Earlier today, USA TODAY Sports updated their annual college football coaches salary database with salaries for 122 FBS coaches.
It should come as no surprise that Alabama head coach Nick Saban topped the charts, earning a total of $9,753,211 for the year. While the Big Ten did not have a coach in the top 5, a number of Big Ten coaches were in the upper tier of salaries according to the database.
Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst recently earned a nearly one million dollar raise that was agreed upon before the season. Where does the Badger coach’s salary rank among other Big Ten coaches? Here is a look at every Big Ten coaches salary as provided by the database:*
*Penn State head coach James Franklin’s total pay number was not included, so he has been omitted from this list.