College Football Coach Salaries

There's no doubt that for many people, football is a big part of your life. Not just as a player, or as a coach, but also as a spectator of the sport, football is the type of thing that can bring entire communities together. That said, some may say it only seems fair that campuses in the US spends millions of dollars every year on contracts for football coaches. While I believe that the culture around sports is extremely important and should definitely be invested, there is still a point where I question whether or not the money spent on coaches salaries would be better if invested elsewhere. With the highest paid coach receiving a total pay of just over $11,000,000 and the lowest being about $375,000, I can definitely wonder what that money could be invested into. Coaches should by all means receive decent salaries, it's not easy work and can definitely be stressful, but that campuses should find other ways to invest into college athletics besides hefty contracts to coaches.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/sports/ncaafootball/ncaa-coaches-salary.html
http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/

Ethan Lam