The goal of this exercise has always been to isolate, as best we can, the specific value of position coaching at the major college football level.
That task is most difficult at the quarterback position, because most at the position also coordinate or co-coordinate the offense.
As such, we've split this position into two groups. If nothing else, it's instructive to see just how many QB coaches are also coordinators, and just how few are not.
Coordinators and Co-Coordinators
$2 million: Chip Kelly, Ohio State
$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; Will Stein, Oregon, $1.4 million
$1.3 million: Nick Sheridan, Alabama
$1.25 million: Bush Hamdan, Kentucky; Phil Longo, Wisconsin
$1.1 million: Tim Lester, Iowa; Chip Lindsey, North Carolina; Brian Lindgren, Michigan State; Seth Littrell, Oklahoma
$950,000: Kirk Campbell, Michigan; Graham Harrell, Purdue; Joe Sloan, LSU
$875,000: Tyler Bowen, Virginia Tech
$850,000: Zach Kittley, Texas Tech
$825,000: Barry Lunney, Jr., Illinois
$800,000: Mike Shanahan, Indiana; Pat Shurmur, Colorado; Glenn Thomas, Nebraska
$745,000: Ben Arbuckle, Washington State
$725,000: Ryan Gunderson, Oregon State
$700,000: Brian Brohm, Louisville; Brad Glenn, Cincinnati
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$600,000: Greg Harbaugh, Jr., Minnesota
$500,000: Jim Zebrowski, Kansas
Missing: Marcus Arroyo, Arizona State; Dino Babers, Arizona; Chip Kelly, Ohio State; Collin Klein, Texas A&M; Matt Wells, Kansas State
Non-Coordinators
$633,000: Chris Weinke, Georgia Tech
$600,000: Darin Hinshaw, UCF*
$540,000: Tino Sunseri, Indiana+
$500,000: Tony Tokarz, Florida State
$450,000: Shawn Bell, Houston
$430,000: Kurt Roper, NC State
$425,000: AJ Milwee, Texas
$400,000: Kent Austin, Auburn; Tim Rattay, Oklahoma State
$260,000: Taylor Lamb, Virginia
$200,000: Tyler Allen, West Virginia
Missing: Matt Holecek, Mississippi State
* Hinshaw was hired as UCF's offensive coordinator ahead of the 2023 season. He was then demoted to co-coordinator upon Tim Harris, Jr.'s hiring in January. We haven't seen any word on a new salary for Hinshaw, so we're rolling with that figure for now.
Missing: Jimmie Dougherty, Washington; Sterlin Gilbert, Cal; Jake Waters, Iowa State; Ted White, UCLA
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