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Who spends the most on coaches compensation

Every figure is read from the school's own NCAA financial report — the annual filing each Division I athletics department submits to the NCAA. Ranked by reported dollars, not by results.
120Schools ranked
FY2022Fiscal year
$1142.16MCombined coaches compensation
831Reports parsed

Salaries, benefits, and bonuses paid to coaches by the institution and by affiliated entities.

Rank / schoolReported coaches compensationChange
01

Texas

$40.68M · $40,679,020

−6% YoY
02

Georgia

$37.20M · $37,201,618

+28% YoY
03

Michigan

$36.56M · $36,562,081

+7% YoY
04

Texas A&M

$35.96M · $35,964,762

+14% YoY
05

Alabama

$35.15M · $35,145,423

no prior year
06

Kentucky

$33.83M · $33,833,265

+13% YoY
07

Oklahoma

$33.24M · $33,241,895

+2% YoY
08

Michigan State

$32.95M · $32,950,809

no prior year
09

Iowa

$31.60M · $31,601,286

no prior year
10

Rutgers

$29.65M · $29,647,552

no prior year
11

Virginia

$27.22M · $27,218,894

+3% YoY
12

UCLA

$27.01M · $27,014,228

+1% YoY
13

Florida State

$25.61M · $25,612,597

no prior year
14

North Carolina

$25.41M · $25,409,066

+18% YoY
15

Maryland

$25.01M · $25,012,446

+19% YoY
16

Clemson

$24.83M · $24,829,284

−1% YoY
17

Indiana

$24.82M · $24,817,011

+8% YoY
18

Arizona State

$24.58M · $24,577,801

no prior year
19

NC State

$24.15M · $24,151,924

+29% YoY
20

Oklahoma State

$24.15M · $24,146,252

+30% YoY
21

Nebraska

$23.28M · $23,282,418

+4% YoY
22

Missouri

$22.07M · $22,072,515

+9% YoY
23

Oregon State

$20.17M · $20,172,084

+29% YoY
24

South Carolina

$19.90M · $19,895,513

−7% YoY
25

UConn

$19.72M · $19,716,624

+2% YoY
26

Kansas State

$17.65M · $17,651,501

no prior year
27

South Florida

$12.29M · $12,294,777

no prior year
28

Army

$11.80M · $11,796,792

no prior year
29

East Carolina

$10.77M · $10,769,588

+21% YoY
30

Fresno State

$10.35M · $10,353,796

−6% YoY
31

Utah State

$9.69M · $9,690,045

+11% YoY
32

UNLV

$9.27M · $9,268,662

−3% YoY
33

Boise State

$9.23M · $9,226,133

−1% YoY
34

Wyoming

$8.85M · $8,852,669

no prior year
35

UAB

$8.55M · $8,548,355

no prior year
36

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

$8.33M · $8,329,815

+16% YoY
37

Stony Brook

$8.27M · $8,273,218

+10% YoY
38

University of Hawaii, Manoa

$8.12M · $8,118,003

flat
39

California Polytechnic State University

$7.93M · $7,927,734

no prior year
40

Florida Atlantic

$7.56M · $7,563,874

+5% YoY
41

UAlbany

$7.38M · $7,381,162

+9% YoY
42

Buffalo

$7.27M · $7,269,527

−10% YoY
43

VCU

$7.25M · $7,249,825

+12% YoY
44

Georgia State

$7.17M · $7,172,890

+6% YoY
45

Florida International

$7.14M · $7,139,217

+2% YoY
46

Central Michigan

$7.10M · $7,103,381

+5% YoY
47

Marshall

$6.93M · $6,934,790

no prior year
48

Middle Tennessee

$6.55M · $6,554,169

+4% YoY
49

App State

$6.49M · $6,491,288

no prior year
50

New Mexico State

$6.43M · $6,425,615

+15% YoY
51

Eastern Michigan

$6.38M · $6,376,830

+14% YoY
52

Towson

$6.09M · $6,088,999

+9% YoY
53

Southern Miss

$5.86M · $5,855,958

−3% YoY
54

Texas State

$5.81M · $5,805,293

+4% YoY
55

George Mason University

$5.75M · $5,752,284

+7% YoY
56

UC Santa Barbara

$5.42M · $5,421,812

+6% YoY
57

University of Northern Iowa

$5.37M · $5,371,439

+17% YoY
58

Wichita State

$5.22M · $5,219,460

no prior year
59

Sam Houston

$4.95M · $4,947,821

+19% YoY
60

Northern Illinois

$4.89M · $4,890,285

no prior year
61

South Dakota State

$4.77M · $4,772,526

+6% YoY
62

North Dakota

$4.76M · $4,758,463

no prior year
63

Binghamton

$4.75M · $4,751,920

no prior year
64

College of Charleston (South Carolina)

$4.72M · $4,719,513

no prior year
65

Central Connecticut

$4.46M · $4,458,412

no prior year
66

Maine

$4.23M · $4,231,358

+16% YoY
67

Idaho

$3.91M · $3,908,792

+20% YoY
68

Montana

$3.91M · $3,905,203

+8% YoY
69

Florida Gulf Coast University

$3.89M · $3,894,946

+18% YoY
70

Indiana State

$3.88M · $3,881,979

+10% YoY
71

Lamar

$3.88M · $3,878,677

no prior year
72

Weber State University

$3.84M · $3,844,557

+6% YoY
73

Murray State University

$3.83M · $3,827,065

no prior year
74

California State University, Bakersfield

$3.77M · $3,774,927

+17% YoY
75

Western Carolina

$3.73M · $3,725,908

+15% YoY
76

Jackson State

$3.63M · $3,625,003

no prior year
77

Austin Peay State University

$3.56M · $3,557,117

−9% YoY
78

Arkansas State

$3.53M · $3,534,533

no prior year
79

NJIT

$3.47M · $3,467,486

+15% YoY
80

UMBC

$3.39M · $3,388,776

no prior year
81

Eastern Washington

$3.39M · $3,386,737

+8% YoY
82

University of North Carolina Wilmington

$3.30M · $3,303,680

−1% YoY
83

North Carolina Central

$3.21M · $3,209,192

+6% YoY
84

Oakland

$3.17M · $3,171,471

+14% YoY
85

The University of North Carolina at

$3.13M · $3,132,133

+24% YoY
86

UIC

$3.02M · $3,019,001

no prior year
87

Morgan State

$2.83M · $2,833,842

no prior year
88

Eastern Illinois

$2.75M · $2,751,334

no prior year
89

Idaho State

$2.75M · $2,749,646

+23% YoY
90

University of Missouri-Kansas City

$2.74M · $2,736,446

+19% YoY
91

Northern Kentucky University

$2.72M · $2,716,325

no prior year
92

Milwaukee

$2.64M · $2,644,301

no prior year
93

Western Illinois

$2.57M · $2,566,410

no prior year
94

Winthrop

$2.54M · $2,541,125

no prior year
95

Alcorn State University

$2.48M · $2,479,680

no prior year
96

University of West Florida

$2.46M · $2,464,774

+5% YoY
97

University of Central Missouri

$2.33M · $2,333,120

+7% YoY
98

Angelo State

$2.22M · $2,223,936

−2% YoY
99

Morehead State

$2.17M · $2,165,312

+6% YoY
100

Purdue Fort Wayne

$2.06M · $2,063,897

no prior year
101

Alabama A&M

$2.06M · $2,062,520

no prior year
102

Nebraska-Kearney

$2.06M · $2,058,426

+11% YoY
103

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

$1.92M · $1,921,446

+4% YoY
104

Michigan Tech

$1.80M · $1,798,159

+1% YoY
105

Midwestern State University

$1.75M · $1,753,864

−1% YoY
106

South Carolina State University

$1.75M · $1,749,858

−2% YoY
107

West Virginia State University

$1.72M · $1,723,993

no prior year
108

Emporia State University

$1.53M · $1,526,059

+1% YoY
109

Portland State University

$1.44M · $1,444,693

−48% YoY
110

Eastern New Mexico University

$1.43M · $1,426,838

+7% YoY
111

Fort Lewis College

$1.38M · $1,383,925

+19% YoY
112

New Mexico

$1.36M · $1,360,495

+3% YoY
113

Black Hills State University

$1.30M · $1,302,043

+6% YoY
114

Southeastern Oklahoma State

$1.29M · $1,289,186

+6% YoY
115

Missouri University of Science and

$1.27M · $1,268,278

no prior year
116

Montana State University Billings

$1.17M · $1,170,968

+2% YoY
117

Coppin State University

$1.15M · $1,154,630

no prior year
118

University of Minnesota, Crookston

$1.01M · $1,006,920

+6% YoY
119

Georgia College

$792K · $792,392

+7% YoY
120

Cameron University

$697K · $696,511

+3% YoY
How to read these rankings

These figures come from filed NCAA financial reports collected in our document corpus and parsed from the report text. 831 reports parsed cleanly; 56 could not be read and are absent from these rankings, so a school missing from a year has not necessarily reported nothing.

Football and basketball views come from the report's per-sport allocation tables. They cover recruiting and team travel, not aviation alone: commercial airfare, buses, hotels, meals, and other eligible costs share the same lines. A school can also leave some expenses unallocated.

Private universities have no public-disclosure obligation and generally do not appear. Fiscal years are not uniform — most close June 30, but some schools close on a different date, so a single “FY” column compares slightly different periods. Schools also categorize inconsistently between reports, so treat cross-school gaps of a few percent as noise rather than signal.