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Browsing The College Football Coaching Bargain Bin

Yesterday, A.J. took a look at USA Today's comprehensive college football coach salary database, noting that Boston College has paid Spaz roughly $359,000 per win this season. This sounds like a lot of cash, until you take a look at other coaches salary per win figures. As it turns out, BC is still getting somewhat of a bargain relative to other programs in the conference.

How would you like to be a Maryland Terrapins football fan right now? Not only is your school considering cutting seven programs due to budget constraints, but you've also paid first-year coach Randy Edsall over $1 million dollars a win this season. $1,006,720 to be exact. #dreamjob and #DebbieYowFiscalPolicies

The only coaches that are paid more per win this season are Kansas's Turner Gill ($1,050,600 for two wins over McNeese State and Northern Illinois) and Indiana's Kevin Wilson ($1,260,000, one hefty price tag for a home win over South Carolina State!). Oh, and Howard Schnellenberger, who is being paid INFINITY for the Owls 0-9 record.

Getting back to the ACC, Duke has paid coach David Cutcliffe $587,632 for each of the Blue Devils three wins this season, while Wake has paid Jim Grobe $455,109 for each of the Demon Deacons' five wins. And so on and so forth down the line ...

Jimbo Fisher -- $392,857 a win
Tom O'Brien -- $375,590 a win
Frank Spaziani -- $359,803 a win

So Spaz is only the sixth most overpaid coach in the conference. Win?

On the other end of the spectrum, North Carolina's Everett Withers has been paid just $83,333 for the Heels' six victories this season. Withers is also the lowest paid coach in a BCS AQ conference as he attempts to clean up the mess left by Butch Davis.

Below is a list of the 16 Division I-A head coaches paid less per win than Everett Withers. Call this the college football coaching bargain bin. While there's a lot of Sun Belt, MAC and WAC coaches on this list, there are also a few solid (and affordable!) gets on this list, including Mario Cristobal, Larry Fedora and Dave Doeren. DeFilippo, please take note.

-- $82,864 -- Mario Cristobal (Florida International)
-- $78,741 -- Mike Price (UTEP)
-- $78,278 -- Larry Fedora (Southern Miss)
-- $76,750 -- Sonny Dykes (Louisiana Tech)
-- $75,850 -- Bill Cubit (Western Michigan)
-- $75,000 -- Darrell Hazell (Kent State)
-- $75,000 -- Todd Berry (Louisiana-Monroe)
-- $73,159 -- Chris Ault (Nevada)
-- $68,590 -- Tim Beckman (Toledo)
-- $68,050 -- Frank Solich (Ohio)
-- $58,383 -- Pete Lembo (Ball State)
-- $57,225 -- Ron English (Eastern Michigan)
-- $46,375 -- Dave Doeren (Northern Illinois)
-- $45,125 -- Mark Hudspeth (Louisiana-Lafayette)
-- $45,000 -- Willie Taggart (Western Kentucky)
-- $25,270 -- Hugh Freeze (Arkansas State)

Just $25k for one of Arkansas State's eight wins this season? Someone pay this man!

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Oh well

This chart used to belong to Greg Robinson. Not because he was overpaid… but because of his, well, coaching inabilities.

Dictated, but not read.

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by ezcuse on Nov 17, 2011 12:34 PM EST reply actions  

Dabo Swinney isn't paid for wins

He is paid per word in post-win press conferences. GRABBLE GRABBLE DABO DABO YA BIZNESS

Don't give up, don't ever give up ~ Jim Valvano

by AParker on Nov 17, 2011 12:34 PM EST reply actions  

Cristobal would be a great get

Probably will be a candidate for both the Miami job and the Penn State jobs at various points, but this is the kind of guy that BC should want. Knows the Florida recruiting base, has a Big East background while at Miami so knows the overall landscape. Tough minded, will establish the physicality that’s missing now. Young guy with bigger aspirations, but that’s the best BC can hope for. The odds of a young, hot shot who builds it and then stays or an established, name coach who stays really poor.

by CoachJF on Nov 17, 2011 4:16 PM EST reply actions  

Agree with all of this.

by Brian Favat on Nov 17, 2011 4:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

Frank Solich likes interns

If you want the option in Chestnut Hill, you better stock up on hotties in the AA.

I write stuff From the Rumble Seat.

by BirdGT on Nov 17, 2011 6:30 PM EST reply actions  

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