Whats the highest yearly wage paid to a college football coach?

Question

The reason I'm asking is because Alabama is looking for a head coach and said they are looking for the best.

Mike Shula was making 1.8 million a year and got 4 million to walk.

Alabama wants Nick Saban at Miami and he makes 4 million a year there, He said he wasn't interested but Alabama made him an offer and I'd think it would have to be 5 million a year or more.

I read that the head coach for Notre Dame Charlie Weis makes 5 million per year.

Whats the highest yearly wage paid to a college football coach?

Answer 1

I've heard that Weis is paid somewhere from $3-5 million a year, although I've never seen it confirmed and I'm not sure how much of that would be in bonuses.

According to a USA Today article about salaries that appeared a couple of weeks ago, the highest reported salary is Kirk Ferentz at Iowa, who makes $2.84m, although Bob Stoops could make more with bonuses.

I'm including a link to the article. Near the top, there's a "Click Here" link that will bring up the salary database. You can get a list of coaches by conference, or all of them together, and can sort them by salary, bonuses, etc.:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-11-16-coaches-salaries-cover_x.htm

Answer 2

Nick Saban of Alabama is the highest paid right now and that is publicly known. Some schools don't publish the salaries of their coaches though.

Answer 3

I think Charlie gets 3.3 million or something like that.
He was paid the most last year.

Auburn pays Tubberville Approx 2 million a year.

Answer 4

tressel deserves to be the highest paid, but he isn't. i'm not sure who