ 0 *	$ 12,000,000
7th	Jimbo fisherman	Texas A&M	$ 7,500,000 *	SEK	$ 7.5 million	$ 0 *	$ 7.5 million	$ 0 *	$ 95,575,000
8th	Kirby Smart	Georgia	$ 7,133,600	SEK	$ 7,003,600	–	$ 7,003,600	–	$ 14,614,167
9	Ryan Day	State of Ohio	$ 6,614,693 *	Big Ten	$ 6,750,000	$ 135,307 *	$ 6,614,693	$ 236,877 *	$ 28,416,668
10	Gary Patterson	Texas Christian	$ 6,103,543	Big 12	$ 6,103,543	–	$ 6,103,543	–	–
11	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwest	$ 5,748,179	Big Ten	$ 5,748,179	–	$ 5,748,179	–	–
12th	Chip Kelly	UCLA	$ 5,600,000 *	Pac-12	$ 5,600,000	$ 0 *	$ 5,600,000	$ 0 *	$ 9,000,000
13th	Mel Tucker	State of Michigan	$ 5,566,303 *	Big Ten	$ 5,632,553	$ 166,250 *	$ 5,466,303	$ 266,000 *	$ 19,284,375
14th	Steve Sarkisian	Texas	$ 5,450,000 *	Big 12	$ 5,450,000	$ 0 *	$ 5,450,000	$ 0 *	$ 20,603,333
fifteen	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	$ 5,263,600	SEK	$ 5,250,000	–	$ 5,250,000	–	$ 19,921,875
16	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	$ 5,200,000 *	Pac-12	$ 5,200,000	$ 0 *	$ 5,200,000	$ 365,822 *	$ 18,250,000
17th	Scott Frost	Nebraska	$ 5,000,000 *	Big Ten	$ 5,000,000	$ 0 *	$ 5,000,000	$ 166,667 *	$ 20,416,667
19th	Bryan Harsin	Maroon	$ 5,000,000	SEK	$ 5,000,000	–	$ 5,000,000	–	$ 17,791,667
18th	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	$ 5,000,000 *	Big Ten	$ 5,000,000	$ 0 *	$ 5,000,000	$ 100,000 *	$ 16,503,333
20th	Mike Leach	State of Mississippi	$ 5,000,000 *	SEK	$ 5,000,000	$ 0 *	$ 5,000,000	$ 0 *	–
21	Lane Kiffin	Mississippi	$ 4,841,937 *	SEK	$ 5,000,000	$ 158,063 *	$ 4,841,937	$ 293,813 *	–
22nd	Pat Narduzzi	Pittsburgh	$ 4,816,806	ACC	$ 4,816,806	–	$ 4,816,806	–	–
23	Clay Helton	Southern California	$ 4,813,832 *	Pac-12	$ 4,813,832	$ 0 *	$ 4,813,832	$ 0 *	–
24	PJ stain	Minnesota	$ 4,420,000 *	Big Ten	$ 4,650,000	$ 230,000 *	$ 4,420,000	$ 548,320 *	$ 15,851,875
25th	Jeff Brohm	Purdue	$ 4,417,774 *	Big Ten	$ 5,000,000	$ 582,226 *	$ 4,417,774	$ 873,340 *	$ 18,966,667
26th	Mario Cristobal	Oregon	$ 4,402,917 *	Pac-12	$ 4,600,000	$ 197,083 *	$ 4,402,917	$ 360,208 *	$ 15,030,000
27	Paul Chryst	Wisconsin	$ 4,362,750 *	Big Ten	$ 4,650,000	$ 321,250 *	$ 4,328,750	$ 751,250 *	$ 19,103,724
28	Tom Allen	Indiana	$ 4,260,000 *	Big Ten	$ 4,310,000	$ 50,000 *	$ 4,260,000	$ 50,000 *	$ 30,000,000
29	Bronco Mendenhall	Virginia	$ 4,251,500 *	ACC	$ 4,250,000	$ 0 *	$ 4,250,000	$ 264,794 *	$ 13,281,250
30th	Mike Gundy	State of Oklahoma	$ 4,203,125 *	Big 12	$ 4,375,000	$ 171,875 *	$ 4,203,125	$ 263,021 *	$ 7,119,792
31	Bret Bielema	Illinois	$ 4,200,000	Big Ten	$ 4,200,000	–	$ 4,200,000	–	$ 15,138,425
32	Jim Harbaugh	Michigan	$ 4,030,901 *	Big Ten	$ 4,000,000	$ 0 *	$ 4,000,000	$ 264,687 *	$ 4,444,444
37	Matt Campbell	State of Iowa	$ 4,000,000 *	Big 12	$ 4,000,000	$ 0 *	$ 4,000,000	$ 248,562 *	$ 28,333,333
35	Josh Heupel	Tennessee	$ 4,000,000 *	SEK	$ 4,000,000	$ 0 *	$ 4,000,000	$ 0 *	$ 20,666,667
34	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	$ 4,000,000 *	Big Ten	$ 4,000,000	$ 0 *	$ 4,000,000	$ 266,664 *	$ 19,218,750
36	Eliah Drinkwitz	Missouri	$ 4,000,000 *	SEK	$ 4,000,000	$ 0 *	$ 4,000,000	$ 100,000 *	$ 11,550,000
33	Dana Holgorsen	Houston	$ 4,000,000 *	AAC	$ 4,000,000	$ 0 *	$ 4,000,000	$ 190,000 *	$ 5,431,250
38	Herm Edwards	State of Arizona	$ 3,886,500	Pac-12	$ 3.7 million	–	$ 3.7 million	–	$ 11,408,333
39	Justin font	Virginia Tech	$ 3,825,000 *	ACC	$ 4,250,000	$ 425,000 *	$ 3,825,000	$ 425,000 *	$ 10,000,000
40	Mike Norvell	State of Florida	$ 3,750,000 *	ACC	$ 4,250,000	$ 500,000 *	$ 3,750,000	$ 968,750 *	$ 16,220,833
41	Dave Clawson	Awaken the forest	$ 3,611,071	ACC	$ 3,611,071	–	$ 3,611,071	–	–
42	Dino Babers	Syracuse	$ 3,504,958	ACC	$ 3,504,958	–	$ 3,504,958	–	–
43	Justin Wilcox	California	$ 3,444,996 *	Pac-12	$ 3,600,000	$ 155,004 *	$ 3,444,996	$ 228,756 *	$ 16,158,333
44	Mack Brown	North Carolina	$ 3,431,250 *	ACC	$ 2,800,000	$ 68,750 *	$ 2,731,250	$ 112,500 *	$ 2,406,250
45	Luke Fickell	Cincinnati	$ 3,400,000 *	AAC	$ 3,400,000	$ 0 *	$ 3,400,000	$ 85,000 *	$ 20.4 million
46	Karl Dorrell	Colorado	$ 3,240,000 *	Pac-12	$ 3,400,000	$ 160,000 *	$ 3,240,000	$ 320,000 *	$ 14.8 million
47	Dave Dören	NC state	$ 3,180,000 *	ACC	$ 3.5 million	$ 325,000 *	$ 3,175,000	$ 460,417 *	$ 7,656,250
48	Scott Satterfield	Louisville	$ 3,087,500	ACC	$ 3,250,000	$ 162,500	$ 3,087,500	$ 325,000	$ 7,515,625
49	Jimmy Lake	Washington	$ 3,040,972 *	Pac-12	$ 3,100,000	$ 59,028 *	$ 3,040,972	$ 92,088 *	$ 10,416,667
50	Matt Wells	Texas Tech	$ 3,034,083 *	Big 12	$ 3,100,000	$ 65,917 *	$ 3,034,083	$ 193,083 *	$ 7,099,601

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