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Nick Saban is highest paid coach in college football

Alabama coach Nick Saban is the highest paid college football coach in the country.

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Alabama's Nick Saban is the highest paid college football coach in Division I this season. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

This according to the USA Today, which teamed up with National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University Law School and Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP to put together a comprehensive list of the Division I football coaches’ salaries. They got all but 10 schools information.

Saban earned $5,997,349 this season. The second-highest was Texas coach Mack Brown who earned $$5,161,500.

Here is a list of some of the highest paid coaches along with some other coaches of interest.

School Coach Conference University compensation Non-university compensation Total
Alabama Nick Saban SEC $5,166,666 830,683 $5,997,349
Texas Mack Brown Big 12 $5,100,00 $61,500 $5,161,500
Oklahoma Bob Stoops Big 12 $$4,275,000 $100,000 $4,375,000
Florida Urban Meyer SEC $4,010,000 $0 $4,010,000
LSU Les Miles SEC $3,751,000 $154,000 $3,905,000
Ohio State Jim Tressel Big Ten $3,512,000 $376,389 $3,888,389
Iowa Kirk Ferentz Big Ten $3,775,000 $6,000 $$3,781,000
OTHERS OF INTEREST
Auburn Gene Chizik SEC $2,100,000 $3,500 $2,103,500
Florida State Jimbo Fisher ACC $1,800,000 $4,000 $$1,804,000
UCF George O’Leary CUSA $1,325,754 $0 $1,325,754
Florida International Mario Cristobal Sun Belt $437,382 $0 $437,382
Florida Atlantic Howard Schnellenberge Sun Belt $400,405 $7,500 $407,905
Miami Randy Shannon ACC NA NA NA

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