Wednesday, January 01, 2020

Who’s highest‐paid in your state? (based on public employee salaries)

By Charlotte Gibson of ESPN. Excerpts:

"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
$9.3M
John Calipari, Kentucky
$9.3M
Nick Saban, Alabama
$8.9M (Kay Ivey, the governor, makes $120.4K)
Jim Harbaugh, Michigan
$7.5M
Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
$7.5M
Kirby Smart, Georgia
$6.9M
Jeff Brohm, Purdue
$6.6M
Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma
$6.4M
Dan Mullen, Florida
$6.1M
James Franklin, Penn State
$5.7M
Scott Frost, Nebraska
$5M
Kirk Ferentz, Iowa
$4.8M
Chris Petersen, Washington (former)
$4.6M
Ryan Day, Ohio State
$4.5M
Tony Bennett, Virginia
$4.2M
Paul Chryst, Wisconsin
$4.2M
Bill Self, Kansas
$4.1M
Kyle Whittingham, Utah
$4M
Chad Morris, Arkansas (former)
$4M
Lovie Smith, Illinois
$4M
Ed Orgeron, LSU
$4M
Bob Huggins, West Virginia
$3.9M
Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee
$3.9M
P.J. Fleck, Minnesota
$3.6M
Chip Kelly, UCLA
$3.5M
Roy Williams, UNC
$3.3M
Matt Luke, Ole Miss (former)
$3.1M
Dan Hurley, UConn
$3M
Mark Turgeon, Maryland
$2.9M
Dana Altman, Oregon
$2.8M
Cuonzo Martin, Missouri
$2.8M
Sean Miller, Arizona
$2.7M
Mel Tucker, Colorado
$2.4M
Chris Ash, Rutgers (former)
$2.3M
Craig Bohl, Wyoming
$2.1M
Bryan Harsin, Boise State
$1.8M
Bob Davie, New Mexico (former)
$823.7K
David Cox, Rhode Island
$700K
Tony Sanchez, UNLV (former)
$602K
T.J. Otzelberger, SD State (former)
$400K"

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