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Urban Meyer passes Jim Harbaugh as Big Ten's highest paid coach

It's bad news for the rest of the Big Ten.

Ohio State announced Thursday that football coach Urban Meyer has agree to a contract extension that will keep him in Columbus through the 2022 season.

And it's probably no coincidence he's the league's highest-paid coach now.

With the Board of Trustees full approval of Meyer's new deal, it will raise his average salary to $7.6 million per season, he'll pass Michigan's Jim Harbaugh in annual compensation. Harbaugh is slated to make $7.5 million in 2018.

Meyer ranks behind only Nick Saban and Dabo Swinney nationally.