USA Today has revealed what college coaches earn and guess what? They’re well paid!
Urban Myer at Florida makes $4 million while Doug Martin at Kent State makes $190,000.
Here are the current ACC salaries, according to USA Today:
Bobby Bowden: $2,319,375 (base $565,875) - record: 4-5
Paul Johnson: $2,300,000 (base $325,000) - record: 9-1
Jim Grobe: $2,172,127 (base $333,333) - record: 4-6
Frank Beamer: $2,138,000 (base $272,328) - record: 6-3
Al Groh: $2,072,339 (base $291,700) - record: 3-6
Ralph Friedgen: $1,877,095 (base $267,468) - record: 2-7
Butch Davis: $1,702,000 (base $1,702,000) - record: 6-3
Tom O'Brien: $1,200,000 (base $625,000) - record: 4-5
Dabo Swinney: $816,850 (base $250,000) - record: 6-3
The salaries of coaches for private universities is not available to the public.
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If they sell seats, pay them accordingly. That's how the rest of the world works outside of government/academia. It's not like college sports has anything to do with education. Here's an article on why giving UVa's Dave Leitao $2.1 million to quit was a good business move:
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