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USA TODAY head coach salary database: Here’s the buyout number for every B1G coach
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What would it take for every team in the B1G to get rid of its head coach? USA TODAY’s head coach salary database was released on Thursday, providing us with some of that information.
Even coming out of a pandemic year, the buyout totals for several head coaches across the B1G is staggering. Three coaches have buyouts that exceed $20 million and at least 10 coaches have eight-figure buyouts.
Two coaches — Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald and Penn State’s James Franklin — were not list. It’s unclear how much those buyouts are right now.
USA TODAY’s Steve Berkowitz released the information on Thursday. Here’s a look at the buyout totals for every B1G head football coach in 2021:
- Tom Allen, Indiana — $30 million
- Ryan Day, Ohio State — $28.4 million
- Scott Frost, Nebraska — $20.4 million
- Mel Tucker, Michigan State — $19.3 million
- Greg Schiano, Rutgers — $19.2 million
- Paul Chryst, Wisconsin — $19.1 million
- Jeff Brohm, Purdue — $18.9 million
- Kirk Ferentz, Iowa — $16.5 million
- PJ Fleck, Minnesota — $15.8 million
- Bret Bielema, Illinois — $15.1 million
- Mike Locksley, Maryland — $6.1 million
- Jim Harbaugh, Michigan — $4.4 million
Not list: Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern; James Franklin, Penn State
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB