"Who's the most powerful person in your state? Well, based on public employee salaries, it's likely a college coach (sorry, governors). A whopping 28 college football coaches are the best-paid employees in their states, along with 12 college hoops coaches who top the state payrolls. Check out the map below to find your state's top-earning public official, plus the governor's salary."
So in 40 out of 50 states, it is a coach.
"Money men
Notice any familiar names on this list of the 40 highest-paid coaches at public colleges? You should -- Nick Saban, Dabo Swinney and Jim Harbaugh have been on it for years. But some others (hello, Dan Hurley) crack the list for the first time.
Dabo Swinney, Clemson$9.3MJohn Calipari, Kentucky$9.3MNick Saban, Alabama$8.9M (Kay Ivey, the governor, makes $120.4K)
Jim Harbaugh, Michigan$7.5MJimbo Fisher, Texas A&M$7.5MKirby Smart, Georgia$6.9MJeff Brohm, Purdue$6.6MLincoln Riley, Oklahoma$6.4MDan Mullen, Florida$6.1MJames Franklin, Penn State$5.7MScott Frost, Nebraska$5MKirk Ferentz, Iowa$4.8MChris Petersen, Washington (former)$4.6MRyan Day, Ohio State$4.5MTony Bennett, Virginia$4.2MPaul Chryst, Wisconsin$4.2MBill Self, Kansas$4.1MKyle Whittingham, Utah$4MChad Morris, Arkansas (former)$4MLovie Smith, Illinois$4MEd Orgeron, LSU$4MBob Huggins, West Virginia$3.9MJeremy Pruitt, Tennessee$3.9MP.J. Fleck, Minnesota$3.6MChip Kelly, UCLA$3.5MRoy Williams, UNC$3.3MMatt Luke, Ole Miss (former)$3.1MDan Hurley, UConn$3MMark Turgeon, Maryland$2.9MDana Altman, Oregon$2.8MCuonzo Martin, Missouri$2.8MSean Miller, Arizona$2.7MMel Tucker, Colorado$2.4MChris Ash, Rutgers (former)$2.3MCraig Bohl, Wyoming$2.1MBryan Harsin, Boise State$1.8MBob Davie, New Mexico (former)$823.7KDavid Cox, Rhode Island$700KTony Sanchez, UNLV (former)$602KT.J. Otzelberger, SD State (former)$400K"
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