The salaries of college football head coaches have risen sharply in recent years, a reflection of the financial arms race created by the intense desire to win.
The Pac-12 boasts several figures who rank among the highest-paid head coaches in the sport, including David Shaw of Stanford, Chip Kelly of UCLA and Kyle Whittingham of Utah.
With the 2021 regular season in the books, we’re interested in which Pac-12 teams got the biggest bang for their bucks in regard to head coach earnings.
Buffaloes Wire ranks the earnings of the conference’s head football coaches in the list below.
[Source: USA TODAY coaching salary database]