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TOP NCAAF COACH PAY

Jim Harbaugh

Total

$9,004,000

+2,000,000 from Previous Year

2016 NCAAF Coaches Salaries

Rk	School	Conf	Coach	School Pay	Other Pay	Total Pay	Max Bonus	Bonuses Paid (2014-15)	Asst Pay Total
1	Michigan	Big Ten	Jim Harbaugh	$9,004,000	--	$9,004,000	$1,325,000	$0	$4,308,750
2	Alabama	SEC	Nick Saban	$6,939,395	--	$6,939,395	$700,000	$625,000	$5,320,000
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	Urban Meyer	$6,003,000	$91,800	$6,094,800	$775,000	$250,000	$4,583,100
4	Oklahoma	Big 12	Bob Stoops	$5,550,000	$0	$5,550,000	$834,000	$333,000	$4,390,900
5	Florida State	ACC	Jimbo Fisher	$5,250,000	--	$5,250,000	$1,475,000	$100,000	$4,586,000
6	Texas	Big 12	Charlie Strong	$5,200,000	$130	$5,200,130	$1,006,000	$0	$4,546,250
7	Texas A&M	SEC	Kevin Sumlin	$5,000,000	--	$5,000,000	$1,350,000	$50,000	$4,811,000
8	Auburn	SEC	Gus Malzahn	$4,725,000	$4,500	$4,729,500	$1,400,000	$125,000	$4,456,250
9	Mississippi	SEC	Hugh Freeze	$4,700,000	$3,500	$4,703,500	$1,225,000	$300,000	$4,261,700
10	Penn State	Big Ten	James Franklin	$4,500,000	--	$4,500,000	$1,000,000	$200,000	--
11	Iowa	Big Ten	Kirk Ferentz	$4,500,000	$0	$4,500,000	$2,875,000	$900,000	$3,610,000
12	Clemson	ACC	Dabo Swinney	$4,417,500	$5,200	$4,422,700	$1,725,000	$1,100,000	$5,390,417
13	LSU	SEC	Les Miles	$4,300,000	$85,567	$4,385,567	$700,000	$100,000	$5,781,500
14	Michigan State	Big Ten	Mark Dantonio	$4,300,000	$0	$4,300,000	$650,000	$475,000	$3,445,098
15	Florida	SEC	Jim McElwain	$4,268,325	$0	$4,268,325	$450,000	$100,000	$4,530,709
16	Mississippi State	SEC	Dan Mullen	$4,200,000	$0	$4,200,000	$900,000	$200,000	$3,295,000
17	Arkansas	SEC	Bret Bielema	$4,100,000	$45,000	$4,145,000	$1,000,000	$100,000	$3,893,100
18	Tennessee	SEC	Butch Jones	$4,110,000	--	$4,110,000	$1,000,000	$350,000	$4,545,700
19	Stanford	Pac-12	David Shaw	$4,067,219	--	$4,067,219	--	--	--
20	Texas Christian	Big 12	Gary Patterson	$4,014,723	--	$4,014,723	--	--	--
21	Louisville	ACC	Bobby Petrino	$3,880,434	$30,000	$3,910,434	$1,464,583	$794,667	$3,839,500
22	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Mike Gundy	$3,775,000	--	$3,775,000	$550,000	$100,000	$3,283,999
23	Georgia	SEC	Kirby Smart	$3,753,600	--	$3,753,600	$1,800,000	--	$4,675,000
24	Utah	Pac-12	Kyle Whittingham	$3,650,000	--	$3,650,000	$935,000	$334,167	$2,900,000
25	Washington	Pac-12	Chris Petersen	$3,600,000	$5,847	$3,605,847	$1,175,000	$150,000	$3,553,578
26	Kentucky	SEC	Mark Stoops	$3,500,000	$13,600	$3,513,600	$2,800,000	$50,000	$3,403,900
27	UCLA	Pac-12	Jim Mora	$3,450,000	$0	$3,450,000	$1,065,000	$120,000	$3,955,000
28	Northwestern	Big Ten	Pat Fitzgerald	$3,350,638	--	$3,350,638	--	--	--
29	Oregon	Pac-12	Mark Helfrich	$3,300,000	$12,700	$3,312,700	$1,635,000	$150,000	$3,622,484
30	Texas Tech	Big 12	Kliff Kingsbury	$3,306,575	$0	$3,306,575	$1,500,000	$50,000	$2,511,800
31	Virginia	ACC	Bronco Mendenhall	$3,275,000	--	$3,275,000	$2,445,000	--	$3,030,000
32	Virginia Tech	ACC	Justin Fuente	$3,200,000	--	$3,200,000	$400,000	--	$3,359,000
33	Kansas State	Big 12	Bill Snyder	$3,100,000	$6,000	$3,106,000	$580,000	$50,000	$3,203,525
34	Arizona State	Pac-12	Todd Graham	$3,100,000	$3,438	$3,103,438	$3,823,000	$375,000	$3,255,000
35	Houston	AAC	Tom Herman	$3,000,000	$3,500	$3,003,500	$447,500	$137,500	$2,419,000
36	South Carolina	SEC	Will Muschamp	$3,000,000	$2,500	$3,002,500	$1,075,000	--	$3,952,400
37	West Virginia	Big 12	Dana Holgorsen	$2,980,000	$0	$2,980,000	$600,000	$60,000	$2,686,025
38	Washington State	Pac-12	Mike Leach	$2,950,000	$0	$2,950,000	$725,000	$100,000	$2,662,000
39	California	Pac-12	Sonny Dykes	$2,900,000	$8,000	$2,908,000	$800,000	$50,000	$2,675,600
40	Georgia Tech	ACC	Paul Johnson	$2,884,361	$2,000	$2,886,361	$1,050,000	$235,000	$2,534,515
41	Arizona	Pac-12	Rich Rodriguez	$2,500,000	$360,000	$2,860,000	$2,025,000	$50,000	$2,834,900
42	Nebraska	Big Ten	Mike Riley	$2,800,000	--	$2,800,000	$950,000	$0	$3,758,626
43	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Paul Chryst	$2,700,000	$6,200	$2,706,200	$440,000	$100,000	$2,862,520
44	Vanderbilt	SEC	Derek Mason	$2,556,877	--	$2,556,877	--	--	--
45	Oregon State	Pac-12	Gary Andersen	$2,550,000	--	$2,550,000	$525,000	$0	$2,736,691
46	Maryland	Big Ten	DJ Durkin	$2,412,000	--	$2,412,000	$625,000	--	$2,907,500
47	Missouri	SEC	Barry Odom	$2,350,000	--	$2,350,000	$1,025,000	--	$3,801,800
48	Boston College	ACC	Steve Addazio	$2,333,628	--	$2,333,628	--	--	--
49	Duke	ACC	David Cutcliffe	$2,320,773	--	$2,320,773	--	--	--
50	Indiana	Big Ten	Kevin Wilson	$2,320,000	--	$2,320,000	$1,130,000	$175,000	$2,751,661
51	Cincinnati	AAC	Tommy Tuberville	$2,200,000	--	$2,200,000	$565,000	$70,000	$2,140,000
52	North Carolina State	ACC	Dave Doeren	$2,200,000	--	$2,200,000	$1,750,000	$125,000	$2,966,365
53	Purdue	Big Ten	Darrell Hazell	$2,190,000	--	$2,190,000	$1,545,000	$120,000	$2,495,000
54	Wake Forest	ACC	Dave Clawson	$2,113,166	--	$2,113,166	--	--	--
55	Colorado	Pac-12	Mike MacIntyre	$2,011,050	$400	$2,011,450	$1,500,000	$300,000	$2,661,601
56	Navy	AAC	Ken Niumatalolo	$2,000,000	--	$2,000,000	--	--	--
57	Rutgers	Big Ten	Chris Ash	$2,000,000	--	$2,000,000	$960,000	--	$2,340,000
58	Iowa State	Big 12	Matt Campbell	$2,000,000	--	$2,000,000	$900,000	--	$2,318,250
59	North Carolina	ACC	Larry Fedora	$1,986,265	--	$1,986,265	$348,444	$58,500	$2,598,400
60	Illinois	Big Ten	Lovie Smith	$1,809,179	--	$1,809,179	$1,000,000	--	$3,245,000
61	Memphis	AAC	Mike Norvell	$1,800,000	--	$1,800,000	$570,000	--	$2,149,500
62	South Florida	AAC	Willie Taggart	$1,700,000	$4,000	$1,704,000	$900,000	$25,000	$1,911,500
63	Central Florida	AAC	Scott Frost	$1,700,000	--	$1,700,000	$250,000	--	$2,130,000
64	Connecticut	AAC	Bob Diaco	$1,700,000	--	$1,700,000	$450,000	$33,333	$1,893,802
65	Notre Dame	Ind.	Brian Kelly	$1,624,730	--	$1,624,730	--	--	--
66	Fresno State	Mt. West	Tim DeRuyter	$1,518,480	$30,000	$1,548,480	$1,685,000	$245,000	$1,019,258
67	Colorado State	Mt. West	Mike Bobo	$1,450,000	--	$1,450,000	$685,000	$50,000	$1,845,555
68	Minnesota	Big Ten	Tracy Claeys	$1,400,000	--	$1,400,000	$1,250,000	$157,942	$2,932,000
69	Boise State	Mt. West	Bryan Harsin	$1,300,004	$0	$1,300,004	$400,000	$85,000	$2,052,597
70	Louisiana-Lafayette	Sun Belt	Mark Hudspeth	$1,100,000	$0	$1,100,000	$155,000	$0	$989,800
71	Temple	AAC	Matt Rhule	$1,041,739	--	$1,041,739	--	--	--
72	East Carolina	AAC	Scottie Montgomery	$1,000,000	--	$1,000,000	$850,000	--	$1,701,500
73	Army	Ind.	Jeff Monken	$932,521	--	$932,521	$256,000	--	$2,185,759
74	Wyoming	Mt. West	Craig Bohl	$909,000	$0	$909,000	$330,000	$105,000	$1,289,782
75	Rice	C-USA	David Bailiff	$903,556	--	$903,556	--	--	--
76	Air Force	Mt. West	Troy Calhoun	$885,000	--	$885,000	--	$85,000	$1,618,000
77	Texas-San Antonio	C-USA	Frank Wilson	$835,000	--	$835,000	$185,000	--	$1,055,000
78	New Mexico	Mt. West	Bob Davie	$822,690	$1,250	$823,940	$490,000	$20,000	$1,439,460
79	Western Michigan	MAC	P.J. Fleck	$816,360	$4,000	$820,360	$336,000	$128,500	$1,225,320
80	North Texas	C-USA	Seth Littrell	$815,000	--	$815,000	$535,000	--	$1,245,000
81	San Diego State	Mt. West	Rocky Long	$810,632	$0	$810,632	$655,000	$195,000	$1,594,448
82	Western Kentucky	C-USA	Jeff Brohm	$805,600	$3,120	$808,720	$450,000	$150,000	$1,005,036
83	Middle Tennessee	C-USA	Rick Stockstill	$801,504	$2,500	$804,004	$126,142	$65,142	$1,257,257
84	Kansas	Big 12	David Beaty	$801,109	$0	$801,109	$925,000	$0	$2,300,599
85	Utah State	Mt. West	Matt Wells	$800,000	--	$800,000	$730,000	$60,000	$1,441,200
86	Marshall	C-USA	Doc Holliday	$762,570	$2,750	$765,320	$145,000	$55,000	$1,182,914
87	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	Blake Anderson	$700,000	$0	$700,000	$235,000	$50,000	$1,278,700
88	Toledo	MAC	Jason Candle	$675,000	$0	$675,000	$602,500	--	$944,000
89	Troy	Sun Belt	Neal Brown	$660,000	$0	$660,000	$490,000	$0	$1,194,400
90	Texas State	Sun Belt	Everett Withers	$650,000	--	$650,000	$66,667	--	$925,000
91	Northern Illinois	MAC	Rod Carey	$623,000	$2,500	$625,500	$205,000	$52,500	$921,018
92	Florida International	C-USA	Ron Turner	$609,731	$1,000	$610,731	$150,000	$25,000	$1,005,823
93	Charlotte	C-USA	Brad Lambert	$600,000	--	$600,000	$120,000	$0	$954,000
94	Florida Atlantic	C-USA	Charlie Partridge	$591,250	$0	$591,250	$100,000	$5,000	$956,200
95	Nevada	Mt. West	Brian Polian	$575,000	$3,000	$578,000	$250,000	$85,000	$1,277,821
96	Ohio	MAC	Frank Solich	$572,715	--	$572,715	$331,930	$10,000	$920,307
97	Old Dominion	C-USA	Bobby Wilder	$554,590	$15,000	$569,590	$504,506	$0	$1,090,666
98	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Joey Jones	$525,000	$35,000	$560,000	$211,025	$5,000	$1,120,062
99	San Jose State	Mt. West	Ron Caragher	$546,745	--	$546,745	$195,000	$10,000	$1,094,796
100	Central Michigan	MAC	John Bonamego	$545,640	$300	$545,940	$320,000	$43,500	$940,108
101	Georgia State	Sun Belt	Trent Miles	$537,405	$2,000	$539,405	$362,500	$56,000	$1,049,750
102	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	Scott Satterfield	$525,000	--	$525,000	$290,000	$30,000	$1,023,903
103	Texas-El Paso	C-USA	Sean Kugler	$515,332	$0	$515,332	$493,776	$24,128	$1,201,860
104	Louisiana Tech	C-USA	Skip Holtz	$500,000	$15,000	$515,000	$295,000	$25,000	$1,175,000
105	Nevada-Las Vegas	Mt. West	Tony Sanchez	$510,000	--	$510,000	$325,000	$15,000	$1,400,000
106	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	Tyson Summers	$500,000	--	$500,000	$292,500	--	$1,010,000
107	Southern Mississippi	C-USA	Jay Hopson	$500,000	--	$500,000	$867,500	--	$900,500
108	Miami (Ohio)	MAC	Chuck Martin	$472,300	$0	$472,300	$498,081	$6,750	$897,288
109	Massachusetts	Ind.	Mark Whipple	$467,965	$1,250	$469,215	$295,000	$10,000	$854,284
110	Eastern Michigan	MAC	Chris Creighton	$434,840	--	$434,840	$310,000	$0	$889,245
111	Ball State	MAC	Mike Neu	$425,000	$3,500	$428,500	$370,000	--	$954,700
112	Idaho	Sun Belt	Paul Petrino	$417,104	$0	$417,104	$152,000	$10,000	$995,385
113	Akron	MAC	Terry Bowden	$411,000	$1,500	$412,500	$225,000	$30,000	$919,220
114	Bowling Green	MAC	Mike Jinks	$410,000	--	$410,000	$245,000	--	$830,300
115	Kent State	MAC	Paul Haynes	$405,912	$1,000	$406,912	$173,000	$12,000	$733,900
116	Buffalo	MAC	Lance Leipold	$405,500	$0	$405,500	$380,000	--	$927,911
117	Hawaii	Mt. West	Nick Rolovich	$400,008	--	$400,008	$1,260,000	--	--
118	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	Matt Viator	$390,000	--	$390,000	$50,000	--	$930,000
119	New Mexico State	Sun Belt	Doug Martin	$376,044	$0	$376,044	$135,000	$0	$707,608
120	Miami (Fla.)	ACC	Mark Richt	--	--	--	--	--	--
121	Baylor	Big 12	Jim Grobe	--	--	--	--	--	--
122	Southern California	Pac-12	Clay Helton	--	--	--	--	--	--
123	Syracuse	ACC	Dino Babers	--	--	--	--	--	--
124	Tulane	AAC	Willie Fritz	--	--	--	--	--	--
125	Southern Methodist	AAC	Chad Morris	--	--	--	--	--	--
126	Brigham Young	Ind.	Kalani Sitake	--	--	--	--	--	--
127	Pittsburgh	ACC	Pat Narduzzi	--	--	--	--	--	--
128	Tulsa	AAC	Philip Montgomery	--	--	--	--	--	--
Rk	School	Conf	Coach	School Pay	Other Pay	Total Pay	Max Bonus	Bonuses Paid (2014-15)	Asst Pay Total

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