Highest Paid College Football Coaches & Salaries - USA TODAY
Ever wondered who the highest paid coach in college football is? Find out today with USA TODAY's complete salary data.
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Based on annual salary
| 1 | Kirby Smart | Georgia | SEC | $13,282,580 |
| 2 | Dabo Swinney | Clemson | ACC | $11,132,775 |
| 3 | Steve Sarkisian | Texas | SEC | $10,600,000 |
| 4 | Lincoln Riley | USC | Big Ten | $10,043,418 |
| 5 | Ryan Day | Ohio State | Big Ten | $10,021,250 |
| 6 | Mike Norvell | Florida State | ACC | $10,000,000 |
| 6 | Kalen DeBoer | Alabama | SEC | $10,000,000 |
| 8 | Brian Kelly | LSU | SEC | $9,975,000 |
| 9 | Mark Stoops | Kentucky | SEC | $9,013,600 |
| 10 | Lane Kiffin | Mississippi | SEC | $9,000,000 |
| 10 | Eliah Drinkwitz | Missouri | SEC | $9,000,000 |
| 10 | Josh Heupel | Tennessee | SEC | $9,000,000 |
| 13 | James Franklin | Penn State | Big Ten | $8,500,000 |
| 14 | Dan Lanning | Oregon | Big Ten | $8,200,000 |
| 15 | Brent Venables | Oklahoma | SEC | $8,152,000 |
| 16 | Mario Cristobal | Miami (FL) | ACC | $7,783,059 |
| 17 | Mike Gundy | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | $7,750,000 |
| 18 | Luke Fickell | Wisconsin | Big Ten | $7,725,000 |
| 19 | Jedd Fisch | Washington | Big Ten | $7,700,023 |
| 20 | Lance Leipold | Kansas | Big 12 | $7,500,000 |
| 21 | Billy Napier | Florida | SEC | $7,370,000 |
| 22 | Jonathan Smith | Michigan State | Big Ten | $7,250,000 |
| 23 | Kirk Ferentz | Iowa | Big Ten | $7,000,000 |
| 23 | Mike Elko | Texas A&M | Big Ten | $7,000,000 |
| 25 | Hugh Freeze | Auburn | SEC | $6,728,180 |
| 26 | P.J. Fleck | Minnesota | Big Ten | $6,700,000 |
| 27 | Pat Narduzzi | Pittsburgh | ACC | $6,699,551 |
| 28 | Marcus Freeman | Notre Dame | Independent | $6,687,754 |
| 29 | Bret Bielema | Illinois | Big Ten | $6,650,000 |
| 30 | Kyle Whittingham | Utah | Big 12 | $6,525,000 |
| 31 | Matt Rhule | Nebraska | Big Ten | $6,500,000 |
| 32 | Sam Pittman | Arkansas | SEC | $6,498,000 |
| 33 | Shane Beamer | South Carolina | SEC | $6,401,996 |
| 34 | Greg Schiano | Rutgers | Big Ten | $6,250,000 |
| 35 | Sherrone Moore | Michigan | Big Ten | $6,000,000 |
| 36 | Dave Doeren | North Carolina State | ACC | $5,965,377 |
| 37 | Mike Locksley | Maryland | Big Ten | $5,801,900 |
| 38 | Deion Sanders | Colorado | Big 12 | $5,700,000 |
| 39 | Jeff Brohm | Louisville | ACC | $5,631,057 |
| 40 | Chris Klieman | Kansas State | Big 12 | $5,250,000 |
| 41 | Sonny Dykes | TCU | Big 12 | $5,008,414 |
| 42 | Mack Brown | North Carolina | ACC | $5,000,000 |
| 43 | Dave Clawson | Wake Forest | ACC | $4,781,410 |
| 44 | Brent Pry | Virginia Tech | ACC | $4,775,000 |
| 45 | Justin Wilcox | California | ACC | $4,600,000 |
| 46 | Dave Aranda | Baylor | Big 12 | $4,540,885 |
| 47 | Willie Fritz | Houston | Big 12 | $4,500,000 |
| 48 | Tony Elliott | Virginia | ACC | $4,251,000 |
| 49 | Curt Cignetti | Indiana | Big Ten | $4,250,000 |
| 49 | Jeff Lebby | Mississippi State | SEC | $4,250,000 |
| 51 | Joey McGuire | Texas Tech | Big 12 | $4,247,960 |
| 52 | Ryan Walters | Purdue | Big Ten | $4,050,000 |
| 53 | Matt Campbell | Iowa State | Big 12 | $4,009,886 |
| 54 | Neal Brown | West Virginia | Big 12 | $4,000,000 |
| 54 | Gus Malzahn | Central Florida | Big 12 | $4,000,000 |
| 56 | Kenny Dillingham | Arizona State | Big 12 | $3,950,000 |
| 57 | Scott Satterfield | Cincinnati | Big 12 | $3,600,000 |
| 58 | DeShaun Foster | UCLA | Big Ten | $3,250,000 |
| 59 | Clark Lea | Vanderbilt | SEC | $3,189,744 |
| 60 | Brent Brennan | Arizona | Big 12 | $3,100,000 |
| 61 | Brent Key | Georgia Tech | ACC | $2,900,000 |
| 62 | Jake Dickert | Washington State | Pac-12 | $2,550,000 |
| 63 | Alex Golesh | South Florida | American | $2,503,099 |
| 64 | Jeff Traylor | Texas-San Antonio | American | $2,500,000 |
| 65 | Mike Houston | East Carolina | American | $2,457,363 |
| 66 | Rhett Lashlee | Southern Methodist | ACC | $2,360,640 |
| 67 | Jeff Monken | Army | American | $2,350,000 |
| 68 | Ryan Silverfield | Memphis | American | $2,200,000 |
| 69 | Trent Bray | Oregon State | Pac-12 | $2,000,008 |
| 70 | Stan Drayton | Temple | American | $1,888,979 |
| 71 | Jay Norvell | Colorado State | Mountain West | $1,800,000 |
| 71 | Brian Newberry | Navy | American | $1,800,000 |
| 73 | Sean Lewis | San Diego State | Mountain West | $1,753,100 |
| 74 | Barry Odom | UNLV | Mountain West | $1,750,000 |
| 75 | Jim Mora | Connecticut | Independent | $1,700,000 |
| 76 | Ken Niumatalolo | San Jose State | Mountain West | $1,500,000 |
| 77 | Trent Dilfer | Alabama-Birmingham | American | $1,450,000 |
| 78 | Eric Morris | North Texas | American | $1,325,000 |
| 79 | Chuck Martin | Miami (OH) | MAC | $1,257,984 |
| 80 | Bronco Mendenhall | New Mexico | Mountain West | $1,200,000 |
| 81 | Spencer Danielson | Boise State | Mountain West | $1,135,008 |
| 82 | Jason Candle | Toledo | MAC | $1,125,000 |
| 83 | Jay Sawvel | Wyoming | Mountain West | $1,100,000 |
| 84 | Jeff Choate | Nevada | Mountain West | $1,075,000 |
| 85 | Rich Rodriguez | Jacksonville State | CUSA | $1,056,000 |
| 86 | Tim Beck | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | $1,050,000 |
| 87 | Jim McElwain | Central Michigan | MAC | $1,048,493 |
| 88 | G.J. Kinne | Texas State | Sun Belt | $1,002,000 |
| 89 | Sonny Cumbie | Louisiana Tech | CUSA | $1,000,000 |
| 89 | Derek Mason | Middle Tennessee State | CUSA | $1,000,000 |
| 89 | Tom Herman | Florida Atlantic | American | $1,000,000 |
| 89 | Biff Poggi | Charlotte | American | $1,000,000 |
| 93 | Mike Bloomgren | Rice | American | $981,781 |
| 94 | Shawn Clark | Appalachian State | Sun Belt | $950,020 |
| 95 | Tyson Helton | Western Kentucky | Sun Belt | $927,180 |
| 96 | Gerad Parker | Troy | Sun Belt | $900,000 |
| 97 | Don Brown | Massachusetts | Independent | $882,586 |
| 98 | Dell McGee | Georgia State | Sun Belt | $853,000 |
| 99 | Lance Taylor | Western Michigan | MAC | $850,000 |
| 100 | Ricky Rahne | Old Dominion | Sun Bent | $845,941 |
| 101 | Major Applewhite | South Alabama | Sun Belt | $825,000 |
| 101 | Butch Jones | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | $825,000 |
| 103 | Will Hall | Southern Mississippi | Sun Belt | $824,000 |
| 104 | Clay Helton | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | $805,000 |
| 105 | Scotty Walden | Texas-El Paso | CUSA | $800,000 |
| 106 | Michael Desormeaux | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | $772,800 |
| 107 | Nate Dreiling | Utah State | Mountain West | $766,668 |
| 108 | Bob Chesney | James Madison | Sun Belt | $766,500 |
| 109 | Charles Huff | Marshall | Sun Belt | $755,500 |
| 110 | Mike MacIntyre | Florida International | CUSA | $750,000 |
| 111 | Pete Lembo | Buffalo | MAC | $732,500 |
| 112 | Tim Albin | Ohio | MAC | $709,330 |
| 113 | Thomas Hammock | Northern Illinois | MAC | $708,086 |
| 114 | Chris Creighton | Eastern Michigan | MAC | $707,500 |
| 115 | Timmy Chang | Hawaii | Mountain West | $705,008 |
| 116 | Mike Neu | Ball State | MAC | $705,000 |
| 117 | K.C. Keeler | Sam Houston State | CUSA | $625,000 |
| 118 | Joe Moorhead | Akron | MAC | $620,000 |
| 119 | Bryant Vincent | Louisiana-Monroe | Sun Belt | $600,000 |
| 119 | Tony Sanchez | New Mexico State | CUSA | $600,000 |
| 121 | Scot Loeffler | Bowling Green | MAC | $582,000 |
| 122 | Kenni Burns | Kent State | MAC | $527,100 |
| 123 | Jamey Chadwell | Liberty | CUSA | $479,629 |
| 124 | Tim Skipper | Fresno State | Mountain West | $461,667 |
| 125 | Brian Bohannon | Kennesaw State | CUSA | $376,000 |
| -- | Kevin Wilson | Tulsa | American | |
| -- | Manny Diaz | Duke | ACC | |
| -- | Bill O'Brien | Boston College | ACC | |
| -- | Jon Sumrall | Tulane | American | |
| -- | Fran Brown | Syracuse | ACC | |
| -- | Troy Taylor | Stanford | ACC | |
| -- | David Braun | Northwestern | Big Ten | |
| -- | Troy Calhoun | Air Force | Mountain West |
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