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AUBURN — This season, Auburn basketball is one of the priciest jobs in the country, with Bruce Pearl being a front-runner for coaching salary in the SEC and all of college basketball.
Pearl was the sixth-highest-paid coach in the nation during the 2024-25 season, and the second-highest-paid in the SEC, according to the USA TODAY Sports college basketball head coach salaries database, with a salary of $5.9 million.
The only coaches to surpass Pearl in pay this season are some of the sport’s titans. Kansas’ Bill Self was the highest-paid coach, at $8.8 million, with Arkansas’ John Calipari, UConn’s Dan Hurley, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo and UCLA’s Mick Cronin following. Calipari was the highest-paid coach in the SEC, at $8 million.
Three other SEC coaches — Tennessee’s Rick Barnes, Alabama’s Nate Oats and Kentucky’s Mark Pope — had salaries crack the $5 million mark.
According to Pearl’s contract, the terms of his buyout are $11.7 million as of April 1. However, the coach is in the midst of his fourth-straight 20-win season on the Plains, and his seventh in eight seasons. He also coached the Tigers to the fifth SEC championship of his tenure.
Total pay for all SEC basketball coaches during 2024-25 season
(Vanderbilt’s coaching salaries are not public record since it is a private university.)
Arkansas coach John Calipari: $8,000,000
Auburn coach Bruce Pearl: $5,958,852
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes: $5,800,000
Alabama coach Nate Oats: $5,018,045
Kentucky coach Mark Pope: $5,000,000
Ole Miss coach Chris Beard: $5,000,000
Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams: $4,600,000
Mississippi State coach Chris Jans: $4,200,000
Missouri coach Dennis Gates: $4,100,000
South Carolina coach Lamont Paris: $3,750,000
Georgia coach Mike White: $3,610,000
Florida coach Todd Golden: $3,600,000
Oklahoma coach Porter Moser: $3,200,000
Texas coach Rodney Terry:…
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Author : The Montgomery Advertiser
Publish date : 2025-03-13 11:05:00
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