The goal of this project has always been to isolate the specific value of position coaching within big-time college football, and studying the salaries of quarterbacks coaches allows us to to evaluate two positions at once.
Most, but not all, coordinators are also quarterbacks coaches, and a survey of Power 5 public schools tells us that the median offensive coordinator earns around $1 million, and the median quarterbacks coach with no coordinator title earns around $400,000.
This means that the typical Power 5 school pays roughly $600,000 for coordinator duties. Whether they think of it in this terms or not is another story.
OCs/QBs:
1. Ryan Grubb, Washington: $2 million
2. Jeff Lebby, Oklahoma: $1.9 million
Tommy Rees, Alabama: $1.9 million
4. Garrett Riley, Clemson: $1.75 million
5. Liam Coen, Kentucky: $1.7 million
6. Kirk Ciarrocca, Rutgers: $1.4 million
Marcus Satterfield, Nebraska: $1.4 million
8. Jay Johnson, Michigan State: $1.35 million
9. Phil Longo, Wisconsin: $1.25 million
Andy Ludwig, Utah: $1.25 million
11. Dan Enos, Arkansas: $1.1 million
12. Dowell Loggains, South Carolina: $1 million
Rob Sale, Florida: $1 million
14. Zach Kittley, Texas Tech: $855,000
15. Tyler Bowen, Virginia Tech: $850,000
Brian Ferentz, Iowa: $850,000
Joey Halzle, Tennessee: $850,000
Kirby Moore, Missouri: $850,000
19. Charlie Weis, Jr., Ole Miss: $825,000
20. Brian Lindgren, Oregon State: $800,000
Barry Lunney, Jr., Illinois: $800,000
Will Stein, Oregon: $800,000
23. Walt Bell, Indiana: $700,000
Darin Hinshaw, UCF: $600,000
Colin Klein, Kansas State: $600,000
26. Nate Scheelhaase, Iowa State: $500,000
Quarterbacks coaches:
1. Joe Sloan, LSU -- $600,000
2. Jimmie Dougherty, Arizona -- $450,000
3. AJ Milwee, Texas -- $425,000
4. Corey Dennis, Ohio State -- $412,000
5. Ryan Gunderson, UCLA -- $410,000
6. Kurt Roper, NC State -- $404,000
7. Tim Rattay, Oklahoma State -- $400,000
Tony Tokarz, Florida State -- $400,000
9. Kirk Campbell, Michigan -- $350,000
Jim Zebrowski, Kansas -- $350,000
11. Chris Weinke, Georgia Tech -- $325,000
12. Sean Reagan, West Virginia -- $240,000
13. Greg Harbaugh, Jr., Minnesota -- $230,000
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-- Sean Reagan earned $240,000 as WVU's tight ends coach, but will be in line for a bump now that he's the Mountaineers' quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator. Graham Harrell earned $600,000 on the first year of a 3-year deal in 2022 and was in line to make $800,000 this year.
-- Colin Klein should get a bump from his $600,000 for turning down Notre Dame.
-- Other coaches that should be in line for raises thanks to recent promotions: Minnesota's Greg Harbaugh, Jr., Iowa State's Nate Scheelhaase, and Arizona's Jimmie Dougherty.
As always, we'll update as more information becomes available.