Football is a way of life for schools in the SEC. Fans demand an elite on-field product and the stakes are higher than anywhere else in the country.
Because of this high-pressure environment, top coordinators and strength coaches are a necessity. We’ve broken down the 2016 salaries for the SEC’s top assistant and strength coaches, but we decided to combine them for a glance at which programs spend the most in these three important areas.
Here’s a ranking of each SEC school’s combined salaries of coordinators and strengths coaches for 2016.
No. 1:Â Alabama ($2,925,000)
N0. 2:Â LSU ($2,845,000)
No. 3:Â Texas A&M ($2,838,000)
No. 4:Â Auburn ($1,985,000)
No. 5:Â Arkansas ($1,890,000)
No. 6:Â Georgia ($1,866,000)
No. 7:Â South Carolina ($1,850,000)
No. 8:Â Ole Miss ($1,845,000)
No. 9:Â Florida ($1,818,000)
No. 10:Â Tennessee ($1,724,340)
No. 11:Â Missouri ($1,660,000)
No. 12:Â Mississippi State ($1,585,000)
No. 13:Â Kentucky ($1,465,000)
No. 14:Â Vanderbilt (N/A)
