Who spends the most on coaches compensation
Salaries, benefits, and bonuses paid to coaches by the institution and by affiliated entities.
Texas
$53.06M · $53,062,359
Rutgers
$46.07M · $46,072,727
Georgia
$44.06M · $44,058,471
Alabama
$43.02M · $43,016,864
Oklahoma
$40.54M · $40,541,216
Clemson
$40.43M · $40,432,028
Michigan
$39.55M · $39,552,637
Texas A&M
$37.41M · $37,413,192
Iowa
$36.42M · $36,416,412
Michigan State
$36.25M · $36,248,526
Indiana
$35.99M · $35,989,378
Auburn
$35.89M · $35,891,437
Florida
$35.27M · $35,273,251
Nebraska
$34.96M · $34,960,374
Arizona State
$33.11M · $33,105,946
Kansas
$32.63M · $32,625,141
UCLA
$32.58M · $32,584,545
Florida State
$31.00M · $31,002,721
Virginia
$30.52M · $30,521,366
NC State
$30.03M · $30,034,406
Oklahoma State
$29.37M · $29,365,415
Arizona
$27.98M · $27,982,624
Louisville
$27.65M · $27,646,398
Texas Tech
$27.52M · $27,524,070
Purdue
$27.39M · $27,390,169
UConn
$27.29M · $27,290,821
Mississippi State
$26.42M · $26,424,266
Georgia Tech
$21.07M · $21,069,567
Oregon State
$20.06M · $20,057,401
UCF
$19.24M · $19,235,338
San Diego State
$17.38M · $17,382,452
South Florida
$15.94M · $15,938,389
San José State
$15.54M · $15,536,892
Memphis
$14.80M · $14,795,178
Army
$13.62M · $13,622,806
UNLV
$13.44M · $13,443,358
Boise State
$13.12M · $13,119,996
Colorado State
$12.71M · $12,711,030
East Carolina
$12.34M · $12,335,391
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$11.50M · $11,495,448
Fresno State
$11.20M · $11,202,069
Nevada
$10.59M · $10,592,518
Florida Atlantic
$10.24M · $10,241,879
UAB
$10.11M · $10,109,980
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$9.83M · $9,827,264
Wyoming
$9.61M · $9,606,191
Buffalo
$9.43M · $9,429,458
Charlotte
$9.39M · $9,392,756
Stony Brook
$9.33M · $9,330,969
Sacramento State
$9.10M · $9,098,701
California Polytechnic State University
$9.08M · $9,077,577
South Alabama
$8.92M · $8,915,933
University of California, Davis
$8.89M · $8,887,647
Florida International
$8.59M · $8,586,397
Ball State
$8.54M · $8,542,142
UAlbany
$8.50M · $8,502,390
Middle Tennessee
$7.98M · $7,976,491
Georgia Southern
$7.93M · $7,933,496
Texas State
$7.70M · $7,701,270
Georgia State
$7.70M · $7,697,217
Towson
$7.61M · $7,608,608
Long Beach State
$7.54M · $7,544,547
Western Michigan
$7.50M · $7,495,528
Southern Miss
$7.45M · $7,452,691
UC Santa Barbara
$7.44M · $7,442,588
Northern Illinois
$7.40M · $7,403,286
Eastern Michigan
$7.21M · $7,205,885
George Mason University
$7.14M · $7,137,103
William & Mary
$7.13M · $7,128,720
Central Michigan
$7.13M · $7,126,385
Missouri State
$7.04M · $7,038,948
VCU
$6.57M · $6,570,240
California State University, Northridge
$6.55M · $6,547,882
California State University, Fullerton
$6.50M · $6,500,651
South Dakota State
$6.47M · $6,468,187
North Dakota State
$6.40M · $6,396,338
Kennesaw State
$6.36M · $6,356,137
Vermont
$6.29M · $6,292,926
Jacksonville State
$5.97M · $5,969,295
Montana State
$5.90M · $5,897,847
Binghamton
$5.87M · $5,866,441
Austin Peay State University
$5.76M · $5,763,401
University of Northern Iowa
$5.76M · $5,761,435
North Dakota
$5.59M · $5,592,040
Illinois State University
$5.55M · $5,549,278
Sam Houston
$5.50M · $5,504,629
Maine
$5.41M · $5,409,824
Stephen F. Austin State University
$5.32M · $5,318,846
Chattanooga
$5.29M · $5,288,381
Eastern Kentucky
$5.25M · $5,249,398
Tarleton State University
$5.18M · $5,182,893
South Dakota
$5.18M · $5,175,117
Murray State University
$5.07M · $5,069,900
Norfolk State
$5.07M · $5,069,219
Montana
$4.86M · $4,855,678
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$4.80M · $4,796,286
Morgan State
$4.78M · $4,775,728
Lamar
$4.62M · $4,621,436
Eastern Washington
$4.54M · $4,542,629
Indiana State
$4.49M · $4,493,322
Arkansas State
$4.48M · $4,483,848
Florida Gulf Coast University
$4.22M · $4,222,115
The Citadel
$4.14M · $4,139,766
UC Riverside
$4.11M · $4,112,877
University of Nebraska at Omaha
$4.06M · $4,055,105
Prairie View A&M
$4.03M · $4,030,652
Western Carolina
$3.93M · $3,926,799
Portland State University
$3.87M · $3,865,417
St. Cloud State University
$3.78M · $3,784,579
North Alabama
$3.76M · $3,759,151
Eastern Illinois
$3.75M · $3,746,610
Alabama A&M
$3.73M · $3,726,034
Northern Michigan University
$3.65M · $3,653,232
VMI
$3.62M · $3,618,935
Northern Kentucky University
$3.60M · $3,597,586
Jackson State
$3.58M · $3,580,304
Oakland
$3.46M · $3,456,255
University of Missouri-Kansas City
$3.33M · $3,329,327
North Carolina Central
$3.21M · $3,208,500
Winthrop
$3.18M · $3,181,037
Longwood
$3.13M · $3,127,264
Western Illinois
$3.06M · $3,064,468
Radford
$3.03M · $3,028,170
Florida A&M University
$3.00M · $2,997,526
Sonoma State University
$2.99M · $2,994,757
California State University, Los Angeles
$2.99M · $2,988,485
California State Polytechnic University,
$2.98M · $2,982,518
Missouri Western State University
$2.77M · $2,774,057
University of West Florida
$2.77M · $2,766,359
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
$2.75M · $2,752,026
California State University San Marcos
$2.74M · $2,744,309
South Carolina State University
$2.74M · $2,739,470
University of South Carolina Upstate
$2.46M · $2,457,734
Western Washington University
$2.36M · $2,359,730
California State University, Monterey Bay
$2.35M · $2,352,594
California State University, East Bay
$2.28M · $2,281,527
Texas Southern University
$2.24M · $2,240,914
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
$2.21M · $2,210,341
Alcorn State University
$2.12M · $2,123,431
University of North Georgia
$2.03M · $2,032,771
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
$2.02M · $2,015,466
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
$1.96M · $1,960,354
Morehead State
$1.85M · $1,845,897
South Dakota School of Mines &
$1.49M · $1,491,630
Chicago State University
$1.47M · $1,469,486
Mississippi Valley State University
$1.40M · $1,395,886
Bowie State University
$1.33M · $1,326,774
Augusta University
$1.28M · $1,283,770
Montana State University Billings
$1.20M · $1,195,350
Coppin State University
$1.09M · $1,088,081
University of the District of Columbia
$1.08M · $1,081,745
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.