- Nick Sabancoach the Alabama Crimson Tideis the highest paid college coach
- With salary of $10.695 million in 2022, Saban overtakes Georgia coach Kirby Smart
- Salary in the coming years has an upward trend and will be adjusted to market developments every year
what in College-Football earned, should bring tears to the eyes of many a coach in the Bundesliga.
What is now known: Nick Saban, legendary football coach at the University of Alabama, is again the highest-paid coach in US college football after a contract extension with improved conditions.
Like Nick Kelly from The Tuscaloosa News now reported, the coach of the Crimson Tide – the name of the football team and all other University of Alabama sports teams – will earn $10.695 million this season, a significant increase from the $9.9 million he had previously earned . Kelly said his new salary for 2022, which includes a base salary plus some perks, will not include any performance bonuses.
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Saban’s contract extension means he’ll stay in Tuscaloosa for one more year than previously agreed — through the 2029 season, when he will earn $12.7 million in base salary and talent compensation, according to Kelly. The contract ends on February 28, 2030, seven months before Saban’s 79th birthday.
Saban’s average annual salary again exceeds that of Georgia coach Kirby Smart
Kirby Smart, coach of the Georgia Bulldogs – arch-rivals of the Crimson Tide – held the title of highest-paid coach in American college football for a little over a month prior to Saban’s contract extension. This season, Smart is reportedly earning a base salary of $10.25 million and is said to be Chris Low von ESPN have already signed a contract extension for another 10 years with a total base salary of $112.5 million.
Nick Saban is once again the highest-paid public school coach, moving ahead of Kirby Smart
In 2022 compensation:
Saban: $10.695 million
Smart: $10.25 million— Nick Kelly (@_NickKelly) August 23, 2022
Saban’s new pay now averages $11.7 million per year over his contract term, according to Smart Alex Scarborough von ESPN will earn an average of $11.2 million over the next 10 years.
University of Alabama wants to secure top salaries for their coaches
According to Kelly, Saban’s new contract includes a clause that requires him – and his representatives – to meet with the University of Alabama’s athletic director, Greg Byrne, every February “to monitor market developments.” In Alabama, if it is determined that the Crimson Tide coach’s guaranteed annual salary is below the average for the five highest-paid college football coaches in the United States or the three highest-paid coaches at the SEC Conference, Alabama “will rate its compensation at the higher of the two increase averages,” says Kelly.
The Crimson Tide has also renewed with athletic director Byrne. He will earn an average of $1.7 million a year, according to Scarborough, and has a contract through June 2029.
After winning the SEC championship and losing the college football championship last season, Saban will look to continue his more than decade-long reign of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) this season. The Crimson Tide opens their 2022 season on September 3 at home against Utah State. On September 10, they’re off to Austin, where they’ll face the Texas Longhorns in their first away game.
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