Different year, same story: Nick Saban is college football's top power broker.
That of course shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with the sport, considering that in late 2013 Saban agreed to yet another contract extension with Alabama, this one raising his salary to an unprecedented $7 million. What's more, that salary represents 35% of Alabama's total coaching budget and 6% of its annual athletic expenses, both second-highest among college football coaches.
Add in the fact that last year Alabama spent nearly $42 million on football, the most of any team in the country, and it becomes plenty obvious that no college football coach in the nation even comes close to matching Saban in the power game.
That of course shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with the sport, considering that in late 2013 Saban agreed to yet another contract extension with Alabama, this one raising his salary to an unprecedented $7 million. What's more, that salary represents 35% of Alabama's total coaching budget and 6% of its annual athletic expenses, both second-highest among college football coaches.
Add in the fact that last year Alabama spent nearly $42 million on football, the most of any team in the country, and it becomes plenty obvious that no college football coach in the nation even comes close to matching Saban in the power game.