Mike Price. LOL.
How much of the 11 million is actually paid buy the university? Boosters pay for most is my guess.
I like Coach Sabah. He’s a liberal in a sea of knuckle dragging bible believing ALABAMA. he gets that and instead of being typical Lib he focuses on his job. That respect is in turn returned and I ignore his personal politics and look at his work.
There are not many NCAA football coaches that hold his players to higher standards. I have seen him pull his key players for behavior type penalties.
FR should actually be embracing this Coach. Community, job before his own politics, high standards for his players, focused on excellence.
This is from 2016 before Saban's raise to $11+ million.
Nick Saban is the highest-paid public employee in America: Here are numbers 2-10
The old adage "you get what you pay for" certainly is true when it comes to University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban.
Alabama football generated a record-breaking $95 million in revenue in the 2015 national championship season with a profit of almost $47 million. That's a pretty good return even if you factor in the almost $7 million per year Saban is paid to coach the Crimson Tide.
What people often forget, however, is that Saban is a public employee, just like someone who works at the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Alabama Forestry Department. Those DMV workers aren't paid like a coach, of course. In fact, according to a ranking by 24/7 Wall Street, Saban isn't just the highest-paid public employee in Alabama, he's the highest-paid public employee in America.
The ranking lists the highest-paid public employee in each state and coaches dominate the list.
Here's a look at the 10 highest-paid public employees in the country, ranked by total earnings. And below is a list of the highest-paid public employees with coaches left out. For the record, only 11 of the 50 people making the list of highest-paid employees in each state wasn't a coach.
Highest paid public employee in each state:
1.Nick Saban, University of Alabama football coach, Alabama - $7.09 million
2.Jim Harbaugh, University of Michigan football coach, Michigan - $7 million
3.John Calipari, University of Kentucky basketball coach, Kentucky - $6.88 million
4.Urban Meyer, Ohio State University football coach, Ohio - $5.86 million
5.Bob Stoops, University of Oklahoma football coach, Oklahoma - $5.86 million
6.Charlie Strong, University of Texas football coach, Texas - $5.16 million
7.Jimbo Fisher, Florida State University football coach, Florida - $5.15 million
8.Sean Miller, University of Arizona basketball coach, Arizona - $4.95 million
9.Bill Self, Kansas University basketball coach, Kansas - $4.94 million
10.James Franklin, Penn State University football coach, Pennsylvania - $4.4 million
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