x.setTime(x.getTime()); It started with Iowa's Chris Doyle making $515k back in 2015, before Alabama's Scott Cochran's contract called for him to make $525. With 129 schools spread across ten conferences plus some independents, there's a ton of money being poured into the sport. School pay: $3,300,000. Required fields are marked *. Thats nearly double what the next closest coach in the conference is set to make in 2021. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. The Gators subsequently hired Louisiana's Billy Napier to be Mullen's replacement. USA TODAY Sports' annual review of coaches' compensation found that the average total pay for FBS head coaches in 2020-21 is $2.7million, a 1.1% increase from last year's average. The Group of Five, meanwhile, had a few interesting outliers. Florida Atlantic University's first student-run news source. His new figure puts him fourth nationally in coach salary for this year, trailing Alabamas Nick Saban, LSUs Ed Orgeron and Stanfords David Shaw. T he 17 teams that comprise FAU Athletics compete in Conference USA, a 14-member group in the NCAA's Division I, the highest level of intercollegiate athletics in the United States. 0. contract not released yet. Missouri had the second lowest assistant coaches' salary total in the conference at $5.1 million, according to the USA TODAY database. 2007 This now marks at least the third time in the last 13 months Harbaugh has sworn off potential NFL interest. An outstanding high school athlete (he wrote that), he chose to go pro in something other than playing football (i.e. Fourth overall and top in the Big Ten is Jim Harbaugh with $8 million. Coaches Hot Seat, ,