Unbelievable! Top Paid College Football Coaches: 1-100

#5
#5
This site is amazing! Click on the coaches name and there is a PDF of the actual contract!!!!!

Has anyone seen this before?!?!?!?
 
#6
#6
WTF has Ferentz done to deserve #8 on this list??!?!?!?!?

How about the big Mangino in the top 15!!!
 
#7
#7
Saban's contract is 32 pages long!!! Shows the whole d@mn thing down to the signatures...... even Sexton!!!
 
#8
#8
Stoops makes $3,500,000 a year. He makes $3 million more this season, for him being there 10 years.
 
#9
#9
Miles contract calls for him to make 1 dollar more than the highest paid SEC coach. If someone were to get a raise above Les, he'll get a dollar more.
 
#10
#10
Cooleyvol said:
Miles contract calls for him to make 1 dollar more than the highest paid SEC coach. If someone were to get a raise above Les, he'll get a dollar more.
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What happens if two guys in the same conference have this clause?

(I would seriously like to know.)
 
#12
#12
Reading some of their contracts is fascinating..... You can see the actual "Michigan Clause" in Miles contract.
 
#14
#14
Don't believe Paterno's for a second. It's been huge news here @ the past few years that his contract should be public record, but the school doesn't want to reveal it. Has actually made for interesting debate. Also...try to click on his name to see his contract...not there.
 
#16
#16
Leach would be an idiot not to take the job if UT offered him anywhere approaching $3 Mil, unless TT matches.
 
#17
#17
VOLNPA said:
Don't believe Paterno's for a second. It's been huge news here @ the past few years that his contract should be public record, but the school doesn't want to reveal it. Has actually made for interesting debate. Also...try to click on his name to see his contract...not there.
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This actually came out earlier this year and Paterno was forced to disclose.... I can't remember the exact figure but I did see the documentation in the AJC.
 
#18
#18
UT4EVER said:
This actually came out earlier this year and Paterno was forced to disclose.... I can't remember the exact figure but I did see the documentation in the AJC.
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Interesting...did not know that. I moved away from central PA in April of 2007 and hadn't heard much more about it.

I still think he either made or makes more though because his financial contributions to the school have been in the multi-millions.
 
#19
#19
VOLNPA said:
Interesting...did not know that. I moved away from central PA in April of 2007 and hadn't heard much more about it.

I still think he either made or makes more though because his financial contributions to the school have been in the multi-millions.
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I bet you can google it now.... It was ridiculously low considering his stature and tenure! If I'm not mistaken it was less than 1 mil....
 
#20
#20
(2007) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Joe Paterno's salary is no longer one of the most closely guarded secrets in college sports. The Penn State coach will earn more than $500,000 this year.

The State Employees' Retirement System released Paterno's salary Thursday, more than a week after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that his salary and those of other top Penn State officials are public information.

Paterno was paid $427,220 in the first 10 months of 2007 -- putting his year-end salary on track to be $512,664. He was paid $490,638 last year, according to the retirement system.

"I'm paid well. I'm not overpaid," Paterno said earlier in the day, during an interview with reporters about his upcoming College Football Hall of Fame induction. "I got all the money I need."

But it's not even close to what some other big-name coaches are making. Alabama's Nick Saban is the highest paid coach at $4 million per year, while Oklahoma's Bob Stoops makes over $3 million. Ohio State's Jim Tressel, Florida's Urban Meyer and South Carolina's Steve Spurrier make upward of $2 million annually.

Many coaches receive substantial bonuses or outside income, but the retirement system data did not show other forms of compensation.

Paterno said Thursday he makes more money than is reflected in the retirement system's figures, but didn't specify how much.

He has no immediate plans to dip into his pension anytime soon. While Paterno acknowledges the end of his career is near, he said he still tells recruits that he could go another "three, four, five years" if his health allows, and that "all the positive things here will still be here when I leave."

Paterno, who turns 81 on Dec. 21, is under contract through next season. He's already looking forward to 2008, when he said Penn State might be "in the the thick of things" for a national championship.

The disclosure of Paterno's salary was forced by The Patriot News in Harrisburg, which asked the retirement system nearly five years ago to release the salaries of Paterno and three other school officials.

Penn State, which had refused to make the information public, also opposed the release by the retirement system on the grounds that it would be unfair to the affected employees and might hurt morale or make it more difficult to recruit and retain talent.

The legal wrangling ended last week, when the state Supreme Court upheld a lower court order to release the information. The justices said the lower court properly balanced the public's right against the effects the disclosure might have on reputations and personal security.

Paterno has been head coach for 42 years, a record for major college football. He holds records for bowl appearances (33) and postseason wins (22). His 371 total victories put him two behind Florida State's Bobby Bowden for most among major college coaches.

A 2006 comparison by USA Today showed that Big Ten coaches' salaries ranged from $231,000 at Purdue to $2.8 million at Iowa.

The retirement system disclosed Paterno's salary after receiving a formal notice from Penn State that officials would not appeal the high court's ruling.

"We still feel the same way we felt previously -- employees have a fundamental right to confidential financial information," Penn State spokesman Bill Mahon said. "It's unfortunate that thousands of them no longer have that confidentiality."

Paterno said his first contract for head coach in 1966 was for $20,000.

"It bothers me that people have to know what I make," he told reporters. "What difference does it make what I make, all right? I don't know what you guys make."

I'd LOVE to know what the bonuses come out to...
 
#21
#21
Who knows what he really makes.... but Paterno's pay is still low compared to the others.
 
#22
#22
I think it's wild that 7 of the top 15 are in the SEC. That's puttin your money where your mouth is. Hope Hammy gets it.
 
#23
#23
I think it's funny how Jim Grobe has turned down every job in America and he's number 50 on the list.... Behind Pat Hill and Cutcliff. And Muschamp as DC will almost make as much at Pelini at HC!!!
 
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