On Thursday morning, the University of Oregon Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a contract extension for Oregon Duck head football coach Dan Lanning.
Lanning’s extension increases his yearly salary from $4.7 million to $7 million, increasing by $200,000 each year through 2028. Should he hit all of his incentives and kickers, Lanning could make more than $70 million over the next nine years in Eugene, while a massive $20 million buyout has been put in place should he leave the Ducks.
Though he has just one year of being a head coach under his belt and a 10-3 career record, Lanning is getting paid as much as some of the top coaches in the nation. When you look at the coaching landscape in college football, it’s clear Oregon’s man is in great company when it comes to coaches who haul in more than $7 million per year.
Here are some of the other names that get that type of money: