College football is a big-money sport, there’s no denying that, one where Cash Rules Everything Around ‘Merica. It’s why the Arizona Wildcats almost always play home games at night, why meaningless bowl games have sponsors you’ve never heard of and why … (shudders) Imagine Dragons has provided the “anthem” for ABC/ESPN’s coverage this season.
And while the players themselves aren’t getting even the smallest piece of this money pie, the coaches who are tasked with recruiting, developing and mentoring them sure are.
In Arizona’s case, those coaches earned $5.15 million in compensation for the just-completed 2018 season that saw the Wildcats go 5-7 and fail to make a bowl game for the second time in three years.