Athletics money
Highest-paid head coaches, men's teams
Average institutional salary per full-time-equivalent head coach of men's teams. Football and basketball pull the average up.
$164,294
#1 · Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT
$65,037
Median
of 399 schools, Division III
2.5×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
$122,775
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list
Top 15
Every school, Division III
#1 · Wesleyan University (Connecticut)every school
The spread across 399 schools; the median is $65,037.
How it is measured
Institutional salary only (no outside income, bonuses or media deals), averaged over full-time-equivalent head coaches of men’s teams.
Related
The full list · top 100
| # | School | Average head-coach salary | Women's teams HC pay | Expenses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT | $164,294 | $131k | $11M | |
| 2 | Colorado College Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Colorado Springs, CO | $160,351 | $108k | $13M | |
| 3 | New York University Division III · University Athletic Association · New York, NY | $150,197 | $149k | $11M | |
| 4 | Rochester Institute of Technology Division III · Liberty League · Rochester, NY | $138,279 | $94k | $13M | |
| 5 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | $138,036 | $125k | $7.2M | |
| 6 | Amherst College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Amherst, MA | $130,347 | $118k | $11M | |
| 7 | Hamilton College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Clinton, NY | $130,217 | $100k | $11M | |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins University Division III · Centennial Conference · Baltimore, MD | $126,515 | $123k | $16M | |
| 9 | Carleton College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN | $125,066 | $128k | $3.7M | |
| 10 | Colby College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Waterville, ME | $122,775 | $104k | $12M | |
| 11 | Emory University Division III · University Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA | $120,642 | $109k | $9.3M | |
| 12 | Swarthmore College Division III · Centennial Conference · Swarthmore, PA | $116,054 | $114k | $5.6M | |
| 13 | Trinity University (Texas) Division III · Southern Athletic Association · San Antonio, TX | $114,636 | $99k | $8.4M | |
| 14 | Bowdoin College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Brunswick, ME | $114,534 | $106k | $16M | |
| 15 | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Division III · Skyline Conference · Kings Point, NY | $114,022 | $110k | $4.8M | |
| 16 | Catholic University Division III · Landmark Conference · Washington, DC | $111,652 | $96k | $6.1M | |
| 17 | Salisbury University Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Salisbury, MD | $111,073 | $97k | $4.7M | |
| 18 | Western Connecticut State University Division III · Little East Conference · Danbury, CT | $108,069 | $103k | $4.7M | |
| 19 | Farmingdale State College Division III · Skyline Conference · Farmingdale, NY | $107,688 | $108k | $3M | |
| 20 | The College of New Jersey Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Ewing, NJ | $107,640 | $109k | $4.9M | |
| 21 | Washington University in St. Louis Division III · University Athletic Association · St. Louis, MO | $106,556 | $91k | $11M | |
| 22 | Clarkson University Division III · Liberty League · Potsdam, NY | $106,544 | $95k | $8.5M | |
| 23 | Rowan University Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Glassboro, NJ | $105,380 | $103k | $6.6M | |
| 24 | University of Chicago Division III · University Athletic Association · Chicago, IL | $105,066 | $99k | $8.4M | |
| 25 | Washington and Lee University Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lexington, VA | $104,024 | $96k | $7.7M | |
| 26 | North Central College Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Naperville, IL | $104,017 | $87k | $5.8M | |
| 27 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Division III · Liberty League · Troy, NY | $102,399 | $77k | $14M | |
| 28 | Kean University Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Union, NJ | $102,319 | $102k | $6M | |
| 29 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Cambridge, MA | $101,167 | $95k | $9.7M | |
| 30 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA | $99,727 | $91k | $5.9M | |
| 31 | Eastern Connecticut State University Division III · Little East Conference · Willimantic, CT | $99,143 | $112k | $4.6M | |
| 32 | Ramapo College Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Mahwah, NJ | $99,073 | $97k | $3.8M | |
| 33 | Montclair State University Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Montclair, NJ | $98,928 | $134k | $10M | |
| 34 | Union College (New York) Division III · Liberty League · Schenectady, NY | $98,809 | $85k | $10M | |
| 35 | St. Lawrence University Division III · Liberty League · Canton, NY | $98,646 | $85k | $13M | |
| 36 | Cairn University Division III · United East Conference · Langhorne, PA | $97,556 | $88k | $886k | |
| 37 | Denison University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Granville, OH | $97,265 | $83k | $9.7M | |
| 38 | University of California, Santa Cruz Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Santa Cruz, CA | $97,099 | $92k | $4.7M | |
| 39 | University of Hartford Division III · Conference of New England · West Hartford, CT | $96,785 | $121k | $6.9M | |
| 40 | Tufts University Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Medford, MA | $96,122 | $92k | $13M | |
| 41 | University of La Verne Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · La Verne, CA | $95,368 | $80k | $4.4M | |
| 42 | Stockton University Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Galloway, NJ | $95,143 | $88k | $6.7M | |
| 43 | Babson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Babson Park, MA | $95,114 | $79k | $7.8M | |
| 44 | Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | $94,726 | $100k | $4.9M | |
| 45 | Trinity College (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Hartford, CT | $94,645 | $82k | $11M | |
| 46 | William Paterson University of New Jersey Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Wayne, NJ | $94,258 | $79k | $3.6M | |
| 47 | Connecticut College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · New London, CT | $94,031 | $81k | $6.2M | |
| 48 | Carnegie Mellon University Division III · University Athletic Association · Pittsburgh, PA | $93,644 | $85k | $6.5M | |
| 49 | Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Madison, NJ | $93,316 | $78k | $17M | |
| 50 | Whitman College Division III · Northwest Conference · Walla Walla, WA | $91,636 | $85k | $4.3M | |
| 51 | Case Western Reserve University Division III · University Athletic Association · Cleveland, OH | $91,055 | $88k | $5.3M | |
| 52 | Aurora University Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Aurora, IL | $90,843 | $70k | $6.2M | |
| 53 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges Division III · Liberty League · Geneva, NY | $88,443 | $78k | $11M | |
| 54 | Plymouth State University Division III · Little East Conference · Plymouth, NH | $88,366 | $78k | $3.6M | |
| 55 | University of Dallas Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Irving, TX | $88,110 | $71k | $2.1M | |
| 56 | Whitworth University Division III · Northwest Conference · Spokane, WA | $87,415 | $79k | $5.5M | |
| 57 | Framingham State University Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · Framingham, MA | $87,360 | $74k | $1.9M | |
| 58 | Huntingdon College Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Montgomery, AL | $87,233 | $57k | $7.2M | |
| 59 | University of the South Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Sewanee, TN | $87,048 | $81k | $5.8M | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts Boston Division III · Little East Conference · Boston, MA | $87,034 | $83k | $6.1M | |
| 61 | State University of New York at Cortland Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference · Cortland, NY | $87,011 | $73k | $6.9M | |
| 62 | Grinnell College Division III · Midwest Conference · Grinnell, IA | $86,590 | $77k | $4.8M | |
| 63 | University of Redlands Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Redlands, CA | $86,587 | $87k | $7.2M | |
| 64 | Gallaudet University Division III · United East Conference · Washington, DC | $86,256 | $93k | $2.9M | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Oshkosh, WI | $86,095 | $85k | $5.1M | |
| 66 | California Lutheran University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Thousand Oaks, CA | $86,080 | $88k | $5.8M | |
| 67 | Gustavus Adolphus College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Saint Peter, MN | $85,643 | $77k | $6M | |
| 68 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Norton, MA | $85,328 | $77k | $4.5M | |
| 69 | Springfield College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Springfield, MA | $85,143 | $88k | $6.7M | |
| 70 | Carthage College Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Kenosha, WI | $84,780 | $74k | $5.4M | |
| 71 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Division III · American Southwest Conference · Belton, TX | $84,733 | $69k | $6.6M | |
| 72 | Wheaton College (Illinois) Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Wheaton, IL | $84,700 | $77k | $6M | |
| 73 | Macalester College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN | $84,643 | $77k | $6.5M | |
| 74 | Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey, Newark Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Newark, NJ | $84,531 | $77k | $3.6M | |
| 75 | University of Mary Washington Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Fredericksburg, VA | $83,903 | $55k | $5.5M | |
| 76 | Brandeis University Division III · University Athletic Association · Waltham, MA | $83,843 | $78k | $5.7M | |
| 77 | DePauw University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Greencastle, IN | $83,491 | $81k | $6M | |
| 78 | University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut) Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · West Hartford, CT | $83,481 | $66k | $3.4M | |
| 79 | Stevens Institute of Technology Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Hoboken, NJ | $83,429 | $80k | $7.5M | |
| 80 | Augustana College (Illinois) Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Rock Island, IL | $82,906 | $73k | $5.7M | |
| 81 | Bates College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Lewiston, ME | $82,765 | $61k | $10M | |
| 82 | North Park University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Chicago, IL | $82,478 | $67k | $4.4M | |
| 83 | University of Rochester Division III · University Athletic Association · Rochester, NY | $82,283 | $80k | $8.3M | |
| 84 | St. Olaf College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN | $82,032 | $64k | $5.8M | |
| 85 | Hardin-Simmons University Division III · American Southwest Conference · Abilene, TX | $82,000 | $62k | $4.4M | |
| 86 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Terre Haute, IN | $81,824 | $69k | $4.1M | |
| 87 | State University of New York at Geneseo Division III · Empire 8 · Geneseo, NY | $81,744 | $66k | $4.9M | |
| 88 | Austin College Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Sherman, TX | $81,249 | $68k | $3.5M | |
| 89 | Chapman University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Orange, CA | $80,927 | $73k | $6.3M | |
| 90 | Oglethorpe University Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA | $80,738 | $68k | $3.1M | |
| 91 | Johnson & Wales University Charlotte Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Charlotte, NC | $80,583 | $57k | $4.2M | |
| 92 | Johnson & Wales University (Providence) Division III · Conference of New England · Providence, RI | $80,583 | $57k | $4.2M | |
| 93 | Christopher Newport University Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Newport News, VA | $80,548 | $76k | $13M | |
| 94 | Adrian College Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Adrian, MI | $80,525 | $55k | $5.5M | |
| 95 | North Carolina Wesleyan University Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Rocky Mount, NC | $80,443 | $65k | $3M | |
| 96 | Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Los Angeles, CA | $80,307 | $74k | $4.5M | |
| 97 | Goucher College Division III · Landmark Conference · Baltimore, MD | $79,994 | $72k | $2.7M | |
| 98 | Franklin & Marshall College Division III · Centennial Conference · Lancaster, PA | $79,697 | $66k | $7.2M | |
| 99 | Gettysburg College Division III · Centennial Conference · Gettysburg, PA | $79,602 | $64k | $7.8M | |
| 100 | Rivier University Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Nashua, NH | $79,549 | $78k | $2.6M |
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