Despite disappointing on-field results the past two full seasons, it’s good to be Gary Patterson.
Wednesday, USA Today reported that TCU’s head coach is the ninth highest-paid college football coach in the country, clocking in at over $6.1 million annually. He is the second highest paid in his conference, trailing only Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley ($6.2 million) amongst the ten Big 12 programs.
Leading the charge once again is multi-time national champion Nick Saban, who pulls in $9,300,000 annually for the Crimson Tide. Five other SEC coaches find themselves among the top ten as well, with Ed Orgeron (just a shade under nine million for reigning champions LSU), Jimbo Fisher’s famous $7.