The SEC doesn’t just mean more. The conference also pays more, and the latest annual figures on coordinators’ salaries prove it.
Led by LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, SEC coordinators head the list of highest salaries in college football, as compiled by USA Today.
Aranda, in his second year in charge of the Tigers’ defense, received $1.8 million this season to lead all coordinators across the Football Bowl Subdivision.
Combined with LSU offensive coordinator Matt Canada, who earned the fourth-highest coordinator salary of $1,505,000, Tigers’ coordinators earned roughly $800,000 more than the next highest-paid coordinator pair in the game.