Thought it would be interesting to take a look at how Maryland's football coach..."expenditure" compares to other schools.
I'm not on one bus versus the other YET, but I thought it would just be interesting to see how our fearless leader stacks up salary-wise to his peers.
Before anyone says anything, yes, take into account that most of the coaches on this list are not first year coaches. Related: consider that the coaches who had records as poor as Edsall's have been fired (but again, they weren't first year coaches). Also related - there are only a handful of schools with records approaching anything close to as poor as Maryland's. From what I can recall, Kansas (2-10), Mississippi (2-10), and New Mexico (1-10) have all already parted ways with their coaches. I can't recall any news on other poorly performing teams (BC, Duke, Navy, maybe Texas Tech at 5-7) as of yet
Take away what you will...my initial reaction: KA and Maryland WAY overpaid - especially when looking at some of the other names on the list (availability and performance based history notwithstanding). I think it's sort of akin to going house shopping and paying full asking price on the first or second house you see without even doing an inspection.
This isn't necessarily meant to be some argument for firing Edsall or not - merely an apples to apples comparison. On a strictly performance based examination, it's clear that he failed. On an examination of whether or not it was a fiscally sound hire, especially given the current department's fiscal health, the administration failed. Those are the only conclusions that I would offer that I think most folks here could agree on.
Our fearless leader is in red (#32). Our ACC brethren are in blue. After Edsall, I chose a few other programs I thought might be of some relevant interest (beat Maryland, nationally prominent programs, etc). Overall, 64 coaches made over $1M, with 32 making over $2M (Edsall was the cutoff for the $2M club). Top ACC salaries (Edsall notwithstanding) are not really surprising (Didn't expect to see Wake pay so much). As expected, SEC and B12 dominate, with a sprinkling of a few other conferences.
|
Rank |
Coach |
School |
Conference |
School salary |
Other salary |
Max Bonus |
Regular season record |
|
1 |
Texas |
B12 |
$5,192,500 |
$1,000 |
$850,000 |
7-4 |
|
|
2 |
Nick Saban |
Alabama |
SEC |
$4,683,333 |
$150,000 |
$700,000 |
11-1 |
|
3 |
Bob Stoops |
Oklahoma |
B12 |
$4,075,000 |
$0 |
$819,500 |
9-2 |
|
4 |
Kirk Ferentz |
Iowa |
B10 |
$3,785,000 |
$0 |
$1,750,000 |
7-5 |
|
5 |
Les Miles |
LSU |
SEC |
$3,751,000 |
$105,417 |
$700,000 |
12-0 |
|
6 |
Arkansas |
SEC |
$3,635,000 |
$3,000 |
$650,000 |
10-2 |
|
|
7 |
Gene Chizik |
Auburn |
SEC |
$3,500,000 |
$0 |
$1,200,000 |
7-5 |
|
8 |
Brady Hoke |
Michigan |
B10 |
$3,254,000 |
$0 |
$500,000 |
10-2 |
|
9 |
Will Muschamp |
Florida |
SEC |
$3,221,000 |
$0 |
$450,000 |
6-6 |
|
10 |
Mark Richt |
Georgia |
SEC |
$2,811,400 |
$128,400 |
$525,000 |
10-2 |
|
11 |
Steve Spurrier |
South Carolina |
SEC |
$2,800,000 |
$28,000 |
$1,000,000 |
10-2 |
|
12 |
Chip Kelley |
Oregon |
P12 |
$2,800,000 |
$0 |
$1,035,000 |
10-2 |
|
13 |
Bo Pelini |
Nebraska |
B10 |
$2,775,000 |
$0 |
$1,000,000 |
9-3 |
|
14 |
Houston Nutt |
Mississippi |
SEC |
$2,756,250 |
$15,500 |
$715,000 |
2-10 |
|
15 |
Jimbo Fisher |
Florida St |
ACC |
$2,750,000 |
$0 |
$725,000 |
8-4 |
|
16 |
Gary Pinkel |
Missouri |
B12 |
$2,700,000 |
$0 |
$850,000 |
7-5 |
|
17 |
Dan Mullen |
Miss St. |
SEC |
$2,500,000 |
$0 |
$650,000 |
6-6 |
|
18 |
Bret Bielema |
Wisconsin |
B10 |
$2,500,000 |
$98,186 |
$400,000 |
10-2 |
|
19 |
Ga Tech |
ACC |
$2,369,000 |
$0 |
$1,125,000 |
8-4 |
|
|
20 |
Jeff Tedford |
Cal |
P12 |
$2,300,000 |
$0 |
$255,000 |
7-5 |
|
21 |
Charlie Strong |
Louisville |
Big East |
$2,300,000 |
$5,000 |
$500,000 |
7-5 |
|
22 |
Derek Dooley |
Tenn |
SEC |
$2,296,691 |
$37,200 |
$475,000 |
5-7 |
|
23 |
Jim Groebe |
Wake Forest |
ACC |
$2,275,545 |
$0 |
N/A |
6-6 |
|
24 |
Steve Sarkisian |
Washington |
P12 |
$2,250,000 |
$0 |
$1,075,000 |
7-5 |
|
25 |
Frank Beamer |
Va Tech |
ACC |
$2,243,000 |
$85,000 |
$407,500 |
11-1 |
|
26 |
Mike Sherman |
Texas A&M |
B12 |
$2,200,000 |
$1,000 |
$350,000 |
6-6 |
|
27 |
Greg Schiano |
Rutgers |
Big East |
$2,195,000 |
$101,969 |
$530,000 |
8-4 |
|
28 |
Turner Gill |
Kansas |
B12 |
$2,100,000 |
$1,200 |
$419,158 |
2-10 |
|
29 |
Mike Gundy |
Ok State |
B12 |
$2,100,000 |
N/A |
$500,000 |
10-1 |
|
30 |
Tommy Tuberville |
Texas Tech |
B12 |
$2,050,000 |
$9,000 |
$1,025,000 |
5-7 |
|
31 |
Gary Patterson |
TCU |
Mt West |
$2,018,362 |
N/A |
N/A |
9-2 |
|
32 |
Randy Edsall |
Maryland |
ACC |
$2,013,440 |
$0 |
$875,000 |
2-10 |
|
35 |
Dabo Swinney |
Clemson |
ACC |
$1,833,333 |
$13,000 |
$775,000 |
9-3 |
|
36 |
Mike London |
UVA |
ACC |
$1,780,000 |
$14,679 |
$715,000 |
8-4 |
|
37 |
David Cutcliffe |
Duke |
ACC |
$1,762,895 |
N/A |
N/A |
3-9 |
|
45 |
Ken Niumatalolo |
Navy |
Ind |
$1,538,190 |
N/A |
N/A |
4-7 |
|
46 |
Chris Petersen |
Boise St |
Mt West |
$1,525,000 |
$0 |
$170,000 |
10-1 |
|
49 |
Dana Holgorsen |
WVU |
Big East |
$1,490,000 |
$0 |
$600,000 |
8-3 |
|
56 |
Kevin Sumlin |
Houston |
CUSA |
$1,200,000 |
$0 |
$500,000 |
12-0 |
|
58 |
Luke Fickell |
Ohio St |
B10 |
$1,172,000 |
$0 |
$150,000 |
6-6 |
|
61 |
Frank Spaziani |
Boston College |
ACC |
$1,079,410 |
N/A |
N/A |
4-8 |
|
63 |
Joe Paterno |
Penn St |
B10 |
$1,022,794 |
N/A |
N/A |
9-3 |
|
64 |
Tom O'Brien |
NC St |
ACC |
$932,950 |
$945,000 |
$750,000 |
7-5 |
|
71 |
Mike Locksley |
New Mexico |
Mt West |
$750,000 |
$10,500 |
$315,000 |
1-10 |
|
83 |
Everett Withers |
UNC |
ACC |
$500,000 |
N/A |
$100,000 |
7-5 |
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