The green on head coach Mark Dantonio’s Spartan merchandise isn’t the only green he’s got in his life currently, with the rest sitting in his pockets.
USA Today released a spreadsheet of all the NCAA FBS head coaches total compensation on Wednesday and Dantonio ranks No. 2 on list only behind Alabama and former MSU head coach Nick Saban for highest paid coaches in the country.
According to the stats, Dantonio will earn $5,636,145 during this season with a potential max bonus of $650,000. Of the $5.6 million Dantonio will earn this year, all but $24,300 comes from MSU.
Saban leads the list with a whopping total pay of $7,160,187. The next Big Ten head coach on the list is Ohio State’s Urban Meyer who is set to make $4,536,640 this season.
The big pay increase came when Dantonio received a contract raise last season. Dantonio signed the new contract in February, which increased his compensation from $1.99 million to $3.64 million per year.
USA Today received the information on coaches pay through sending in requests to all 128 NCAA FBS programs.
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