If value correlates with salary, then football coaches definitely outweigh faculty and college executives in terms of relative importance in the postsecondary job market. College football coaches are paid far more than full time professors. In fact, the most successful coaches are paid substantially more than the college presidents to whom they report.
Without debating fairness or wringing hands over priority-setting among postsecondary institutions, here are the facts:
Rank | Institution | Average FT Faculty Salaries* | Institution | Football Coach Salary** (FT Faculty Average)* |
1 | Harvard | $135,564 | $5,100,000 ($87,822) | |
2 | Caltech | $132,203 | USC | $4,400,000 ($99,593) |
3 | Penn | $129,633 | $4,300,000 ($74,985) | |
4 | $127,018 | $3,900,000 ($77,861) | ||
5 | Yale | $116,817 | LSU | $3,800,000 ($72,740) |
6 | U of | $115,963 | $3,500,000 ($88,974) | |
7 | $112,879 | $3,030,000 ($85,300) | ||
8 | MIT | $111,151 | $2,900,000 ($72,550) | |
9 | Emory | $109,401 | $2,900,000 ($80,086) | |
10 | Babson | $109,180 | $2,500,000 ($93,667) |
*Ranked from data provided by StateUniversity.com excluding professional schools
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Contrast these figures with numbers on the academic side. The average full time professor at a private research university earns $115,000. Public universities pay even less. At the
Even the boss usually makes less than the football coach. Although 23 private college presidents now make over $1 million, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that average pay package for presidents at private research universities currently stands at $627,750. The latest numbers available for public research universities puts average pay for presidents at about $427,400. Presumably season tickets are included in the package.
Local entries in the top 100 college football coach salary contest include Virginia Tech ($2.1 million), UVA ($1.87 million), UMD ($1.75 million), and Navy ($750,000). Faculty salaries are ordered differently with the Naval Academy ($108,940) paying the most, followed by UVA ($98,964), UMD ($94,181), and Virginia Tech ($84,111).
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