The highest-paid defensive backs coaches in college football - FootballScoop
Behold, the latest in a series examining the biggest salaries for position coaches across major college football. Information courtesy of the
USA Today coaching salary database and based on publicly available contracts.
1. Charlton Warren, Georgia ā $600,000
2. Criag Naivar, Texas@ ā $500,000
2. Chris Partridge, Michigan@ ā $500,0000
2. Paul Rhoads, UCLA ā $500,000
5. Maurice Linguist, Texas A&M ā $450,000
5. Keith Hayward, Oregon* ā $450,000
5. Anthony Poindexter, Purdue* ā $450,000
8. Mike Reed, Clemson ā $440,000
9. Anthony Campanile, Michigan ā $415,000
10. Paul Haynes, Michigan State ā $410,000
10. Corey Raymond, LSU ā $410,000
* ā Also a co-defensive coordinator
@ ā Also a special teams coordinator
Other notes:
ā The emphasis of this exercise is to study position coaches, not coordinators. That said, it bears mentioning that South Carolinaās Travaris Robinson ($1.2 million) is technically the highest-paid defensive backs coach in the country. Weāre trying to find the price point for coaches whose primary responsibility is to coach cornerbacks and safeties, not call plays.
ā Yet again, Alabama and Ohio State are nowhere to be found. The Buckeyes actually led this list in 2018 with Alex Grinchās $1.158 million salary, and new hires Jeff Hafley and Matt Barnes have yet to have their salaries revealed. Alabama defensive backs coach Karl Scott, on the other hand, remains employed but nowhere close to the top 10 at just ā ājustā ā $350,000 a year. No one coaching football for a living at the Power 5 level is underpaid, but if they were, Scott would have to be among the most underpaid coaches in the sport.
