Nick Saban is no longer the highest paid coach in college football.
According to 247Sports, USC coach Lincoln Riley will be the highest paid coach in America during the upcoming 2022 season with a salary of roughly $10 million. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
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Nick Saban, who usually is in the top spot, has been bumped to second place with an estimated salary of $9.9 million.
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It’s absolutely insane to me that there is any coach in America who makes more money than Nick Saban, especially a college football coach.
When you look at the impact Saban has had, I’m not sure how anyone could argue any coach in the NFL or any other sport deserves more money.
Nick Saban prints money for Alabama, and even on a contract worth more than $84 million, he’s still underpaid.
Liberals might hate to admit it, but universities care a lot more about the football team than gender studies. pic.twitter.com/AKaRTbY6T9
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) August 20, 2021
He took Alabama into a regional brand and turned them into a national powerhouse. Kids from all over the country want to study in Tuscaloosa because of the football team he built, and all those out-of-state kids bring higher tuition rates with them.
Nick Saban is on an $84.4 million contract and is still GROSSLY underpaid.
A great football program changes a university forever.
In 2005, students in New York and Los Angeles weren’t begging to live in Tuscaloosa.
After Saban, many rush to Bama. pic.twitter.com/CT13oObYcV
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) August 5, 2021
As I’ve argued before, Saban is embarrassingly underpaid, and he’s probably worth north of $20 million a year. Hell, if you look at the economic impact he’s had on Tuscaloosa and the university, he might be worth $100 million a year.
Yet, Lincoln Riley, who has never won a national title, is now getting a bigger bag of cash next season. That makes no sense to me.
Nearly 57% of Alabama students are out of state kids. That wasn’t the case before Saban won national titles with the Crimson Tide.
How much in extra tuition money has he brought into the school? The answer is billions.
It’s simple economics.
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) August 5, 2021
Now, I’m not hating on Riley. I want everyone to get their money, but anyone earning more than Saban is outrageous!