The goal of this exercise is to pinpoint, as best we can, the going rate for coaching at each position across major college football. And I believe we've done so at the offensive line.
Seven major college programs will pay their offensive line coach $600,000 in 2024, and seven more are within $50,000 of that number in either direction.
That works out to $125,000 per player on the field each snap, and roughly $40,000 per scholarship player on the roster.
No position coach is asked to manage and develop more players and, outside of quarterback, no position group has more responsibility on its broad shoulders. Good luck winning with a poor offensive line.
And, on a per-capita basis, no position group is paid less per player.
$1.325 million: Kyle Flood, Texas*
$1.25 million: Alex Atkins, Florida State*
$1 million: Justin Frye, Ohio State; Jim Michalczik, Michigan State; Rob Sale, Florida*
$975,000: Matt Luke, Clemson
$940,000: Brad Davis, LSU
$900,000: Glen Elarbee, Tennessee
$875,000: Chris Kapilovic, Alabama
$870,000: Bill Bedenbaugh, Oklahoma
$800,000: Jim Harding, Utah
$750,000: Cody Kennedy, Mississippi State; Stacy Searels, Georgia
$700,000: Bob Bostad, Indiana; Eric Mateos, Arkansas
$650,000: AJ Blazek, Wisconsin; John Garrison, Ole Miss
$645,000: George Barnett, Iowa
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$600,000: Brian Callahan, Minnesota; Randy Clements, North Carolina; Charlie Dickey, Oklahoma State; Marcus Johnson, Purdue; Grant Newsome, Michigan; Conor Riley, Kansas State*; Jake Thornton, Auburn
$575,000: Brandon Jones, Missouri
$550,000: Mike Bloesch, Cal*; Bart Miller, Illinois; A'lique Terry, Oregon
$530,000: Garrett Tujague, NC State
$500,000: Herb Hand, UCF; Clay McGuire, Texas Tech; Donovan Raiola, Nebraska
$490,000: Ron Crook, Virginia Tech
$475,000: Saga Tuitele, Arizona State
$460,000: Brian Braswell, Maryland
$440,000: Matt Moore, West Virginia
$425,000: Terry Heffernan, Virginia
$410,000: Lonnie Teasley, South Carolina
$400,000: Nic Cardwell, Cincinnati; Pat Flaherty, Rutgers; Eman Neghavi, Houston
$375,000: Ryan Clanton, Iowa State
$350,000: Daryl Agpalsa, Kansas; Geep Wade, Georgia Tech; Eric Wolford, Kentucky
$325,000: Phil Loadholt, Colorado
Missing: Brennan Carroll, Washington*; Juan Castillo, UCLA; Adam Cushing, Texas A&M; Jared Kaster, Washington State; Josh Oglesby, Arizona
* - offensive coordinator
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