The highest-paid public employee in the majority of states is a college football head coach.
Year after year, college athletic programs haul in an exorbitant amount of money, and a good chunk of it goes to the people in charge. The Pac-12 Conference is no different with each of its current head coaches locked into multi-million dollar contracts through the university.
While you can argue that many are overpaid, it’s a difficult job and one that brings little security, as Herm Edwards and Karl Dorrell know well.
According to the USA TODAY Sports head coach salary database, below is how much each Pac-12 head coach is making in 2022, including buyout details: