Cleveland.com put together a ranking of the top 50 college coaches in Ohio based on their salaries and the results are quite compelling. Not unexpectedly, Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer tops the list making a cool $5.2 million with men’s basketball coach Thad Matta right behind him. That’s not what intrigues me. Nor does the fact that Cincinnati’s Mick Cronin and Tommy Tuberville fall in line behind them.
No, it’s the actual cash that of some of UC’s coaches are pulling in that I find interesting.
- #3: Mick Cronin (men’s basketball) – $3,103,806
- #4: Tommy Tuberville (football) – $3,000,041
- #17: Jamelle Elliott (women’s basketball) – $467,288
- #50: Ty Neal (baseball) – $201,850
Before diving into this, I should note that the 2014-15 figures above are inclusive of just about every penny of income those coaches pull in.