Nick Saban Tops List Of Highest Paid Coaches

It’s debatable, although most people side with the SEC.

What can’t be debated is that the SEC’s coaches are the best paid.

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In USA Today’s annual database of coaching salaries, nine of the league’s coaches are among the 25 best-paid, including four among the top 10.

Alabama’s Nick Saban is tops on the list with a total 2014 salary of $7,160,187.

Texas A&M’s Kevin Sumlin ($5,006,000) if fourth, LSU’s Les Miles ($4,369,582) is seventh and South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier ($4,016,900) is 10th. Of the 13 coaches listed – Vanderbilt is exempt from providing salary information – Kentucky’s Mark Stoops is the lowest paid in the SEC with $2,701,600.

You can find the complete list here and how the list was compiled here.

Led by Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio ($5,636,145), the Big Ten also had four coaches within the top 10 and five in the top 25. The Big 12 had the second-most among the top 25 with six with Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops third-highest with $5,058,333.

FSU’s Jimbo Fisher is the ACC’s highest-paid coach, checking in at No. 14 on the list with $3,591,667.

The USA Today list includes all 128 FBS progams, although there are no salary numbers for seven coaches and their schools.