Kirk is 8th highest paid coach in the B1G & 23rd Nationally ($7M). Lincoln Riley is 1st in the B1G & 4th Nationally ($10,043,418)

[Franisdaman]

KF is making a total of $7M according to USA Today. His total pay ranks tied for 23rd nationally out of 125 FBS coaches with available salary data. Texas A&M's Mike Elko also has a total pay of $7M.

After the 2021 season, KF signed an extension that goes through the 2029 season.

Salary information was not available for 9 schools: BYU, Air Force, Boston College, Duke, Northwestern, Stanford, Syracuse, Tulane and Tulsa.

Here are the Top 5 paid coaches nationally, according to USA Today:

• 1. Kirby Smart, Georgia, $13,282,580
• 2. Dabo Swinney, Clemson, $11,132,775
• 3. Steve Sarkisian, Texas, $10,600,000
• 4. Lincoln Riley, USC, $10,043,418
• 5. Ryan Day, Ohio State, $10,021,250

B1G college football coaching salaries:​

*Note: Northwestern coach David Braun not included*

1. Lincoln Riley, USC, $10,043,418
2. Ryan Day, Ohio State, $10,021,250
3. James Franklin, Penn State, $8,500,000
4. Dan Lanning, Oregon, $8,200,000
5. Luke Fickell, Wisconsin, $7,725,000
6. Jedd Fisch, Washington, $7,700,023
7. Jonathan Smith, Michigan State, $7,250,000
8. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa, $7,000,000
9. P.J. Fleck, Minnesota, $6,700,000
10. Bret Bielema, Illinois, $6,650,000
11. Matt Rhule, Nebraska, $6,500,000
12. Greg Schiano, Rutgers, $6,250,000
13. Sherrone Moore, Michigan, $6,000,000
14. Mike Locksley, Maryland, $5,801,900
15. Curt Cignetti, Indiana, $4,250,000
16. Ryan Walters, Purdue, $4,050,000
17. DeShaun Foster, UCLA, $3,250,000

Iowa football: Where does Kirk Ferentz rank among highest-paid coaches in Big Ten, nation?

How does Kirk Ferentz's salary compare to coaches in the Big Ten and nationwide? Here is a look.

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[Hawk_4shur]

It's, of course, ridiculous the amount of money football coaches make. But given that is the salary scale I'd say KF is fairly compensated, or perhaps a little low.

He should make more than Jonathan Smith with his 37-38 coaching record and Jedd Fisch and his 21-25 record. He proved that on Saturday and hopefully will prove that again this Saturday.

 

[hoffmkr]

I agree total number seems absurd, but relative, there are 3 above him in B10 who don’t deserve more than Kirk and no one paid less that should be above him right now.