He just got that raise this year, last year he made just over 3 million.

Fun fact: Pinkel and Spurrier are the only two coaches to be the all time winningest coach at two different schools.

Also, Pinkel learned how to coach from the same person that Saban did (Don James). They share a system style to a large degree. Saban had things that changed his style to fit his needs and Pikel did as well. The most stunning thing that happened to Pinkel by far was the death of Aaron O'Neal in 2004. He had a player die during practice and after that he became much more open to his players, more personable, and much less rigid about things.

People talk about 'we do what we do' as his system and that he recruits players that fit his style, but that is an over simplification. Pinkel adapts. He is probably the only coach in college football that has presided over his teams (MU) all time best rushing total football team ('13) and all time best passing total football team ('08).

He takes the recruits he gets and finds their strengths and adapts to make his teams successful. His coaches have been with him forever and they all tend to help identify things that work and then they go out and do it.

But as a MU fan, I don't think it can be stressed enough just how bad MU was up through 2001. When Pinkel took over he had 1 scholarship CB/Safety on the team. Yes, it took him some time to get going, but man, it was really, really bad.

I would compare him a lot to the job James Franklin was doing at Vandy. Given enough time, he took a Vandy like program and started winning division titles.