2014 SEC coaching salaries, Top 25 notables
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