Top Paid Coaches in College Football From 2011 Season

[sportznut02]

Phil Steele has released his list of the top paid coaches in college football. Notre Dame and USC did not release their coaching salaries.
Top 50 Highest Paid College Coaches

Rk	School	Conf	Head Coach	Univ	Non-Univ	Total Pay	Max Bonus
1	Texas	Big 12	Mack Brown	$5,192,500	$1,000	$5,193,500	$850,000
2	Alabama	SEC	Nick Saban	$4,683,333	$150,000	$4,833,333	$700,000
3	Oklahoma	Big 12	Bob Stoops	$4,075,000	$0	$4,075,000	$819,500
4	LSU	SEC	Les Miles	$3,751,000	$105,417	$3,856,417	$700,000
5	Iowa	Big Ten	Kirk Ferentz	$3,785,000	$0	$3,785,000	$1,750,000
6	Arkansas	SEC	Bobby Petrino	$3,635,000	$3,000	$3,638,000	$650,000
7	Auburn	SEC	Gene Chizik	$3,500,000	$0	$3,500,000	$1,200,000
8	Michigan	Big Ten	Brady Hoke	$3,254,000	$0	$3,254,000	$500,000
9	Florida	SEC	Will Muschamp	$3,221,000	$0	$3,221,000	$450,000
10	Georgia	SEC	Mark Richt	$2,811,400	$128,400	$2,939,800	$525,000
11	South Carolina	SEC	Steve Spurrier	$2,800,000	$28,000	$2,828,000	$1,000,000
12	Oregon	PAC-12	Chip Kelly	$2,800,000	N/A	$2,800,000	$1,035,000
13	Nebraska	Big Ten	Bo Pelini	$2,775,000	N/A	$2,775,000	$1,000,000
14	Mississippi	SEC	Houston Nutt	$2,756,250	$15,500	$2,771,750	$715,000
15	Florida St	ACC	Jimbo Fisher	$2,750,000	$0	$2,750,000	$725,000
16	Missouri	Big 12	Gary Pinkel	$2,700,000	$0	$2,700,000	$850,000
17	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Bret Bielema	$2,500,000	$98,186	$2,598,186	$400,000
18	Mississippi St	SEC	Dan Mullen	$2,500,000	$0	$2,500,000	$650,000
19	Georgia Tech	ACC	Paul Johnson	$2,369,000	$0	$2,369,000	$1,125,000
20	Tennessee	SEC	Derek Dooley	$2,293,391	$37,200	$2,330,591	$475,000
21	Virginia Tech	ACC	Frank Beamer	$2,243,000	$85,000	$2,328,000	$407,500
22	Louisville	Big East	Charlie Strong	$2,300,000	$5,000	$2,305,000	$500,000
23	California	PAC-12	Jeff Tedford	$2,300,000	$0	$2,300,000	$255,000
24	Rutgers	Big East	Greg Schiano	$2,195,000	$101,969	$2,296,969	$530,000
25	Wake Forest	ACC	Jim Grobe	$2,275,545	N/A	$2,275,545	N/A
26	Washington	PAC-12	Steve Sarkisian	$2,250,000	$0	$2,250,000	$1,075,000
27	Texas A&M	Big 12	Mike Sherman	$2,200,000	$1,000	$2,201,000	$350,000
28	Kansas	Big 12	Turner Gill	$2,100,000	$1,200	$2,101,200	$419,158
29	Oklahoma St	Big 12	Mike Gundy	$2,100,000	N/A	$2,100,000	$500,000
30	Texas Tech	Big 12	Tommy Tuberville	$2,050,000	$9,000	$2,059,000	$1,025,000
31	TCU	Mt. West	Gary Patterson	$2,018,362	N/A	$2,018,362	N/A
32	Maryland	ACC	Randy Edsall	$2,013,440	$0	$2,013,440	$875,000
33	Kansas St	Big 12	Bill Snyder	$1,925,000	$0	$1,925,000	$455,000
34	Michigan St	Big Ten	Mark Dantonio	$1,918,000	$0	$1,918,000	$650,000
35	NC State	ACC	Tom O'Brien	$932,950	$945,000	$1,877,950	$750,000
36	Clemson	ACC	Dabo Swinney	$1,833,333	$13,000	$1,846,333	$775,000
37	Virginia	ACC	Mike London	$1,780,000	$14,679	$1,794,679	$715,000
38	Duke	ACC	David Cutcliffe	$1,762,895	N/A	$1,762,895	N/A
39	Illinois	Big Ten	Ron Zook	$1,750,000	$3,500	$1,753,500	$65,650
40	SMU	CUSA	June Jones	$1,727,082	N/A	$1,727,082	N/A
41	Kentucky	SEC	Joker Phillips	$1,701,339	$1,150	$1,702,489	$1,105,000
42	Minnesota	Big Ten	Jerry Kill	$1,700,000	N/A	$1,700,000	$875,000
42	USF	Big East	Skip Holtz	$1,700,000	$0	$1,700,000	$350,000
42	Utah	PAC-12	Kyle Whittingham	$1,700,000	N/A	$1,700,000	$740,000
45	Baylor	Big 12	Art Briles	$1,549,396	N/A	$1,549,396	N/A
46	Navy	Ind.	Ken Niumatalolo	$1,538,190	N/A	$1,538,190	N/A
47	Boise St	Mt. West	Chris Petersen	$1,525,000	$0	$1,525,000	$170,000
48	Arizona St	PAC-12	Dennis Erickson	$1,500,000	$3,000	$1,503,000	$1,800,000
49	Connecticut	Big East	Paul Pasqualoni	$1,500,000	N/A	$1,500,000	$114,583
50	West Virginia	Big East	Dana Holgorsen	$1,490,000	$0	$1,490,000	$600,000

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[He1nousOne1]

Yeah, the Ferentz Empire is strong at Iowa. Long live the Emperor!

Considering what the man does with that program and what players he brings in, he is worth every penny.

[Watson]

I was not expecting Kirk Ferentz to be honest

[superjames1992]

WVU got their money's worth for Dana Holgorsen!

Of course, he is in for a HUGE pay raise this year now that he is head coach (remember, he was supposed to only be offensive coordinator last year).

[Sportsbuck]

Urban is at #3 right now I believe.

[TDenverFan]

Boise State gets their moneys worth

[Bamafan3723]

Saban is worth every cent and then some.

[dickey1331]

SMU got their money worth by getting into the Big East.