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WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACHES I-A
# 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 # 7 # 8 # 9 # 10

Nick Saban

Alabama

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Charlie Strong Texas

Kevin Sumlin

Texas A&M

Urban Meyer
Ohio State

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

Les Miles

LSU

Art Briles

Baylor

Steve Sarkisian

USC

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

# Coach Name School Age Conference Compensation

1

Nick Saban

Alabama

63

SEC

$7,300,000

2

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

52

Big Ten

$5,250,000

3

Charlie Strong

Texas 54 Big 12 $5,000,000

4

Kevin Sumlin Texas A&M 50 SEC $5,000,000

5

Urban Meyer Ohio State 50 Big Ten $4,800,000

6

Bob Stoops Oklahoma 54 Big 12 $4,750,000

7

Les Miles LSU 61 SEC $4,500,000

8

Art Briles

Baylor

59

Big 12

$4,250,000

9

Steve Sarkisian

USC

40

Pac 12 

$4,250,000

10

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

59

Big Ten

$4,000,000

11

Gus Malzahn Auburn 49 SEC $4,000,000

12

James Franklin Penn State 42 Big Ten $4,000,000
13 Brian Kelly Notre Dame 53 Ind. $4,000,000

14

Steve Spurrier

South Carolina

69

SEC 

$4,000,000

15

Jimbo Fisher

Florida State

49

ACC 

$4,000,000

16

Mark Dantonio

Michigan State

58

Big Ten

$3,700,000

17

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

47

Big 12

$3,500,000

18

Gary Patterson

TCU

54

Big 12

$3,500,000

19

Bobby Petrino Louisville 53 ACC $3,500,000

20

Chris Petersen Washington 50 Pac 12 $3,400,000

21

Mark Richt Georgia 54  SEC  $3,400,000

22

Dabo Swinney

Clemson

45

ACC

$3,300,000

23 Jim Mora UCLA 53 Pac 12 $3,250,000
24

Gary Pinkel

Missouri

62

SEC

$3,250,000

25

Butch Jones

Tennessee

46

SEC

$3,200,000

26

Tommy Tuberville

Cincinnati

60

AAC

$3,200,000

27

Dan Mullen

 Mississippi State

42

SEC

$3,200,000

28

Hugh Freeze

Mississippi

45

SEC 

$3,200,000

29 Mike Riley Nebraska 61 Big Ten $3,000,000
30

Bret Bielema

Arkansas

44

SEC

$3,000,000

31

Bill Snyder

Kansas State

75

Big 12

$3,000,000

32

Jim McElwain

Florida

54

SEC 

 $3,500,000

33 David Shaw Stanford 42 Pac 12 $3,000,000
34 Gary Anderson Oregon State 50 Pac 12 $3,000,000
35 Dana Holgorsen West Virginia 43 Big 12 $2,800,000
36

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

57

ACC

$2,700,000

37

Frank Beamer

Virginia Tech

68

ACC

$2,600,000

38

Paul Chryst

Wisconsin

49

Big Ten

$2,500,000

39

Todd Graham

Arizona State

50

Pac 12 

$2,500,000

40

Sonny Dykes

California

45

Pac 12 

$2,500,000

41 Mike Leach Washington State 53 Pac 12 $2,500,000
42

Mike MacIntyre

Colorado

49

Pac-12

$2,500,000

43

Kyle Whittingham

 Utah

55

Pac 12

 $2,500,000

44

Mike London

Virginia

5

ACC

$2,400,000

45

Pat Fitzgerald

Northwestern

40

Big Ten

$2,400,000

46

Darrell Hazell

Purdue

50

Big Ten

$2,300,000

47 Al Golden Miami 45 ACC $2,300,000
48

Derek Mason

Vanderbilt

43

SEC

$2,250,000

49

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

47

ACC

$2,250,000

50

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

47

SEC

$2,250,000

51

Randy Edsall

Maryland

56

Big Ten

$2.250,000

52 David Cutcliffe Duke 60 ACC $2,250,000
53

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

35

Big 12

$2,200,000

54

Chad Morris

SMU

47

AAC

$2,000,000

55 Jerry Kill Minnesota 53 Big Ten $2,100,000
56 Larry Fedora North Carolina 52 ACC $2,000,000
57

Rich Rodriguez

Arizona

51

Pac 12

$2,000,000

58

George O'Leary

UCF

68

AAC

$2,000,000

59

Bronco Mendenhall

BYU

48

 MWC

$2,000,000

60

Willie Taggart

South Florida

38

AAC

$2,000,000

61

Mark Helfrich

Oregon

41

Pac 12

$2,000,000

62

Dave Doeren

NC State

43

ACC

$2,000,000

63

Pat Narduzzi

Pitt

49

ACC

$2,000,000

64

Tim Beckman

Illinois

49

Big Ten

$1,800,000

65 Paul Rhoads Iowa State 47 Big 12 $1,800,000
66 Steve Addazio Boston College 55 ACC $1,750,000
67 Ken Niumatalolo Navy 49 Ind. $1,700,000
68

David Beaty

Kansas

45

Big 12

$1,500,000

69

Tim DeRuyter

Fresno State

51

MWC

$1,500,000

70

Bob Diaco

Connecticut

41

AAC

$1,500,000

71 Mike Bobo Colorado State 41 MWC $1,400,000
72 Kevin Wilson Indiana 54 Big Ten $1,400,000
73

Scott Shafer

Syracuse

47

AAC

$1,400,000

74

Matt Rhule

Temple

39

AAC

$1,300,000

75

Ruffin McNeill

East Carolina

56

CUSA

$1,250,000

76 Tom Herman Houston 40 CUSA $1,250,000
77

Bryan Harsin

Boise State

38

MWC

$1,200,000

78 Curtis Johnson Tulane 53 CUSA $1,200,000
79

Craig Bohl

Wyoming

57

MWC

$1,000,000

80 Troy Calhoun Air Force 48 MWC $1,000,000
81

Justin Fuente

Memphis

38

AAC

$975,000

82

Kyle Flood

Rutgers

43

AAC

$900,000

83

Rocky Long

San Diego State

64

MWC

$850,000

84

Mark Hudspeth

La. Lafayette

46

SunBelt

$825,000

85 Todd Monken Southern Miss 48 CUSA $800,000
86

Bob Davie

New Mexico

60

MWC

$800,000

87

Tony Sanchez

UNLV

41

MWC

$800,000

88

Philip Montgomery

Tulsa

44

CUSA

$800,000

89

Rick Stockstill

Middle Tennessee

57

CUSA

$750,000

90 Dan McCarney North Texas 61 CUSA $725,000
91

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

44

SunBelt

$700,000

92 Norm Chow Hawaii 68 MWC $700,000
93

Jeff Monken

Army

47

Ind.

$700,000

94 David Bailiff Rice 56 CUSA $700,000
95 Doc Holliday Marshall 57 CUSA $650,000
96

Lance Leipold

Buffalo

51

MAC

$650,000

97 Skip Holtz La. Tech 50 C-USA $600,000
98 Ron Turner Fla. International 61 CUSA $600,000
99 Jeff Brohm Western Kentucky 43 Sun Belt $600,000
100

Matt Wells

Utah State

41

MWC

$600,000

101

Charlie Patridge

Florida Atlantic

41

CUSA

$600,000

102

Neal Brown

Troy

35

SunBelt

$600,000

103

Frank Solich

Ohio

70

MAC 

$550,000

104

Brian Pollian

Nevada

40

MWC

$550,000

105 Ron Caragher San Jose State 47 MWC $550,000
106

Sean Kugler

UTEP

48

CUSA

$550,000

107

Chuck Martin

Miami, Ohio

46

MAC

$550,000

108 Trent Miles Georgia State 51 SunBelt $550,000
109 Rod Carey Northern Illinois 43 MAC $525,000
110

P. J. Fleck

W. Michigan

34

MAC

$500,000

111

Doug Martin

New Mexico State

51

Ind.

$500,000

112 Bobby Wilder Old Dominion 50 Ind. $500,000
113

Mark Whipple

Massachusetts

57

MAC

$500,000

114 Dino Babers Bowling Green 53 MAC $500,000
115

Matt Campbell

Toledo

35

MAC

$500,000

116 Willie Fritz Georgia Southern 54 SunBelt $500,000
117 Scott Satterfield Appalachian State 42 SunBelt $500,000
118

Paul Haynes

Kent State

45

MAC

$450,000

119

Pete Lembo

Ball State

44

MAC

$450,000

120

Chris Creighton

Eastern Michigan

45

MAC

$450,000

121

Terry Bowden

Akron

58

MAC

$425,000

122 Paul Petrino Idaho 47 Ind. $425,000
123 Joey Jones South Alabama 52 SunBelt $425,000
124 Dennis Franchione Texas State 63 SunBelt $400,000
125 Todd Berry La. Monroe 54 SunBelt $400,000
126 Larry Coker Texas - San Antonio 66 CUSA $400,000
127 Dan Enos

Central Michigan

46 MAC $375,000