Bo Pelini ranks 13th nationally among the highest-paid college football coaches. Of the top 12, only Lane Kiffin is without a conference championship, a BCS bowl appearance or a top-10 season.
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Salary (in millions), Years as FBS coach, Highest accomplishment
5.17, Nick Saban, Alabama, 15, two national championships
5.10, Mack Brown, Texas, 26, one national championship
4.53, Bob Stoops, Oklahoma, 12, one national championship
4.00, Lane Kiffin, USC, 2, 15-11 career record
3.78, Kirk Ferentz, Iowa, 12, four top-10 seasons
3.75, Les Miles, LSU, 10, one national championship
3.65, Jim Tressel, Ohio State, 10, one national championship
3.56, Bobby Petrino, Arkansas, 7, two top-10 seasons
2.94, Jim Grobe, Wake Forest, 16, one ACC championship
2.81, Mark Richt, Georgia, 10, six top-10 seasons
2.80, Steve Spurrier, S. Carolina, 21, one national championship
2.80, Chip Kelly, Oregon, 2, BCS title game appearance
2.78, Bo Pelini, Nebraska, 3, two Big 12 title game appearances
2.75, Jimbo Fisher, Florida St., 1, one ACC title game appearance
2.75, Will Muschamp, Florida, 0,
2.55, Gary Pinkel, Missouri, 20, one top-5 season
2.50, Bret Bielema, Wisconsin, 5, two top-10 seasons
2.50, Houston Nutt, Mississippi, 14, two SEC title game appearances
2.44, Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech, 9, one ACC championship
2.30, Jeff Tedford, California, 9, one top-10 season
Notes about the chart:
• Salary numbers are approximate. They’re based on media reports and USA Today’s annual compensation analysis for college head coaches, released in December 2010. Where applicable, numbers have been updated since USA Today’s release.
• Salaries for some private universities, like Notre Dame, weren’t available.
• Salaries don’t include performance bonuses, which vary by school.
• USA Today separated coaches’ pay into two categories — university compensation and non-university compensation. The first category includes, among other things, base salary. The second category represents income from sources listed on the coach’s self-reported athletically related outside income report. Many schools, including Nebraska, aren’t required to disclose non-university compensation. For our purposes, we omitted the non-university category from the rankings.
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