Dan Mullen will be the highest-paid college football coach in Florida and the sixth-highest paid in the nation under the terms of his six-year contract with the University of Florida.
The highest salaries in the nation:
Speaking of false death threats, Jim McElwain was earning $4.5M, but will now receive a lump sum of $3.75M now, $250k in February, $1M per year for three years paid on July 1 each year, plus a close-out payment of $500k on July 1, 2021.
The highest salaries in the nation:
- Nick Saban, Alabama. $11.1M
- Dabo Swinney, Clemson. $8.5M
- Dumbo Fisher, Texas A&M. $7.5M
- Jim Harbaugh, Michigan. $7.0M
- Urban Meyer, Ohio State. $6.4M
- Dan Mullen, Florida. $6.1M
- College Football Playoff national championship: $400,000
- CFP runner-up: $300,000
- CFP semfinal game: $250,000
- New Year’s Day Six game: $200,000
- SEC Championship: $200,000
- SEC East Division title: $100,000
- Bowl eligibility: $100,000
- Finish among AP Top 10: $100,000
- Academic incentive: $100,000
- National coach of the year: $75,000
- SEC coach of the year: $50,000
Speaking of false death threats, Jim McElwain was earning $4.5M, but will now receive a lump sum of $3.75M now, $250k in February, $1M per year for three years paid on July 1 each year, plus a close-out payment of $500k on July 1, 2021.
