Mark Stoops is the 15th highest-paid college football coach
Mark Stoops is now the 15th highest-paid coach in college football. Today, USA Today released its annual college coaching salary database, and Stoops’ total annual pay of $5,013,600 ranks No. 15 nationally and No. 7 in the SEC. This year’s figures also include coronavirus pay cuts, which UK did not require its coaches to take. Last year, Stoops ranked No. 19.
| RK | SCHOOL | COACH | SCHEDULED SCHOOL PAY | CONTRACT YEAR PANDEMIC REDUCTION | ACTUAL SCHOOL PAY | TOTAL PAY | TOTAL PANDEMIC REDUCTION | SCHOOL BUYOUT AS OF 12/1/20 |
| 1 | Alabama | Nick Saban | $9,100,000 | $0 | $9,100,000 | $9,300,000 | $0 | $36,800,000 |
| 2 | LSU | Ed Orgeron | $8,687,500 | $0 | $8,687,500 | $8,918,500 | $0 | $23,850,000 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | Jimbo Fisher | $7,500,000 | $0 | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | $0 | $53,125,000 |
| 6 | Georgia | Kirby Smart | $6,803,600 | $0 | $6,803,600 | $6,933,600 | $0 | $19,835,834 |
| 7 | Auburn | Gus Malzahn | $6,900,000 | $0 | $6,900,000 | $6,927,589 | $0 | $21,450,000 |
| 10 | Florida | Dan Mullen | $6,070,000 | $0 | $6,070,000 | $6,070,000 | $0 | $12,000,000 |
| 15 | Kentucky | Mark Stoops | $5,000,000 | $0 | $5,000,000 | $5,013,600 | $0 | $23,750,000 |
| 16 | Mississippi State | Mike Leach | $5,000,000 | $0 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $0 | — |
| 22 | South Carolina | Will Muschamp | $4,600,000 | $230,000 | $4,370,000 | $4,370,000 | $470,000 | $15,378,750 |
| 29 | Missouri | Eliah Drinkwitz | $4,025,000 | $100,000 | $3,925,000 | $3,925,000 | $100,000 | $14,350,000 |
| 30 | Tennessee | Jeremy Pruitt | $3,846,000 | $0 | $3,846,000 | $3,846,000 | $0 | $12,880,000 |
| 34 | Mississippi | Lane Kiffin | $3,900,000 | $135,750 | $3,764,250 | $3,764,250 | $275,250 | — |
| 38 | Vanderbilt | Derek Mason | — | — | — | $3,534,497 | — | — |
| 53 | Arkansas | Sam Pittman | $3,000,000 | $100,000 | $2,900,000 | $2,900,000 | $250,000 | — |
Stoops’ contract runs through June 30, 2026 and is automatically extended by one year each time Kentucky wins seven games in a season and automatically extended by an additional year if Kentucky wins ten games in a season. Last year, UK and Stoops agreed to an amended contract that increased his salary by $500,000 per year and changed the bonus structure. He used to receive $250,000 for the seventh and eighth win of the season, but now, that $250,000 bonus will not kick in until the ninth win of the season. He will also receive $50,000 for winning SEC Coach of the Year and $100,000 for winning National Coach of the Year.
Check out the entire database at the link below.
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