Arkansas football makes top 20 in coaches' pay
ROBB SMITH: Hog assistant football coach ranked 25th nationwide in pay.
By Max Brantley
With a $97 million total budget, the University of Arkansas Athletic Department is a Top 20 team when it comes to paying assistant football coaches.
USA Today is out with a comprehensive ranking of assistant coach pay. Only one Arkansas coach makes the top 25 individually.
But overall, USA Today puts Arkansas football staff pay (not counting head coach Bret Bielema's roughly $4 million) at $3.529 million. This ranks the Hogs 18th in the country.
Ahead of the Hogs are LSU at $5.47 million; Auburn at $5.34 million, Alabama at $5.22 million; Georgia at $4.80 million, Texas A&M at $4.41 million, Clemson at $4.32 million;, Florida State at $4.28 million; Michigan at $4.24 million; Ohio State at $4.02 million; South Carolina at $3.99 million; UCLA at $3.96 million; Texas at $3.90 million; Louisville at $3.77 million; Oklahoma at $3.77 million; Oregon at $3.69 million; Missouri at $3.63 million; and Tennessee at $3.54 million.
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