Big Ten football coaching salaries

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.