USA Today released its annual NCAA coaching salaries update on Thursday and to no one’s surprise, the SEC continues to reward its head coaches, handsomely.
Four-time national champion Nick Saban is college football’s highest-paid coach at a cool $7.1 million and currently has Alabama ranked No. 1 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings.
2014 SEC coaching salaries
- Nick Saban, Alabama — $7.1 million
- Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M — $5 million
- Les Miles, LSU — $4.3 million
- Steve Spurrier, South Carolina — $4 million
- Gus Malzahn, Auburn — $3.8 million
- Gary Pinkel, Mizzou — $3.4 million
- Mark Richt, Georgia — $3.3 million
- Bret Bielema, Arkansas — $3.2 million
- Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss — $3 million
- Dan Mullen, Mississippi St. — $3 million
- Butch Jones, Tennessee — $2.9 million
- Will Muschamp, Florida — $2.7 million
- Mark Stoops, Kentucky — $2.7 million (34th nationally)
- Derek Mason, Vanderbilt — Private
Top 25 notables
- Mark Dantonio, Michigan State — $5.6 million (2nd nationally)
- Bob Stoops, Oklahoma — $5 million
- Charlie Strong, Texas — $5 million
- Urban Meyer, Ohio State — $4.5 million
- James Franklin, Penn State — $4.3 million
- Kirk Ferentz, Iowa — $4 million
- Chris Petersen, Washington — $3.6 million
