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Alabama head coach Nick Saban leads the pack, earning $8,307,000 for the 2018-19 season.
College sports have become a colossal business opportunity, and no one sport is more lucrative than football. The five universities with the greatest total revenues in college sports - all of which boast renowned football programs - brought in $194,336,118 on average during the 2016-17 school year.
It makes sense, then, that schools looking to make their mark in the college football sphere would be willing to pay seven figures for the best coaching talent in the sport. Check out the 25 highest paid football coaches for the 2018-19 season, according to USA TODAY: