Deion Sanders just received a massive raise from Colorado.
Any talk of Coach Prime going to the NFL has been put to bed by Sanders and Colorado after the third-year head coach agreed to a massive five-year, $54 million contract to keep him in Boulder until 2029. The extension makes him the highest-paid coach in the Big 12, but what about the rest of the college football world?
Sanders’s 2025 base salary will be $10 million, and his average salary throughout the contract will be $10.8 million.
So, where do those numbers place the Colorado head coach among the country’s highest-paid college football head coaches?
We used the USA TODAY Sports’ college football head coach salaries database to determine where Deion Sanders lands.
Here is where he falls among the top 10 highest-paid coaches, starting at No. 1.
2024 salary: $13,282,580
Kirby Smart deserves the top spot on the list. He has a couple of national championships under his belt and a perennial top-three program in Athens. They should be a top candidate to be back in the title mix next season.
No. 2: Ryan Day, Ohio State Buckeyes
Projected 2025 salary: $12,500,000
Ohio State signed Ryan Day to an extension following the Buckeyes’ national championship in January. Day finally got Ohio State to the mountain top after years of struggling in the CFP. He won with a veteran-laden team last season, so can he do it again with a younger squad?
2024 salary: $11,132,775
Clemson has not had the same success in recent years, but they are still a winning football program. The Tigers won the ACC and made the College Football Playoff, and despite an early exit, Clemson should be able to build on that in 2025.
No. 4: Steve Sarkisian, Texas Longhorns
2025 salary: $10.8 million
After a trip to the College Football Playoff semifinals, Texas gave Sarkisian a raise and a contract extension. He has…
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