Not every linebackers coach coordinates the entire defense, and not every defensive coordinator also coaches linebackers... but a lot do.
For today's installment, we've split the subjects into two groups. The top group, as you'll instantly surmise, serve as their team's primary defensive coordinator. The median salary for this group hovers around $1 million, and the top approaches $2 million.
1. Pete Golding, Ole Miss -- $1.9 million
1. Matt House, LSU -- $1.9 million
1. Jim Knowles, Ohio State -- $1.9 million
1. Glenn Schumann, Georgia -- $1.9 million
5. Pete Kwiatkowski, Texas -- $1.7 million
5. Tosh Lupoi, Oregon -- $1.7 million
7. DJ Durkin, Texas A&M -- $1.5 million
7. Brad White, Kentucky -- $1.5 million
9. Scottie Hazelton, Michigan State -- $1.1 million
9. Clayton White, South Carolina -- $1.1 million
9. Travis Williams, Arkansas -- $1.1 million
12. Peter Sirmon, Cal -- $875,000
13. Wes Goodwin, Clemson -- $850,000
13. Kevin Kane, Purdue -- $850,000
13. Joe Rossi, Minnesota -- $850,000
16. Chris Marve, Virginia Tech -- $825,000
17. Matt Brock, Mississippi State -- $800,000
18. Mike Tressel, Wisconsin -- $750,000
19. Trent Bray, Oregon State -- $700,000
19. Jordan Lesley, West Virginia -- $700,000
21. Chad Wilt, Indiana -- $550,000
This next group often holds plenty of additional titles -- co-coordinator, assistant coordinator, special teams coordinator -- but they are not their unit's primary play caller, and their pay stubs reflect that. This group's median salary is closer to half a million dollars a year.
1. Seth Wallace, Iowa -- $700,000
2. Mike Stoops, Kentucky -- $675,000
3. Brian Jean-Mary, Tennessee -- $665,000
4. Jeff Choate, Texas -- $625,000
4. William Inge, Washington -- $625,000
4. Randy Shannon, Florida State -- $625,000
7. Joe Bob Clements, Oklahoma State -- $600,000
8. Coleman Hutzler, Alabama^ -- $595,000
9. Mike Ekeler, Tennessee^ -- $575,000
10. Charlie Bullen, Illinois -- $550,000
10. DJ Smith, Missouri -- $550,000
10. Tommy Thigpen, North Carolina -- $550,000
13. Andy Buh, Illinois -- $500,000
13. Chris Partridge, Michigan -- $500,000
15. Sterling Lucas, South Carolina -- $475,000
16. Chidera Uzo-Diribe, Georgia -- $450,000
17. Ken Norton, Jr., UCLA -- $438,000
18. Jay Bateman, Florida -- $425,000
18. Chris Simpson, Kansas -- $425,000
20. Tyson Veidt, Iowa State -- $420,000
21. Andre Hart, Colorado -- $400,000
21. Jeff Koonz, West Virginia -- $400,000
21. Steve Stanard, Kansas State -- $400,000
24. Ikaika Malloe, UCLA^ -- $390,000
25. Mark Ivey, Louisville -- $375,000
25. Jason Kaufusi, Arizona -- $375,000
27. Robert Bala, Alabama -- $350,000
27. John Jancek^, LSU -- $350,000
27. Matt Mitchell^, Wisconsin -- $350,000
30. Colton Swan, Utah -- $325,000
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^ - Special teams coordinator
Missing: Josh Aldridge, Auburn; Gene Chizik, North Carolina; AJ Cooper, Arizona State; Jeff Schmedding, Washington State
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