A look at the base salaries of the Big Ten football coaches in 2018 and the length of their contracts. Financial figures are from USA Today's salary database:
Coach, school2018 salaryThrough
Jim Harbaugh, Michigan$7.5M2021
Scott Frost, Nebraska$5M2024
Lovie Smith, Illinois$5M2023
James Franklin, Penn State$4.8M2022
Kirk Ferentz, Iowa$4.7M2026
* Ryan Day, Ohio State$4.5M2023
Mark Dantonio, Michigan State$4.39M2024
Jeff Brohm, Purdue$3.8M2024
Paul Chryst, Wisconsin$3.75M2023
Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern$3.62M2026
P.J. Fleck, Gophers$3.55M2023
* Mike Locksley, Maryland$2.5M2023
Chris Ash, Rutgers$2.22M2022
Tom Allen, Indiana$1.83M2022
* Salaries of Day and Locksley, both recently hired, are for 2019.
He played 10 years of pro ball, six of them in the Mexican League, and coached at Park of Cottage Grove.
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