It’s Jon Gruden and everyone else. In fact, it’s not even as close as that sounds.
The Oakland Raiders new head coach signed a contract this offseason that made him filthy rich, so far beyond the next head coach that the announced deal was a complete shock to the entire NFL. At $10 million per year, Gruden is the best paid coach in professional football by $1 million more per year, but it was the length of the deal—an incredible 10 years—that really put it over the top. Even though other coaches like Pete Carroll make close to that amount, at $9 million, no other coach enjoys that sort of long-term guarantee.