January 30, 2026
What sets disciplined people apart? -The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.” NFL Coach Bill Parcells
It is a sad fact that the highest paid public employees in most US states are college coaches. See chart below. Either men’s football or basketball coaches. Not the president of a university, or dean of the law/med school. Or the Governor or Attorney General.
At the University of South Carolina, the head football coach is paid $8.2 million a year. The average salary of tenured professors at USC is $175,000.
The college football season is 16 weeks long including a month of conditioning. Of course, the coach has many other duties in the off season but perhaps college coaching is not a full time 50weeks/year job.
The salaries of all the coaches are outrageous. USC has 11 football coaches. The assistant coaches will make $10 million combined. Here is the list of those coaches and salaries:
–Defensive Coordinator Clayton White-$2 million
-Offensive Coordinator Kendal Briles-$2 million
–Co-Defensive Coordinator and DB Coach Torrian Gray- $1 million
–Special Teams Coordinator Joe Decamillis- $850,000
–Running Backs Coach Stan Drayton-$775,000
-Run Game Coordinator/Tigh Ends Coach Shawn Elliott-$775,000
– Offensive Line Coach Randy Clements-$725,000
–DB and Outside LB Coach Deion Barnes-$675,000
–Passing Game Coordinator and WR Coach Mike Furrey-$650,000
-Defensive Line Coach Travian Robertson-$550,000
It is noteworthy that Barnes and Robertson had very poor NFL careers, drafted in the late rounds, assigned to practice squads, waived after one year from 2-3 teams. Wonder how these 2 can coach football?
The lowest paid coach, Robertson, makes 2X the pay of the current Governor of South Carolina!!!! Madness!
The Head Coach, Beamer is making $8 million this year. When hired in 2021 his salary was $2,75 million. So, his salary has gone up 200% in 5 years. Wow! That’s amazing considering the USC football team went 4-8 in 2025.
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