College coaching salaries: Who makes what?

Women's Rankings »

RankNameSchoolRating
1Annie ParkUSC  69.91 
2Stephanie MeadowAlabama  69.92 
3Mariah StackhouseStanford  70.62 
4Kelsey VinesOkla. St.  70.68 
5Lindy DuncanDuke  70.81 

Women's Team Rankings »

RankNameRatingEvents
1Southern California 71.09  10 
2Alabama 71.45  10 
3Duke 71.65  10 
4Oklahoma 72.01  10 
5Arkansas 72.27  10 

Men's Rankings »

RankNameSchoolRating
1Michael KimCalifornia  69.10 
2Brandon StoneTexas  69.45 
3Bobby WyattAlabama  69.52 
4Cory WhitsettAlabama  69.60 
5Julien BrunTCU  69.60 

Men's Team Rankings »

RankNameRatingEvents
1California 69.32  13 
2Alabama 69.63  11 
3Texas 70.34  11 
4UCLA 70.36  12 
5New Mexico 70.50  13 

This story originally ran in the Sept. 8, 2007 issue of Golfweek

Everybody knows college football coaches make a bundle. Ever wonder what a college golf coach earns? Curious as to how your alma mater pays?

Now you know. Golfweek presents its inaugural list of college golf coaches’ salaries, the most comprehensive such list ever made public.

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We took the top 100 men’s and women’s teams from last season’s Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings and set out to get as many salaries as possible. Unlike public universities, private schools are not required to release salary information, although some were able to be obtained.

The numbers we list are the most recent information on record (most are from the 2006-07 season) and are base salaries only. Many coaches conduct summer camps, have incentives and bonuses built into their contracts and some even receive money from equipment manufacturers. Those additional monies are not listed here.

Georgia Tech’s Bruce Hepler leads the way on the men’s side with an annual base salary of $164,000.

Martha Richards, recently hired as the coach at Texas, will make $140,000 this season, tops among women’s coaches.

 

Conference comparison

Atlantic Coast

School Men’s salary Women’s salary
Georgia Tech $164,000 No program
Clemson $112,500
 No program
N.C. State $80,570 $58,371
Duke
 $78,000 $92,000
North Carolina $74,000 $68,000
Maryland
 $71,150 $55,898
Florida State
 $69,201 $66,105
Wake Forest
 $68,000 N/A
Virginia
 $59,800 $75,000
Virginia Tech
 $53,000 No program
Boston College
 N/A N/A

Big Ten

School Men’s salary Women’s salary
Purdue*# $101,000 $101,000
Ohio State $94,725
 $93,500
Indiana@ $89,886 $71,356
Iowa
 $83,000 $66,150
Minnesota $71,703 $55,724
Michigan
 $69,104 $71,333
Illinois
 $67,330 $60,000
Wisconsin
 $62,865 $56,614
Michigan State
 $56,700 $60,900
Northwestern
 N/A N/A
Penn State
 N/A N/A

Pac-10

School Men’s salary Women’s salary
Arizona State $93,768 $94,376
California $87,000
 $78,000
Washington $83,088 $77,568
UCLA
 $75,000 $81,000
Arizona $80,000 $60,000
Oregon
 $70,000 $70,000
Washington State*
 $53,586 $60,000
Oregon State
 $62,865 $56,614
Stanford
 N/A N/A
USC
 N/A N/A

Southeastern

School Men’s salary Women’s salary
Georgia $110,000 $90,831
Florida $105,000
 $80,000
Arkansas $105,000 $96,000
Alabama
 $95,000 $85,000
Auburn $99,750 $107,102
Kentucky
 $98,325 $70,000
Tennessee
 $84,000 $87,000
Louisiana State
 $84,000 $85,000
South Carolina
 $75,000 $74,000
Mississippi
 $73,500 $55,000
Mississippi State
 $70,500 $60,000
Vanderbilt
 N/A N/A

Big 12

School Men’s salary Women’s salary
Texas** $120,000 $140,000
Texas A&M $90,331
 $82,000
Oklahoma $85,300 $71,800
Texas Tech
 $80,000 $65,000
Oklahoma State $75,000 $61,800
Colorado
 $73,500 $49,500
Nebraska
 $55,000 $50,000
Kansas
 $65,057 $54,601
Missouri
 $61,200 $61,200
Kansas State
 $58,148 $47,165
Iowa State
 $47,847 $62,517
Baylor
 N/A $70,000
N/A: Not available
* Coaches men’s and women’s teams
** Women’s salary is for 2007-08
@ Men’s coach also course manager
# Also director of golf







Men’s salaries Women’s salaries
The base salary for men’s coaches, listed in order of their school’s final 2006-07 Golfweek ranking:   The base salary for women’s coaches, listed in order of their school’s final 2006-07 Golfweek ranking:  
1. Georgia $110,000 1. Duke $92,000
2. Stanford n/a 2. Arizona State 94,376
3. Lamar 56,652 3. Georgia 97,298
4. Alabama 95,000 4. USC n/a
5. Oklahoma State 75,000 5. Pepperdine 75,000
6. Florida 105,000 6. Stanford n/a
7. USC n/a 7. UCLA 81,000
8. UCLA 90,000 8. Auburn 107,102
9. Georgia Tech 164,000 9. Purdue* 101,000
10. UNLV 150,674 10. Oklahoma State 61,800
11. Coastal Carolina# 52,000 11. Vanderbilt n/a
12. Clemson 112,500 12. Florida 80,000
13. Tulsa n/a 13. Arizona 77,000
14. Tennessee 84,000 14. Tennessee 87,000
15. Texas A&M 90,331 15. Texas A&M 82,000
16. East Tennessee State n/a 16. BYU n/a
17. BYU n/a 17. Wake Forest n/a
18. Arizona State 93,768 18. North Carolina 74,000
19. Charlotte 50,000 19. Michigan State 60,900
20. Florida State 69,201 20. Denver 65,000
21. Louisville 109,200 21. New Mexico 78,406
22. Duke 78,000 22. Virginia 75,000
23. Georgia State 55,000 23. TCU n/a
24. Wake Forest 68,000 24. Florida State 66,105
25. Arizona 80,000 25. South Carolina 74,000
26. Minnesota 71,703 26. Arkansas 96,500
27. North Carolina 74,000 27. Alabama 85,000
28. Texas 120,000 28. Louisiana State 85,000
29. Auburn 99,750 29. UC Irvine 47,000
30. Michigan State 56,700 30. Kent State 50,000
31. South Carolina 75,000 31. San Jose State 48,500
32. Texas Tech 80,000 32. Louisville 70,000
33. TCU N/A n/a 33. Ohio State 93,500
34. Washington 83,088 34. Northwestern n/a
35. Northwestern n/a 35. Birmingham-Southern 24,000
36. SE Louisiana 55,000 36. Baylor 70,000
37. Vanderbilt n/a 37. Campbell* 50,000
38. Augusta State 54,400 38. Washington State* 70,000
39. Virginia Tech 53,000 39. Hawaii+ 33K-56,400
40. Pepperdine n/a 40. North Carolina State 58,371
41. Chattanooga 42,024 41. Furman n/a
42. Alabama-Birmingham 31,500 42. Michigan 71,333
43. Central Florida 68,000 43. San Francisco 48,500
44. Wisconsin 62,865 44. Idaho* 40,456
45. Mississippi 73,500 45. Indiana 71,356
46. Purdue* 101,000 46. UNLV 65,117
47. UC Irvine 48,959 47. SMU 53,000
48. SMU n/a 48. South Florida 50,000
49. New Mexico 69,957 49. California 78,000
50. Baylor n/a 50. Missouri 61,200
51. Xavier 59,000 51. Maryland 55,898
52. Kentucky 98,325 52. Colorado 49,500
53. Wichita State 40,262 53. Oregon 70,000
54. California 87,000 54. Washington 77,568
55. Oregon State 53,586 55. Nebraska 50,000
56. North Florida 45,000 56. College of Charleston 50,000
57. Georgia Southern 56,345 57. Princeton n/a
58. North Carolina State 80,570 58. UNC Wilmington 48,706
59. Middle Tennessee St. n/a 59. Oklahoma 71,800
60. Notre Dame n/a 60. Nevada 50,000
61. Sam Houston State* 40s 61. Fresno State 49,000
62. Indiana@ 89,886 62. Notre Dame N/A n/a
63. Oregon 70,000 63. UC Davis N/A n/a
64. San Diego State 55,000 64. Augusta State 38,500
65. Colorado State 73,000 65. Oregon State 60,000
66. Louisiana State 84,000 66. Long Beach State 52,068
67. Virginia 59,800 67. Central Florida 50,000
68. Kent State# 75,000 68. East Tennessee St. 48,000
69. Ohio State 94,725 69. East Carolina 60,000
70. Illinois 67,330 70. New Mexico State 62,000
71. Kansas 65,057 71. Coastal Carolina 45,000
72. Mississippi State 70,500 72. Memphis 42,000
73. Houston 78,964 73. Kansas State 47,165
74. Colorado 73,500 74. Kansas 54,601
75. Michigan 69,104 75. Arkansas-Little Rock 24,000
76. Penn State n/a 76. Iowa 66,150
77. Campbell* 50,000 77. Colorado State 43,500
78. San Diego n/a 78. Texas** 140,000
79. Eastern Kentucky 60,815 79. Florida International 46,500
80. Old Dominion 37,440 80. Mississippi State 60,000
81. Arkansas 105,000 81. Texas El Paso 46,592
82. Memphis n/a 82. Texas Tech 65,000
83. Jacksonville n/a 83. Iowa State 62,517
84. Nebraska 55,000 84. Tulsa 52,000
85. UC Davis 51,928 85. Mississippi 55,000
86. Denver n/a 86. Boise State 31,170
87. Nevada 54,640 87. Eastern Michigan 43,357
88. Saint Mary’s (Calif.) n/a 88. Missouri State 34,409
89. Va. Commonwealth n/a 89. San Diego State 42,000
90. Oklahoma 85,300 90. Middle Tennessee St. 40,000
91. Cal Poly* 26,000 91. Sam Houston State* 40's
92. Jacksonville State n/a 92. Wisconsin 56,614
93. UC Santa Barbara 33,111 93. South Alabama 44,611
94. Texas-Arlington 50,000 94. Georgia State 42,432
95. Eastern Michigan 45,833 95. Southern Illinois 48,612
96. Marquette n/a 96. Western Carolina 18,172
97. Akron 55,000 97. Miami n/a
98. Charleston Southern n/a 98. UNC Greensboro 36,135
99. Utah 25,808 99. Sacramento State n/a
100. Louisiana Lafayette n/a 100. Elon 18,000

N/A: Not available
* Coaches men’s and women’s teams
** Salary is for 2007-08
# Also director of golf
@ Also course manager
+ State required only to release range
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