# Coach Name School Age Conference Compensation
1
Nick Saban
Alabama
63
SEC
$7,300,000
2
Charlie Strong
Texas 54 Big 12 $5,000,000
3
Kevin Sumlin Texas A&M 50 SEC $5,000,000
4
Urban Meyer Ohio State 50 Big Ten $4,800,000
5
Bob Stoops Oklahoma 54 Big 12 $4,750,000
6
Les Miles LSU 61 SEC $4,500,000
7
Brady Hoke
Michigan
56
Big Ten
$4,300,000
8
Art Briles
Baylor
59
Big 12
$4,250,000
9
Steve Sarkisian
USC
40
Pac 12
$4,250,000
10
Kirk Ferentz
Iowa
59
Big Ten
$4,000,000
11
Gus Malzahn Auburn 49 SEC $4,000,000
12
James Franklin Penn State 42 Big Ten $4,000,000
13 Brian Kelly Notre Dame 53 Ind. $4,000,000
14
Steve Spurrier
South Carolina
69
SEC
$4,000,000
15
Jimbo Fisher
Florida State
49
ACC
$4,000,000
16
Mark Dantonio
Michigan State
58
Big Ten
$3,700,000
17
Mike Gundy
Oklahoma State
47
Big 12
$3,500,000
18
Gary Patterson
TCU
54
Big 12
$3,500,000
19
Bobby Petrino Louisville 53 ACC $3,500,000
20
Chris Petersen Washington 50 Pac 12 $3,400,000
21
Mark Richt Georgia 54 SEC $3,400,000
22
Dabo Swinney
Clemson
45
ACC
$3,300,000
23 Jim Mora UCLA 53 Pac 12 $3,250,000
24
Gary Pinkel
Missouri
62
SEC
$3,250,000
25
Butch Jones
Tennessee
46
SEC
$3,200,000
26
Tommy Tuberville
Cincinnati
60
AAC
$3,200,000
27
Dan Mullen
Mississippi State
42
SEC
$3,200,000
28
Hugh Freeze
Mississippi
45
SEC
$3,200,000
29 Bo Pelini Nebraska 47 Big Ten $3,100,000
30
Bret Bielema
Arkansas
44
SEC
$3,000,000
31
LHC Bill Snyder
Kansas State
75
Big 12
$3,000,000
32
Will Muschamp
Florida
43
SEC
$3,000,000
33 David Shaw Stanford 42 Pac 12 $3,000,000
34 Dana Holgorsen West Virginia 43 Big 12 $2,800,000
35
Paul Johnson
Georgia Tech
57
ACC
$2,700,000
36 Gary Anderson Wisconsin 50 Big Ten $2,700,000
37
Frank Beamer
Virginia Tech
68
ACC
$2,600,000
38
Charlie Weis
Kansas
58
Big 12
$2,500,000
39
Todd Graham
Arizona State
50
Pac 12
$2,500,000
40
Sonny Dykes
California
45
Pac 12
$2,500,000
41 Mike Leach Washington State 53 Pac 12 $2,500,000
42
Mike MacIntyre
Colorado
49
Pac-12
$2,500,000
43
Kyle Whittingham
Utah
55
Pac 12
$2,500,000
44
Mike London
Virginia
5
ACC
$2,400,000
45
Pat Fitzgerald
Northwestern
40
Big Ten
$2,400,000
46
Darrell Hazell
Purdue
50
Big Ten
$2,300,000
47 Al Golden Miami 45 ACC $2,300,000
48
Derek Mason
Vanderbilt
43
SEC
$2,250,000
49
Dave Clawson
Wake Forest
47
ACC
$2,250,000
50
Mark Stoops
Kentucky
47
SEC
$2,250,000
51
Randy Edsall
Maryland
56
Big Ten
$2.250,000
52 David Cutcliffe Duke 60 ACC $2,250,000
53
Kliff Kingsbury
Texas Tech
35
Big 12
$2,200,000
54
June Jones
SMU
61
AAC
$2,100,000
55 Jerry Kill Minnesota 53 Big Ten $2,100,000
56 Larry Fedora North Carolina 52 ACC $2,000,000
57
Rich Rodriguez
Arizona
51
Pac 12
$2,000,000
58
George O'Leary
UCF
68
AAC
$2,000,000
59
Bronco Mendenhall
BYU
48
MWC
$2,000,000
60
Willie Taggart
South Florida
38
AAC
$2,000,000
61
Mark Helfrich
Oregon
41
Pac 12
$2,000,000
62
Dave Doeren
NC State
43
ACC
$2,000,000
63
Paul Chryst
Pitt
49
AAC
$1,800,000
64
Tim Beckman
Illinois
49
Big Ten
$1,800,000
65 Paul Rhoads Iowa State 47 Big 12 $1,800,000
