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John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
The SEC has four of the top 10 highest paid coaches in college football, according to USA Today Sports. Former LSU head coach Les Miles who was fired in September is No. 13 at $4,385,567.

The college football coach with the largest salary is Jim Harbaugh at $9,004,000.

Nick Saban, Alabama – $6,939,395 (No. 2)
Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M – $5 million (No. 7)
Gus Malzahn, Auburn – $4,729,500 (No. 8)
Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss – $4,703,500 (No. 9)
Les Miles, LSU – $4,385,567 (No. 13)
Jim McElwain, Florida – $4,268,325 (No. 15)
Dan Mullen, Mississippi State – $4.2 million (No. 16)
Bret Bielema, Arkansas – $4,145,000 (No. 17)
Butch Jones, Tennessee – $4,110,000 (No. 18)
Kirby Smart, Georgia – $3,753,600 (No. 23)
Mark Stoops, Kentucky – $3,513,600 (No. 26)
Will Muschamp, South Carolina – $3,002,500 (No. 36)
Derek Mason, Vanderbilt – $2,556,877 (No. 44)
Barry Odom, Missouri – $2,350,000 (No. 47)
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Kirby Smart, Georgia – $3,753,600 (No. 23) overpaid...imo
Reply77 months
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Every one of them should get a base same as the University President, with incentives for Wins, et Cetera...
Reply77 months
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Sumlin second in salary and second in the SEC this year to date. Sounds about right
Reply77 months
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Sumlin was on the hot seat last year, he doesn't merit his salary. He lucked out in getting a good QB for this season and he has 2 Top DLineman, which he will also lose after this season- back on the hotseat next year. Saban meanwhile, should be paid over $10 million for what he does for Gumpland.
77 months
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Nice touch with the Gus towering over Saban pic. There aren't many of those around.
Reply77 months
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College football coaches in general are some of the most overpaid douche bags. I'm confident you could replace most of the top 25 paid coaches with someone else for a quarter of the cost and get similar if not better results (obviously this does not apply to Saban, Meyer, and Harbaugh).
Reply77 months
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meanwhile... the highest paid professors who put in decades of learning and teaching are making around 100k.
Reply77 months
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Not true. Elizabeth Pocahontas Warren makes 430,000 to teach one course.
77 months
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Professors don't fill 100k stadiums.
77 months
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Meanwhile, that's a dumb comparison. Athletic departments operate outside the budget for schools. Are you arguing tuition should be even higher to fund the salary you think professors should earn?
77 months
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And our Service Men and Women go into the desert and get shot to Hell and come back to no jobs and wind up homeless.
Reply77 months
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Thank your DC for that
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