On Tuesday we kicked off our annual series examining the salary market for Power 5 position coaches by looking at the offensive line. Today, we move to the exact opposite part of the field.
The trend here has been in place for a while. As defenses moved to a base look with five defensive backs, the industry has responded by staffing two full-time coaches in the secondary, and one of those two is typically a pass game/co-coordinator title if they're not running the defense outright.
And he's paid quite handsomely.
$2.1 million: Morgan Scalley, Utah*
$1.9 million: Phil Parker, Iowa*
$1.5 million: Robert Livingston, Colorado*; Travaris Robinson, Georgia+
$1.4 million: Tim Walton, Ohio State+
$1 million: Chris Hampton, Oregon+
$975,000: Maurice Linguist, Alabama+; John Rudzinski, Virginia*
$950,000: Mickey Conn, Clemson+; Mike Reed, Clemson+
$900,000: Aaron Henry, Illinois*
$850,000: Torrian Gray, South Carolina+; Donte Williams, Georgia+
$825,000: Joe Klanderman, Kansas State*
PREVIOUS INSTALLMENT: Offensive Line
$800,000: Ron English, Louisville+
$825,000: Duane Akina, Texas+
$755,000: Corey Raymond, LSU
$750,000: Bryan Brown, Ole Miss+; Wesley McGriff, Auburn; Patrick Surtain, Sr., Florida State
$700,000: Marcus Woodson, Arkansas+; Joe Lorig, Oregon+; Sharrieff Shah, Utah+
$650,000: Jordan Peterson, Texas A&M+
$625,000: LaMar Morgan, Michigan+; Azaar Abdul-Rahim, Maryland+; Addison Williams, Nebraska
$600,000: Derek Jones, Virginia Tech+; Mark Orphey, Texas
$575,000: Blue Adams, Michigan State; Matt Barnes, Mississippi State+
$550,000: John Richardson, Washington; TJ Rushing, Auburn
$540,000: Willie Martinez, Tennessee
$523,000: Ola Adams, Indiana
$500,000: Ishmael Aristide, Texas A&M; Chris Collins, Kentucky+; Brian Mitchell, NC State
$487,000: Demetrice Martin, UCLA+
$475,000: Paul Haynes, Wisconsin
$470,000: Charlton Warren, NC State+
$460,000: Nick Monroe, Minnesota+
$450,000: Corey Bell, Mississippi State
$440,000: Frank Buffano, Kentucky
$426,000: Kevin Mathis, Colorado
$425,000: James Adams, Michigan State; Charles Clark, Purdue; Danny Collins, Minnesota; Matt Gurrieri, Ohio State+
$410,000: Van Malone, Kansas State+
$400,000: Deon Broomfield, Iowa State+; Rod Ojong, Indiana; Jake Olsen, LSU; Andrew Thacker, Georgia
MISSING: Brian Belichick, North Carolina; Jack Cooper, Wisconsin; Armond Hawkins, North Carolina; Gabe Franklin, West Virginia; Taylor Mays, Washington; Vinnie Sunseri, Florida; Deron Wilson, Florida
* - Defensive coordinator
+ - Assistant head coach/co-coordinator/pass game coordinators