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WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACHES I-A

Nick Saban

Alabama

Mack Brown

Texas

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

Urban Meyer
Ohio State

Les Miles

LSU

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

Charlie Strong Louisville

Steve Spurrier

South Carolina

Gary Patterson

TCU

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

Coach Name

School

Age

Conference

Compensation

Contract

1	Nick Saban	Alabama	60	SEC	$5,500,000
2	Mack Brown	Texas	60	Big 12	$5,400,000
3	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma	51	Big 12	$4,600,000
4	Urban Meyer	Ohio State	49	Big Ten	$4,300,000	1
5	Les Miles	LSU	58	SEC	$4,300,000
6	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	56	Big Ten	$3,900,000
7	Charlie Strong	Louisville	51	Big East	$3,700,000	1
8	Steve Spurrier	South Carolina	66	SEC	$3,600,000	1
9	Gary Patterson	TCU	51	Big 12	$3,500,000
10	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	44	Big 12	$3,300,000
11	Bret Bielema	Arkansas	41	SEC	$3,200,000	1
12	Brady Hoke	Michigan	54	Big Ten	$3,200,000	1
13	Butch Jones	Tennessee	44	SEC	$3,100,000	1
14	Lane Kiffin	USC	36	Pac 12	$3,000,000	2
15	Mark Richt	Georgia	51	SEC	$3,000,000
16	Todd Graham	Arizona State	49	Pac 12	$3,000,000
17	Bo Pelini	Nebraska	44	Big 12	$2,900,000
18	Jimbo Fisher	Florida State	46	ACC	$2,800,000	1
19	Gary Pinkel	Missouri	59	SEC	$2,750,000
20	Paul Johnson	Georgia Tech	54	ACC	$2,750,000
21	James Franklin	Vanderbilt	40	SEC	$2,700,000	2
22	Gary Anderson	Wisconsin	47	Big Ten	$2,700,000	1
23	Brian Kelly	Notre Dame	50	Ind.	$2,600,000	2
24	Dan Mullen	Mississippi State	39	SEC	$2,600,000
25	Mike London	Virginia	51	ACC	$2,600,000	1
26	David Shaw	Stanford	42	Pac 12	$2,500,000	2
27	Kevin Sumlin	Texas A&M	49	SEC	$2,500,000	1
28	Will Muschamp	Florida	41	SEC	$2,500,000	1
29	Larry Fedora	North Carolina	51	ACC	$2,500,000	1
30	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	65	ACC	$2,500,000
31	Charlie Weis	Kansas	57	Big 12	$2,500,000
32	Steve Sarkisian	Washington	37	Pac 12	$2,500,000
33	Dana Holgorsen	West Virginia	41	Big 12	$2,400,000	1
34	Jim Grobe	Wake Forest	59	ACC	$2,400,000	2
35	Sonny Dykes	California	43	Pac 12	$2,300,000	1
36	Gus Malzahn	Auburn	47	SEC	$2,300,000	1
37	Mike Leach	Washington State	52	Pac 12	$2,300,000
38	Bill O'Brien	Penn State	44	Big Ten	$2,300,000	1
39	Tommy Tuberville	Cincinnati	57	Big East	$2,300,000
40	Art Briles	Baylor	56	Big 12	$2,300,000	2
41	Kliff Kingsbury	Texas Tech	34	Big 12	$2,300,000	1
42	Bill Snyder	Kansas State	72	Big 12	$2,200,000
43	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	42	ACC	$2,100,000
44	Jim Mora	UCLA	52	Pac 12	$2,000,000	1
45	David Cutcliffe	Duke	57	ACC	$2,000,000	2
46	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	52	MWC	$2,000,000
47	Mark Dantonio	Michigan State	55	Big Ten	$2,000,000
48	June Jones	SMU	58	CUSA	$2,000,000	2
49	Skip Holtz	USF	47	Big East	$2,000,000
50	Mike MacIntyre	Colorado	46	Pac-12	$2,000,000	1
51	Mark Stoops	Kentucky	45	SEC	$2,000,000	1
52	Mark Helfrich	Oregon	50	Pac 12	$2,000,000	1
53	Dave Doeren	NC State	41	ACC	$1,800,000	1
54	Paul Chryst	Pitt	48	Big East	$1,750,000	1
55	Tim Beckman	Illinois	48	Big Ten	$1,750,000	1
56	Al Golden	Miami	43	ACC	$1,750,000	2
57	Chris Peterson	Boise State	47	WAC	$1,700,000
58	Paul Pasqualoni	Connecticut	63	Big East	$1,700,000	1
59	Paul Rhoads	Iowa State	44	Big 12	$1,700,000
60	Randy Edsall	Maryland	54	ACC	$1.650,000	1
61	Ken Niumatalolo	Navy	46	Ind.	$1,650,000	2
62	Hugh Freeze	Ole Miss	43	SEC	$1,600,000	1
63	Steve Addazio	Boston College	53	ACC	$1,600,000	2
64	Mike Riley	Oregon State	58	Pac 12	$1,500,000	3
65	Rich Rodriguez	Arizona	50	Pac 12	$1,500,000	1
66	George O'Leary	UCF	65	CUSA	$1,500,000
67	Darrell Hazell	Purdue	48	Big Ten	$1,500,000	1
68	Jim McElwain	Colorado State	51	MWC	$1,400,000	1
69	Kevin Wilson	Indiana	51	Big Ten	$1,300,000	1
70	Scott Shafer	Syracuse	46	Big East	$1,300,000	1
71	Jerry Kill	Minnesota	50	Big Ten	$1,300,000	1
72	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern	37	Big Ten	$1,300,000	2
73	Ruffin McNeill	East Carolina	53	CUSA	$1,200,000	1
74	Dave Christensen	Wyoming	50	MWC	$1,200,000
75	Matt Rhule	Temple	34	MAC	$1,200,000	2
76	Skip Holtz	La. Tech	47	C-USA	$1,100,000	1
77	Bronco Mendenhall	BYU	45	MWC	$1,000,000	2
78	Tony Levine	Houston	42	CUSA	$1,000,000	1
79	Justin Fuente	Memphis	38	CUSA	$925,000	1
80	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	45	MWC	$900,000
81	Rocky Long	San Diego State	63	MWC	$825,000	1
82	Mark Hudspeth	La. Lafayette	44	SunBelt	$825,000	1
83	Todd Monken	Southern Miss	47	CUSA	$800,000	1
84	Bob Davie	New Mexico	60	MWC	$800,000	1
85	Bill Blankenship	Tulsa	54	CUSA	$800,000	2
86	Kyle Flood	Rutgers	42	Big East	$800,000	1
87	Bryant Harsin	Arkansas State	37	SunBelt	$750,000	1
88	Tim DeRuyter	Fresno State	50	WAC	$750,000	1
89	Ron Turner	Fla. International	60	SunBelt	$700,000	1
90	Norm Chow	Hawaii	64	WAC	$700,000	1
91	Doc Holliday	Marshall	55	CUSA	$625,000	1
92	Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee	54	SunBelt	$625,000
93	Rich Ellerson	Army	59	Ind.	$600,000
94	Dan McCarney	North Texas	59	SunBelt	$600,000	1
95	David Bailiff	Rice	53	CUSA	$600,000	2
96	Paul Haynes	Kent State	43	MAC	$600,000	1
97	Garrick McGee	UAB	40	CUSA	$550,000	1
98	Frank Solich	Ohio	67	MAC	$525,000
99	Bobby Hauck	UNLV	47	MWC	$525,000	1
100	Carl Pelini	Florida Atlantic	48	SunBelt	$500,000	1
101	Brian Pollian	Nevada	39	WAC	$500,000	1
102	Curtis Johnson	Tulane	53	CUSA	$500,000	1
103	Doug Martin	New Mexico State	50	WAC	$500,000
104	Rod Carey	Northern Illinois	42	MAC	$500,000	1
105	Ron Caragher	San Jose State	46	WAC	$500,000	1
106	Sean Kugler	UTEP	46	CUSA	$500,000	1
107	P. J. Fleck	W. Michigan	34	MAC	$500,000	1
108	Matt Wells	Utah State	46	36	$500,000	1
109	Larry Blakeney	Troy	63	SunBelt	$450,000
110	Charley Molnar	Massachusetts	50	MAC	$425,000	1
111	Don Treadwell	Miami, Ohio	52	MAC	$425,000	1
112	Pete Lembo	Ball State	42	MAC	$400,000	1
113	Terry Bowden	Akron	57	MAC	$400,000	1
114	Willie Taggart	W. Kentucky	36	Sun Belt	$400,000	1
115	Paul Petrino	Idaho	45	WAC	$400,000	1
116	Matt Campbell	Toledo	42	MAC	$400,000	1
117	Joey Jones	South Alabama	50	SunBelt	$400,000	1
118	Jeff Quinn	Buffalo	49	MAC	$400,000	1
119	Ron English	E. Michigan	43	MAC	$375,000
120	Dave Clawson	Bowling Green	44	MAC	$375,000
121	Dennis Franchione	Texas State	61	WAC	$375,000	1
122	Dan Enos	Central Michigan	42	MAC	$350,000	1
123	Todd Berry	La. Monroe	50	SunBelt	$350,000	1
124	Larry Coker	Texas - San Antonio	64	WAC	$350,000	1

1. New head coach, contract not released yet.

2. Private school or service academy. Contract not made available to the public.

3. Public school, but contract not made available to the public.