Nick Saban is country's highest-paid public employee. Who is No. 2?

http://www.al.com/news/ ^ | 4/3/18 | Leada Gore

[BBell]

Nick Saban isn't just Alabama's highest-paid public employee. A new ranking shows he's the highest-paid public employee - by far - in the country.

GoBankingRates.com's ranking looked at the top-earning public employee in each state. In most cases, the person bringing home the biggest paycheck is a coach for a public university.

The rankings are based on 2017 figures and there have been some changes since it was calculated. For example, California's highest-paid employee, Jim Mora, earned $3.57 million a year before he was let go last year after the Bruins lost their third consecutive game to rival USC.

$11.1 million - Nick Saban, Alabama, University of Alabama football coach

$7.75 million - John Calipari, Kentucky, University of Kentucky basketball coach

$7 million - Jim Harbaugh, Michigan, University of Michigan football coach

$6.4 million - Urban Meyer, Ohio, Ohio State University football coach

$5.8 million - James Franklin, Pennsylvania, Penn State football coach

$5 million - Willie Taggart, Florida, Florida State football coach

$5 million - Kirk Ferentz, Iowa, University of Iowa football coach

$5 million - Scott Frost, Nebraska, Univeristy of Nebraska football coach

$5 million - Tom Herman, Texas, University of Texas football coach

$4.875 million - Chris Petersen, Washington, University of Washington football coach

$4.8 million - Bill Self, Kansas, Kansas's basketball coach

$4.2 million - Will Muschamp, South Carolina, University of South Carolina football coach

$3.8 million - Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee, University of Tennessee football coach

$3.75 million - Bob Huggins, West Virginia, University of West Virginia basketball coach

$3.7 million - Jim Mora, California, UCLA football coach (former),

$3.7 million - Kirby Smart, Georgia, University of Georgia football coach

$3.5 million - Chad Morris, Arkansas, University of Arkansas football coach $3.5 million - Ed Orgeron, Louisiana, Louisiana State University football coach

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Absolutely out-f***ing-rageous that there are public employees being paid millions of dollars...To do one of the most useless things on earth, coach amateur sports.

There's nothing outrageous about it at all. Those amateur sports that these men coach generate far, far more for their universities than the salaries they are paid. Saban, Calipari, Harbaugh - all of them are actually outstanding investments, unlike most government expenditures.

[BBell]

You got me. I scrolled up to look when the bulb blinked in my head.

[BBell]

should be then the bulb blinked in my head

[VRWCarea51]

#29 oh jeez, now that image is gonna pop into my mind everytime Dook or chechevski is mentioned.

[cazmandeuce]

Sabin needs to ask for raise. That’s it? Really, I thought he made much more than that. Alabama Football brings in a ton of money. Roll Tide.

[cazmandeuce]

I used to waste my Sundays on football, but after the kneeling crap, I have found Saturdays are much better to watch football, and Sunday’s are better to kneel before our Almighty!

[mfish13]

Hillary Clinton got hundreds of Millions of $’s to the Clinton Foundation when she was SoS. The rest of these people are pikers compared to her.

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Give them their bread and circuses...

[cowlitzron]

Many of those colleges have professors which advocate at least some aspects of socialism. Yet the big universities are downright capitalist when it comes to paying head coaches and football coordinators. They know the better head coaches bring in more ticket sales and sales of team clothing and other paraphernalia. Also, if the head coaches don’t win enough games and they’re fired without cause, they get either the full base salary for the remainder of their contracts or at least buyout payments that are agreed upon in their contracts. Most small college head coaches at the NCAA Division III or NAIA level get paid less than $100,000 a year due to less revenue produced.

[jch10]

Yes, several other SEC coaches make over one million. That’s ok with me. It is a business that brings money to the university, the community, city, and the state.

[Hyman Roth]

full tuition scholarship to my daughter valued at over $100k.

Sweet baby Jesus that's alot of dough.