Six Point Five Million Dollars and Three Head Coaches
The college and professional football coaching ranks might be something like Jacob's Ladder from the Bible or the Stairway to Heaven by Led Zepplin. There are 130 Division I schools from the biggest conferences and 32 Teams in the NFL. Being the head coach of any of these teams is a big deal. The average salary of a head coach is a reported $1.64 million dollars. The average salary of an NFL head coach is about $3.5 million dollars. The competition for these jobs is intense and the price for experienced and successful coaching talent is an expensive proposition for a university or NFL Franchise. The apprentice coaches might start as former player as graduate assistants at their Alma Mater after their playing days are over or a smaller college with a history of coaches moving up the ranks to bigger schools that recruit blue chip players. In the end recruiting better coaches gets better players and the best coaches are able to get the best players. Temple U...