Jim Harbaugh tops the list of highest-paid college football coaches salaries
Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is the highest-paid college football coach in the 2016 NCAAF coaches salaries list by USA Today.
Harbaugh earns $9,004,00. Harbaugh has Michigan undefeated at 7–0 on the year and sit in second place in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.
The only team ahead of the Wolverines are the Alabama Crimson Tide coached by Nick Saban, who is No. 2 on the salaries list with his $6,939,395 salary.
Urban Meyer of Ohio State comes in at No. 3 with $6,003,000.
The SEC has four coaches in the top 10 highest-paid coaches.
View the Top 10 below:
1. Jim Harbaugh, Michigan – $9,004,000
2. Nick Saban, Alabama – $6,939,395
3. Urban Meyer, Ohio State – $6,003,000
4. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma – $5,550,000
5. Jimbo Fisher, Florida State – $5,250,000
6. Charlie Strong, Texas – $5,200,000
7. Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M – $5,000,000
8. Gus Malzahn, Auburn – $4,725,000
9. Hugh Freeze, Mississippi – $4,700,000
10. James Franklin, Penn State – $4,500,000
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