College football coaching salaries have skyrocketed in recent years as the sport’s arms race has reached new heights.
Fortunately for the Georgia Bulldogs, they have one of the nation’s top coaches, Kirby Smart, who recently guided UGA to its first national championship since 1980. Smart is 66-15 in six seasons at the helm in Athens. Prior to Smart, Mark Richt guided the Bulldogs to a 145-51 record over 15 seasons.
To get an idea of how rapidly coaching salaries are rising, UGA Wire compiles the annual compensation paid out to Georgia football head 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.]