Heartbreaking: Brent Venables Oklahoma Sooners Head Coach Just Passed Away At the Aged of 53…see..more…Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian wears the Golden Hat trophy after defeating Oklahoma 34-3 during an NCAA college football game between Texas and Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Dallas.
Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian wears the Golden Hat trophy after defeating Oklahoma 34-3 during an NCAA college football game between Texas and Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Dallas.
Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle
When Texas hired Steve Sarkisian in 2021, his six-year $34.2 million contract didn’t even put him in the Top 10 of coaching salaries around the country. Now that he’s lifted the Longhorns to their first No. 1 ranking since 2008, he’s being paid like an elite coach.
In USA Today’s annual list of college football coaching salaries, released Wednesday, Sarkisian is the third highest-paid coach in the country behind only Georgia’s Kirby Smart ($13 million per year) and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney ($11 million). After leading Texas to the College Football Playoff, Sarkisian was rewarded with a new contract in January that pays him more than $10 million annually.
Besides Smart, Swinney and Sarkisian, there are four other coaches who will make at least $10 million this year: USC’s Lincoln Riley, Florida State’s Mike Norvell, Ohio State’s Ryan Day and Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer.
Be the first to comment