The salaries of college football head coaches have skyrocketed in recent years, owing to the increasingly aggressive arms race among the nation’s top programs.
Although the Wisconsin Badgers have paid relatively reasonable salaries to coaches Bret Bielema, Gary Andersen and Paul Chryst over the past 10 years, the figures are trending sharply upward nevertheless.
To get an idea of how rapidly coaching salaries are rising, Badgers Wire lists the annual compensation paid out to University of Wisconsin head football coaches over the past decade below.
[Source: USA TODAY college football coaching salary database; figures do not include income from non-university sources, incentive bonuses or the value of perks and benefits.]