Unlike the other positions, there don't seem to be "star" linebackers coaches. Don't get it twisted, I'm not saying there aren't great 'backers coaches. Of course there are.
What I mean is, there don't seem to be guys who become household names as career linebackers coaches, a Larry Johnson or a Tony Alford of the position. Like their counterparts on the other side of the ball -- quarterbacks -- LBs coaches quite often take on coordinator or co-coordinator roles on their path through the profession.
That's my observation, anyway. What say you?
Coordinators and co-coordinators
$2.5 million: Blake Baker, LSU
$2.15 million: Pete Golding, Ole Miss
$2 million: Glenn Schumann, Georgia
$1.8 million: Pete Kwiatkowski, Texas
$1.7 million: Tosh Lupoi, Oregon
$1.55 million: Kane Wommack, Alabama
$1.5 million: Tony Gibson, NC State; Joe Rossi, Michigan State; Brad White, Kentucky
$1.4 million: Wes Goodwin, Clemson
$1.25 million: Joe Harasmyiak, Rutgers
$1.2 million: Austin Armstrong, Florida; DJ Durkin, Auburn; Clayton White, South Carolina
$1.175 million: Travis Williams, Arkansas
$1.1 million: Bryant Haines, Indiana
$1 million: Coleman Hutzler, Mississippi State; Ikaika Malloe, UCLA; Seth Wallace, Iowa
$925,000: Peter Sirmon, Cal
$900,000: Brian Jean-Mary, Michigan; Johnny Nansen, Texas
$875,000: Chris Marve, Virginia Tech
$850,000: Zac Alley, Oklahoma; Corey Heatherman, Minnesota; Kevin Kane, Purdue
$800,000: Mike Tressel, Wisconsin
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$750,000: Shiel Wood, Houston
$725,000: Keith Heyward, Oregon State
$700,000: Jordan Lesley, West Virginia
$650,000: Randy Shannon, Florida State
$625,000: Colin Hitschler, Alabama
$622,000: Tommy Thigpen, North Carolina
$600,000: Joe Bob Clements, Oklahoma State; Tyler Santucci, Georgia Tech
Missing: Jay Bateman, Texas A&M; Geoff Collins, North Carolina; Ted Roof, UCF; Jeff Schmedding, Washington State
Non-Coordinators
$720,000: William Inge, Tennessee
$675,000: Mike Stoops, Kentucky
$650,000: Christian Robinson, Alabama
$575,000: Sterling Lucas, South Carolina
$550,000: DJ Smith, Missouri
$500,000: Chidera Uzo-Diribe, Georgia
$425,000: Andre' Hart, Colorado; Chris Simpson, Kansas; Colton Swan, Utah
$400,000: Robert Bala, Washington; AJ Cooper, Arizona State; Steve Stanard, Kansas State; Lance Thompson, Maryland
$390,000: Mark Ivey, Louisville
$355,000: Vic So'oto, Cal+
$350,000: Vincent Dancy, Colorado; Matt Mitchell, Wisconsin+; James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
$320,000: CJ Ah You, Texas Tech; Tony Washington, Jr., UCLA
$300,000: Rob Dvoracek, Nebraska; James Thomas, Jr., Maryland+
$275,000: Brian Michalowski, Oregon
$250,000: AJ Cooper, Oregon State
Missing: Mike Adams, Virginia; Danny Gonzales, Arizona; Colby Kratch, Iowa State; Archie McDaniel, Illinois
+ - Special teams coordinator
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