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WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACHES I-A

Mack Brown

Texas

Nick Saban

Alabama

Bob Stoops

Oklahoma

Les Miles

LSU

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

Bobby Petrino

Arkansas

Lane Kiffin

USC

Mark Richt

Georgia

Gene Chizik

Auburn

Gary Patterson

TCU

Coach Name

School

Age

Conference

Compensation

Contract

1	Mack Brown	Texas	59	Big 12	$5,200,000
2	Nick Saban	Alabama	59	SEC	$4,725,000
3	Bob Stoops	Oklahoma	50	Big 12	$4,600,000
4	Les Miles	LSU	57	SEC	$3,900,000
5	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	55	Big Ten	$3,800,000
6	Bobby Petrino	Arkansas	49	SEC	$3,700,000
7	Lane Kiffin	USC	35	Pac 12	$3,600,000	2
8	Mark Richt	Georgia	50	SEC	$3,500,000
9	Gene Chizik	Auburn	49	SEC	$3,500,000
10	Gary Patterson	TCU	50	MWC	$3,000,000	2
11	Will Muschamp	Florida	40	SEC	$3,000,000	1
12	Chip Kelly	Oregon	47	Pac 12	$2,900,000
13	Brian Kelly	Notre Dame	49	Ind.	$2,850,000	2
14	Bo Pelini	Nebraska	43	Big 12	$2,800,000
15	Jeff Tedford	California	49	Pac 12	$2,800,000
16	Steve Spurrier	South Carolina	65	SEC	$2,800,000
17	Gary Pinkel	Missouri	58	Big 12	$2,750,000
18	Houston Nutt	Ole Miss	53	SEC	$2,750,000
19	Paul Johnson	Georgia Tech	53	ACC	$2,600,000
20	Dan Mullen	Mississippi State	38	SEC	$2,500,000
21	Greg Schiano	Rutgers	44	Big East	$2,400,000
22	Jim Grobe	Wake Forest	58	ACC	$2,400,000	2
23	Frank Beamer	Virginia Tech	64	ACC	$2,500,000
24	Steve Sarkisian	Washington	36	Pac 12	$2,300,000
25	Mike Sherman	Texas A&M	56	Big 12	$2,250,000
26	Randy Edsall	Maryland	53	ACC	$2.200,000	1
27	June Jones	SMU	57	CUSA	$2,150,000	2
28	Turner Gill	Kansas	48	Big 12	$2,000,000
29	Brady Hoke	Michigan	53	Big Ten	$2,000,000	1
30	Mike Gundy	Oklahoma State	43	Big 12	$2,000,000
31	Bill Snyder	Kansas State	71	Big 12	$1,950,000
32	Mark Dantonio	Michigan State	54	Big Ten	$1,950,000
33	Skip Holtz	USF	46	Big East	$1,900,000
34	Jimbo Fisher	Florida State	45	ACC	$1,800,000	1
35	Derek Dooley	Tennessee	42	SEC	$1,800,000	1
36	Mike London	Virginia	50	ACC	$1,800,000	1
37	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	41	ACC	$1,750,000
38	Joker Phillips	Kentucky	47	SEC	$1,750,000
39	Todd Graham	Pitt	47	Big East	$1,750,000	2
40	Dennis Erickson	Arizona State	63	Pac 12	$1,700,000
41	David Cutcliffe	Duke	56	ACC	$1,650,000	2
42	Tommy Tuberville	Texas Tech	56	Big 12	$1,650,000
43	Bret Bielema	Wisconsin	40	Big Ten	$1,600,000
44	Paul Pasqualoni	Connecticut	62	Big East	$1,600,000	1
45	Charlie Strong	Louisville	50	Big East	$1,600,000
46	Ron Zook	Illinois	56	Big Ten	$1,600,000
47	Joe Paterno	Penn State	84	Big Ten	$1,500,000	3
48	Mike Riley	Oregon State	57	Pac 12	$1,500,000	3
49	Chris Peterson	Boise State	46	WAC	$1,500,000
50	Al Golden	Miami	42	ACC	$1,500,000	2
51	Jerry Kill	Minnesota	49	Big Ten	$1,500,000	1
52	George O'Leary	UCF	64	CUSA	$1,400,000
53	Butch Jones	Cincinnati	42	Big East	$1,400,000
54	Dana Holgorsen	West Virginia	40	Big East	$1,400,000	1
55	Rick Neuheisel	UCLA	49	Pac 12	$1,350,000
56	Art Briles	Baylor	55	Big 12	$1,300,000	2
57	Tom O'Brien	NC State	62	ACC	$1,300,000
58	Kyle Whittingham	Utah	51	MWC	$1,300,000
59	Pat Hill	Fresno State	58	WAC	$1,250,000
60	Doug Marrone	Syracuse	46	Big East	$1,200,000	1
61	Kevin Sumlin	Houston	46	CUSA	$1,200,000
62	Greg McMackin	Hawaii	65	WAC	$1,150,000
63	Paul Rhoads	Iowa State	43	Big 12	$1,150,000
64	Jon Embree	Colorado	46	Big 12	$1,120,000	1
65	Ken Niumatalolo	Navy	45	Ind.	$1,115,000	2
66	Frank Spaziani	Boston College	63	ACC	$1,100,000	2
67	Kevin Wilson	Indiana	50	Big Ten	$1,100,000	1
68	David Shaw	Stanford	39	Pac 12	$1,000,000	2
69	Ruffin McNeill	East Carolina	52	CUSA	$1,000,000	1
70	Danny Hope	Purdue	51	Big Ten	$950,000
71	Bronco Mendenhall	BYU	44	MWC	$850,000	2
72	Bill Blankenship	Tulsa	53	CUSA	$800,000	2
73	Pat Fitzgerald	Northwestern	36	Big Ten	$800,000	2
74	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	44	MWC	$800,000
75	Luke Fickell	Ohio State	38	Big Ten	$775,000	1
76	Everett Withers	North Carolina	48	ACC	$750,000	1
77	Larry Fedora	Southern Miss	48	CUSA	$750,000
78	Larry Porter	Memphis	38	CUSA	$750,000	1
79	James Franklin	Vanderbilt	39	SEC	$750,000	2
80	Steve Fairchild	Colorado State	52	MWC	$720,000
81	Rocky Long	San Diego State	61	MWC	$700,000	1
82	Dave Christensen	Wyoming	49	MWC	$700,000
83	Steve Addazio	Temple	52	MAC	$675,000	2
84	Paul Wulff	Washington State	43	Pac 12	$625,000
85	Doc Holliday	Marshall	53	CUSA	$600,000	1
86	Bob Toledo	Tulane	64	CUSA	$600,000	2
87	Dan McCarney	North Texas	58	SunBelt	$600,000	1
88	Mike Price	UTEP	64	CUSA	$500,000
89	Bobby Hauck	UNLV	46	MWC	$500,000	1
90	David Bailiff	Rice	52	CUSA	$500,000	2
91	Sonny Dykes	La. Tech	41	WAC	$500,000	1
92	Frank Solich	Ohio	66	MAC	$475,000
93	Mario Cristobal	Fla. International	40	SunBelt	$460,000
94	Chris Ault	Nevada	64	WAC	$450,000
95	Rick Stockstill	Middle Tennessee	53	SunBelt	$450,000
96	Mike MacIntyre	San Jose State	45	WAC	$440,000	1
97	Jeff Quinn	Buffalo	48	MAC	$425,000	1
98	Rich Ellerson	Army	57	Ind.	$425,000
99	Gary Anderson	Utah State	45	WAC	$425,000
100	Neil Callaway	UAB	55	CUSA	$415,000
101	Howard Schnellenberger	Florida Atlantic	76	SunBelt	$400,000
102	DeWayne Walker	New Mexico State	50	WAC	$400,000
103	Bill Cubit	W. Michigan	57	MAC	$400,000
104	Dave Doeren	Northern Illinois	40	MAC	$400,000	1
105	Pete Lembo	Ball State	41	MAC	$400,000	1
106	Don Treadwell	Miami, Ohio	51	MAC	$400,000	1
107	Mark Hudspeth	La. Lafayette	43	SunBelt	$400,000	1
108	Tim Kish	Arizona	57	Pac 12	$400,000	1
109	Rob Ianello	Akron	44	MAC	$390,000	1
110	Robb Akey	Idaho	44	WAC	$380,000
111	Tim Beckman	Toledo	44	MAC	$375,000
112	Larry Blakeney	Troy	62	SunBelt	$375,000
113	Dave Clawson	Bowling Green	43	MAC	$375,000
114	Ron English	E. Michigan	42	MAC	$350,000
115	Dan Enos	C. Michigan	41	MAC	$325,000	1
116	Darrell Hazell	Kent State	48	MAC	$325,000	1
117	Willie Taggart	W. Kentucky	35	Sun Belt	$300,000	1
118	Hugh Freeze	Arkansas State	40	SunBelt	$275,000	1
119	Todd Berry	La. Monroe	49	SunBelt	$250,000	1
120	George Barlow	New Mexico	44	MWC	$200,000	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.