{"id":201728,"date":"2024-01-07T00:55:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T22:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/?p=201728"},"modified":"2024-01-07T00:55:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T22:55:42","slug":"revealed-highest-paid-college-football-coaches-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/2024\/01\/07\/revealed-highest-paid-college-football-coaches-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: Highest-paid college football coaches, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>College football is a lucrative industry that keeps expanding. Among all the people working in a college, the highest earner is usually the college football coach. In fact, the top-paid college football coach makes over $29 million annually. Collectively, the five highest-paid college football coaches made over $71 million this year.\u00a0If you&#8217;re curious about the salaries of college football coaches, you can check out this list of 33 coaches who are making millions by leading their teams to victory.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-734-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-734\">Highest-paid college football coaches, 2024<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-734\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-734\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-734-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Rank<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Name<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Team<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Salary<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Deion Luwynn Sanders<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">University of Colorado Boulder<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$29.5 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Nick Saban<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Alabama Crimson Tide<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$10.95\u00a0million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dabo Swinney<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Clemson Tigers<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$10.5\u00a0million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Kirby Smart<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Georgia Bulldogs<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$10.25\u00a0million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lincoln Riley<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">USC Trojans<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$10\u00a0million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Brian Kelly<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">LSU Tigers<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$9.81 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mel Tucker<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Michigan State Spartans<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$9.56\u00a0million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ryan Day<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ohio State University<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$9.5\u00a0million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Matt Rhule<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Nebraska Cornhuskers<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$9.25 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jimbo Fisher<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Texas A&amp;M Aggies<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$9.15\u00a0million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Ed Orgeron<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">LSU Tigers<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$9 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td 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class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Billy Napier<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Florida Gators<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$7.27 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Lane Kiffin<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ole Miss Rebels<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$7.25 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jim Harbaugh<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Michigan Wolverines<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$7.05 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">James Franklin<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Nittany Lions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$7 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">21<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Brent Venables<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Oklahoma Sooners<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">$7 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">22<\/td><td 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