Dabo Swinney ranks second in salary for USA TODAY coaches database |
Clemson coach
Dabo Swinney ranked second in total pay for this year
among 119 FBS schools to release data to USA TODAY.
Swinney comes in at $10.9 million in total pay for the calendar year, which only trails Alabama head coach Nick Saban and his $11.4 million. Georgia's Kirby Smart is next ($10.7M), and Ohio State's Ryan Day ($10.3M) completes those in the Top 5 still employed. Michigan State's Mel Tucker, fired recently for alleged impropriety, is No. 5 ($10M). Swinney has the fifth-largest buyout on the list, at $64 million, and holds a lower maximum bonus than several peers, at $1.375M. Florida State's Mike Norvell is the next-highest reported ACC salary, at $7.3M. Prominent schools not to release data to USA TODAY include Miami (Mario Cristobal), Notre Dame (Marcus Freeman) and Southern Cal (Lincoln Riley).
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