Well, it's that time of year again.
We update our survey of assistant coaching salaries across major college football each spring, because each spring it requires updating. A large chunk of schools change coordinators from year to year, and those who stay tend to get raises and/or new deals.
We're formatting our list a little differently this year. Rather than a straight 1-through-50 ranking, we'll simply slot each coordinator/position coach by how much they're making. This isn't a ranking of quality, but it will provide a more clear visual of how the market breaks down.
Most information obtained via open records/media reports; when not available, we reverted to the 2023 salary as listed by the USA Today database.
$2.1 million: Mike Denbrock, Notre Dame
$1.85 million: Andy Ludwig, Utah
$1.75 million: Garrett Riley, Clemson
$1.65 million: Charlie Weis, Jr., Ole Miss
$1.6 million: Andy Kotelnicki, Penn State
$1.5 million: Kirby Moore, Missouri; Bobby Petrino, Arkansas
$1.4 million: Mike Bobo, Georgia; Kirk Ciarrocca, Rutgers: $1.4 million; Marcus Satterfield, Nebraska; Will Stein, Oregon: $1.4 million
$1.3 million: Nick Sheridan, Alabama
$1.325 million: Kyle Flood, Texas
$1.25 million: Alex Atkins, Florida State; Bush Hamdan, Kentucky; Phil Longo, Wisconsin
$1.1 million: Tim Lester, Iowa; Chip Lindsey, North Carolina; Brian Lindgren, Michigan State; Seth Littrell, Oklahoma*
$1 million: Rob Sale, Florida*
$950,000: Kirk Campbell, Michigan; Josh Gattis, Maryland; Cortez Hankton, LSU*; Graham Harrell, Purdue; Joe Sloan*, LSU
$900,000: Kasey Dunn, Oklahoma State; Joe Jon Finley, Oklahoma*
$875,000: Tyler Bowen, Virginia Tech; Des Kitchings, Virginia
$850,000: Robert Anae, NC State; Zach Kittley, Texas Tech
$825,000: Barry Lunney, Jr., Illinois
$800,000: Jeff Grimes, Kansas; Derrick Nix, Auburn; Mike Shanahan, Indiana; Pat Shurmur, Colorado; Glenn Thomas, Nebraska*
$750,000: Kevin Barbay, Houston; Buster Faulkner, Georgia Tech
$745,000: Ben Arbuckle, Washington State
$725,000: Ryan Gunderson, Oregon State
$700,000: Brian Brohm, Louisville; Brad Glenn, Cincinnati
$600,000: Greg Harbaugh, Jr., Minnesota*; Matt Simon, Minnesota*
$550,000: Eric Bieniemy, UCLA; Mike Bloesch, Cal; Russ Callaway, Florida*
* - co-coordinator
Missing: Marcus Arroyo, Arizona State; Dino Babers, Arizona; Brennan Carroll, Washington; Tim Harris, Jr., UCF; Chip Kelly, Ohio State; Collin Klein, Texas A&M; Taylor Mouser, Iowa State; Conor Riley/Matt Wells, Kansas State
As always, stay tuned to The Scoop for the latest.