According to data compiled by USA TODAY Sports, 11 MLB managers make less than $1.5 million, including the Cardinals' Oli Marmol, who led his team to a postseason appearance and National League Central title in 2022, and 2019 American League Manager of the Year Rocco Baldelli.
Four SEC coaches − Corbin, Bianco, Schlossnagle and Vitello − make $1.5 million or more, making them higher paid than more than one-third of MLB managers.
Vanderbilt's Tim Corbin: $2,447,059
Note: Corbin's pay is from the school’s most recently available federal tax records, which cover compensation for the 2021 calendar year, including the value of benefits, perks and performance bonuses actually paid. It also includes $647,705 that the school had reported as deferred compensation on prior years’ tax records.
Ole Miss' Mike Bianco: $1.625 million
Note: Pay includes base salary from state contract, plus compensation from contract with the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation, a private nonprofit organization that declined to release the agreement. The university provided summary of current contract-year pay under that agreement.
Texas A&M's Jim Schlossnagle: $1.58 million
Note: Total includes a one-time payment of $170,000 that Schlossnagle received for being employed as Texas A&M's head coach on September 1, 2022.
Tennessee's Tony Vitello: $1.5 million
Arkansas' Dave Van Horn: $1.35 million
Florida's Kevin O'Sullivan: $1,290,567
Mississippi State's Chris Lemonis: $1.275 million
Note: Pay includes base salary from state contract, plus compensation from contract with the Bulldog Club, Inc., a private nonprofit organization that declined to release the agreement. University provided summary of current contract-year pay under that agreement.
LSU's Jay Johnson: $1.25 million
Auburn's Butch Thompson: $1.25 million
Georgia's Scott Stricklin: $655,000
South Carolina's Mark Kingston: $600,000
Kentucky's Nick Mingione: $575,000
Alabama's Brad Bohannon: $500,000
Four SEC coaches − Corbin, Bianco, Schlossnagle and Vitello − make $1.5 million or more, making them higher paid than more than one-third of MLB managers.
Vanderbilt's Tim Corbin: $2,447,059
Note: Corbin's pay is from the school’s most recently available federal tax records, which cover compensation for the 2021 calendar year, including the value of benefits, perks and performance bonuses actually paid. It also includes $647,705 that the school had reported as deferred compensation on prior years’ tax records.
Ole Miss' Mike Bianco: $1.625 million
Note: Pay includes base salary from state contract, plus compensation from contract with the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation, a private nonprofit organization that declined to release the agreement. The university provided summary of current contract-year pay under that agreement.
Texas A&M's Jim Schlossnagle: $1.58 million
Note: Total includes a one-time payment of $170,000 that Schlossnagle received for being employed as Texas A&M's head coach on September 1, 2022.
Tennessee's Tony Vitello: $1.5 million
Arkansas' Dave Van Horn: $1.35 million
Florida's Kevin O'Sullivan: $1,290,567
Mississippi State's Chris Lemonis: $1.275 million
Note: Pay includes base salary from state contract, plus compensation from contract with the Bulldog Club, Inc., a private nonprofit organization that declined to release the agreement. University provided summary of current contract-year pay under that agreement.
LSU's Jay Johnson: $1.25 million
Auburn's Butch Thompson: $1.25 million
Georgia's Scott Stricklin: $655,000
South Carolina's Mark Kingston: $600,000
Kentucky's Nick Mingione: $575,000
Alabama's Brad Bohannon: $500,000
