Top Ten College Football Salaries-2020

1 Dabo Sweeney, Clemson $9.3 million

2 Nick Saban, Alabama $9.1 million

3 Ed Ogeron, $8.7 million

4 Jim Harbaugh, Michigan $8 million

5 Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M $7.5 million

6 Gus Malzahn, Auburn $6.9 million

7 Kirby Smart, Georgia $6.8 million

8 Tom Herman, Texas $6.7 million

9 Jeff Brohm, Purdue $6.6 million

10 Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma $6.4 million

13 Mike Gundy, O State $5.125 million

Very interesting. Five coaches from the SEC on the list. Two each from the Big 10 and Big 12. One from the ACC in Clemson. Four alone from the brutal SEC West where real football is still played. Not one PAC 12 coach in the top ten. The SEC West will be even more intriguing this season with my crazy boy Mike Leach at Miss State now in the division. Leach vs. Saban…OMG.

Since Baylor is a private school I’m not totally sure what the package is for new head coach Dave Aranda who was the defensive coordinator for defending national champion LSU.

Within the Big 12 it goes salary-wise top four 1 Herman, 2 Riley, 3 Mike Gundy, and 4 Gary Patterson.

Is Mike Gundy being overpaid? I would say yes for three reasons:

1 Mike Gundy fought with both Mike Holder and Boone Pickens over the O State non-conference portion of the schedule. They both wanted at least one premier national marquee game like OU and Texas do every year. Gundy prevailed after he threatened to take other jobs if he didn’t have control over the schedule.

That’s bullshit. If you want to be paid top ten elite money you should be playing good national competition in your non-conference schedule. One big boy, one solid team, and one cupcake. Not three cupcakes every season.

2 Mike Gundy’s bowl record of 8-5 is misleading because other than the 38-35 win over Stanford in the Fiesta Bowl they haven’t won a bowl game against a good football team in the Gundy era.

3 Texas after Mack Brown became an easy game for a period of time. It didn’t take all that much to beat Texas.

So for these reasons I think Mike Gundy’s salary is somewhat top heavy. Why should Mike Gundy be making more than Gary Patterson at TCU? I’m not sure why that is so.

I think this is a very big season for Mike Gundy as to where he stands as a coach not only nationally, but in the Big 12.

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