The highest paid offensive coordinators in college football: 2024 edition (Highest Paid College Football Offensive Coordinators)

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. 

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