Sorry for the long post but some of you might find this email I received interesting
The following chart lists schools' cost-per-win for each Division I-A school:
(Salary only – does not include “Booster†Dollars or endorsements)
School
Coach
Minnesota
Tim Brewster
Alabama
Nick Saban
Duke
Ted Roof
Syracuse
Greg Robinson
Southern Methodist
Phil Bennett
Iowa
Kirk Ferentz
Baylor
Guy Morriss
Florida International
Mario Cristobal
Florida
Urban Meyer
Washington
Tyrone Willingham
North Carolina
Butch Davis
Nebraska
Bill Callahan
Iowa State
Gene Chizik
Oklahoma
Bob Stoops
Auburn
Tommy Tuberville
Texas
Mack Brown
California
Jeff Tedford
Mississippi
Ed Orgeron
Texas A&M
Dennis Franchione
South Carolina
Steve Spurrier
Maryland
Ralph Friedgen
Southern California
Pete Carroll
Purdue
Joe Tiller
Rutgers
Greg Schiano
Florida State
Bobby Bowden
Idaho
Robb Akey
Louisville
Steve Kragthorpe
Tennessee
Phillip Fulmer
Notre Dame
Charlie Weis
North Carolina State
Tom O'Brien
UNLV
Mike Sanford
Ohio State
Jim Tressel
Virginia
Al Groh
Texas Tech
Mike Leach
Arizona
Mike Stoops
Georgia
Mark Richt
Michigan
Lloyd Carr
Alabama at Birmingham
Neil Callaway
Colorado State
Sonny Lubick
Virginia Tech
Frank Beamer
West Virginia
Rich Rodriguez
San Diego State
Chuck Long
Texas Christian
Gary Patterson
LSU
Les Miles
Michigan State
Mark Dantonio
Oklahoma State
Mike Gundy
Marshall
Mark Snyder
Arkansas
Houston Nutt
Colorado
Dan Hawkins
Wisconsin
Bret Bielema
Fresno State
Pat Hill
Northern Illinois
Joe Novak
Kentucky
Rich Brooks
Kansas State
Ron Prince
Georgia Tech
Chan Gailey
Pittsburgh
Dave Wannstedt
UCLA
Karl Dorrell
Mississippi State
Sylvester Croom
Kansas
Mark Mangino
Clemson
Tommy Bowden
Memphis
Tommy West
Oregon
Mike Bellotti
Washington State
Bill Doba
Navy
Paul Johnson
North Texas
Todd Dodge
Wake Forest
Jim Grobe
Utah State
Brent Guy
Missouri
Gary Pinkel
Illinois
Ron Zook
Houston
Art Briles
Texas-El Paso
Mike Price
South Florida
Jim Leavitt
Oregon State
Mike Riley
Wyoming
Joe Glenn
Central Florida
George O'Leary
Connecticut
Randy Edsall
Cincinnati
Brian Kelly
San Jose State
**** Tomey
Boise State
Chris Petersen
Utah
Kyle Whittingham
East Carolina
Skip Holtz
Southern Mississippi
Jeff Bower
New Mexico State
Hal Mumme
Louisiana Tech
Derek Dooley
Hawaii
June Jones
Louisiana-Lafayette
Rickey Bustle
Air Force
Troy Calhoun
Toledo
Tom Amstutz
Nevada
Chris Ault
Akron
J.D. Brookhart
Kent State
Doug Martin
Middle Tennessee
Rick Stockstill
New Mexico
Rocky Long
Western Michigan
Bill Cubit
Arizona State
Dennis Erickson
Eastern Michigan
Jeff Genyk
Florida Atlantic
Howard Schnellenberger
Ohio
Frank Solich
Indiana
Bill Lynch
Buffalo
Turner Gill
Troy State
Larry Blakeney
Arkansas State
Steve Roberts
Louisiana-Monroe
Charlie Weatherbie
Central Michigan
Butch Jones
Western Kentucky
David Elson
Ball State
Brady Hoke
Miami (Ohio)
Shane Montgomery
Bowling Green
Gregg Brandon
Coach
2007 Total
2007 Wins
Cost per win
Tim Brewster
$1,000,000
1
$1,000,000
Nick Saban
$3,503,200
6
$583,867
Ted Roof
$544,286
1
$544,286
Greg Robinson
$1,054,172
2
$527,086
Phil Bennett
$517,857
1
$517,857
Kirk Ferentz
$3,030,000
6
$505,000
Guy Morriss
$1,204,818
3
$401,606
Mario Cristobal
$381,076
1
$381,076
Urban Meyer
$3,383,500
9
$375,944
Tyrone Willingham
$1,470,276
4
$367,569
Butch Davis
$1,411,000
4
$352,750
Bill Callahan
$1,751,250
5
$350,250
Gene Chizik
$1,025,500
3
$341,833
Bob Stoops
$3,620,000
11
$329,091
Tommy Tuberville
$2,625,000
8
$328,125
Mack Brown
$2,751,000
9
$305,667
Jeff Tedford
$1,805,800
6
$300,967
Ed Orgeron
$900,000
3
$300,000
Dennis Franchione
$2,074,216
7
$296,317
Steve Spurrier
$1,772,500
6
$295,417
Ralph Friedgen
$1,750,206
6
$291,701
Pete Carroll
$2,794,656
10
$279,466
Joe Tiller
$1,764,806
7
$252,115
Greg Schiano
$1,733,500
7
$247,643
Bobby Bowden
$1,695,200
7
$242,171
Robb Akey
$240,002
1
$240,002
Steve Kragthorpe
$1,420,000
6
$236,667
Phillip Fulmer
$2,050,000
9
$227,778
Charlie Weis
$673,779
3
$224,593
Tom O'Brien
$1,100,000
5
$220,000
Mike Sanford
$439,000
2
$219,500
Jim Tressel
$2,367,000
11
$215,182
Al Groh
$1,874,250
9
$208,250
Mike Leach
$1,661,500
8
$207,688
Mike Stoops
$1,015,288
5
$203,058
Mark Richt
$2,024,700
10
$202,470
Lloyd Carr
$1,482,884
8
$185,361
Neil Callaway
$366,508
2
$183,254
Sonny Lubick
$549,500
3
$183,167
Frank Beamer
$2,008,000
11
$182,545
Rich Rodriguez
$1,803,000
10
$180,300
Chuck Long
$716,900
4
$179,225
Gary Patterson
$1,219,212
7
$174,173
Les Miles
$1,816,000
11
$165,091
Mark Dantonio
$1,150,000
7
$164,286
Mike Gundy
$950,000
6
$158,333
Mark Snyder
$470,913
3
$156,971
Houston Nutt
$1,251,144
8
$156,393
Dan Hawkins
$935,900
6
$155,983
Bret Bielema
$1,394,638
9
$154,960
Pat Hill
$1,229,996
8
$153,750
Joe Novak
$305,136
2
$152,568
Rich Brooks
$1,056,684
7
$150,955
Ron Prince
$754,142
5
$150,828
Chan Gailey
$1,039,347
7
$148,478
Dave Wannstedt
$713,138
5
$142,628
Karl Dorrell
$850,000
6
$141,667
Sylvester Croom
$975,000
7
$139,286
Mark Mangino
$1,523,940
11
$138,540
Tommy Bowden
$1,231,832
9
$136,870
Tommy West
$930,650
7
$132,950
Mike Bellotti
$1,055,232
8
$131,904
Bill Doba
$656,460
5
$131,292
Paul Johnson
$1,049,311
8
$131,164
Todd Dodge
$261,000
2
$130,500
Jim Grobe
$1,021,379
8
$127,672
Brent Guy
$249,544
2
$124,772
Gary Pinkel
$1,320,000
11
$120,000
Ron Zook
$1,055,000
9
$117,222
Art Briles
$930,000
8
$116,250
Mike Price
$460,000
4
$115,000
Jim Leavitt
$1,000,000
9
$111,111
Mike Riley
$885,000
8
$110,625
Joe Glenn
$551,309
5
$110,262
George O'Leary
$1,085,000
10
$108,500
Randy Edsall
$920,000
9
$102,222
Brian Kelly
$835,000
9
$92,778
**** Tomey
$451,004
5
$90,201
Chris Petersen
$881,000
10
$88,100
Kyle Whittingham
$678,120
8
$84,765
Skip Holtz
$560,060
7
$80,009
Jeff Bower
$524,983
7
$74,998
Hal Mumme
$348,920
4
$87,230
Derek Dooley
$350,000
5
$70,000
June Jones
$800,016
12
$66,668
Rickey Bustle
$195,750
3
$65,250
Troy Calhoun
$571,500
9
$63,500
Tom Amstutz
$315,000
5
$63,000
Chris Ault
$368,092
6
$61,349
J.D. Brookhart
$243,888
4
$60,972
Doug Martin
$170,000
3
$56,667
Rick Stockstill
$282,955
5
$56,591
Rocky Long
$439,513
8
$54,939
Bill Cubit
$251,000
5
$50,200
Dennis Erickson
$500,000
10
$50,000
Jeff Genyk
$196,000
4
$49,000
Howard Schnellenberger
$331,163
7
$47,309
Frank Solich
$269,062
6
$44,844
Bill Lynch
$293,297
7
$41,900
Turner Gill
$190,700
5
$38,140
Larry Blakeney
$288,038
8
$36,005
Steve Roberts
$171,042
5
$34,208
Charlie Weatherbie
$205,000
6
$34,167
Butch Jones
$265,850
8
$33,231
David Elson
$179,600
7
$25,657
Brady Hoke
$169,634
7
$24,233
Shane Montgomery
$144,225
6
$24,038
Gregg Brandon
$183,909
8
$22,989
Note: Erickson's salary is calculated using the actual salary paid by Arizona State in 2007. His salary increases to $1,275,000 in 2008.
The following schools are not included because they do not release coach salary information:
Army
Brigham Young,
Miami (Fl.)
Northwestern
Penn State
Rice
Stanford
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa
Vanderbilt
Brigham Young,
Miami (Fl.)
Northwestern
Penn State
Rice
Stanford
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa
Vanderbilt