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History of LSU Football Coaches' Salaries
Posted on 11/28/21 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 11/28/21 at 3:22 pm
I'm not sure how accurate my list is, so if anyone has better information, feel free to correct me.
I tried to find (via google and bing) the final base salary of each of the coaches, but some of the figures may include perks.
Paul Dietzel (not inclucing AD salary) - $18.5k
Charles McClendon - $31.5k
Bo Rein - $50k
Jerry Stovall - $42k
Bill Arnsparger - $80k
Mike Archer - $88.4k
Curley Hallman - $90k
Gerry Dinardo - $95k
Nick Saban - $2.3M
Les Miles - $4.4M
Ed Orgeron - $9M
ETA - correction of Les Miles' salary.
I tried to find (via google and bing) the final base salary of each of the coaches, but some of the figures may include perks.
Paul Dietzel (not inclucing AD salary) - $18.5k
Charles McClendon - $31.5k
Bo Rein - $50k
Jerry Stovall - $42k
Bill Arnsparger - $80k
Mike Archer - $88.4k
Curley Hallman - $90k
Gerry Dinardo - $95k
Nick Saban - $2.3M
Les Miles - $4.4M
Ed Orgeron - $9M
ETA - correction of Les Miles' salary.
This post was edited on 11/28/21 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 11/28/21 at 3:23 pm to blueridgeTiger
Miles was paid much more than that.
Posted on 11/28/21 at 3:28 pm to blueridgeTiger
The amount of money that’s thrown around for college athletics is nuts. We are all to blame though because we’re the ones who keep paying more and more to watch games on TV.
Posted on 11/28/21 at 3:33 pm to blueridgeTiger
Saban was initially hired for $1.2 million and it made him the 3rd highest paid coach in the country. It sent shock waves around the country that LSU paid him that much before he won anything at LSU.
Posted on 11/28/21 at 4:19 pm to Choupique19
Crazy to think that only Spurrier, Bowden and Fulmer were making more than a million in 2000 and Saban could be first to crack the 10 million mark. That's a 10-fold increase in pay in just 20 years.
Posted on 11/28/21 at 4:36 pm to CDawson
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Miles was paid much more than that.
You're right. Looks like the number I used was his KU salary. LSU salary looks to be about $4.4M
Posted on 11/28/21 at 4:49 pm to blueridgeTiger
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Bill Arnsparger - $80k
Mike Archer - $88.4k
Curley Hallman - $90k
Gerry Dinardo - $95k
How did we go 16 years without paying significantly more money for a coaching hire

Posted on 11/28/21 at 11:23 pm to BayouTigers4Life
1000% increase kinda crazy
Posted on 11/28/21 at 11:44 pm to blueridgeTiger
Woodward might be retarded if he thought Orgeron deserves 9 million
This post was edited on 11/29/21 at 2:16 am
Posted on 11/29/21 at 1:32 am to Pelican fan99
A coach wins a natty and the AD has to make him Top 5. No other choice.
Posted on 11/29/21 at 2:35 am to blueridgeTiger
I was just a kid when Dinardo was there, but I didn’t realize SEC coaches were paid like regular people that recently. Mind blown
Posted on 11/29/21 at 3:10 am to TigahTiger
I was at LSU in the Arnsparger and Archer days and I can tell you the idea of a national championship seemed like science fiction.
Posted on 11/29/21 at 5:56 am to TigahTiger
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I was just a kid when Dinardo was there, but I didn’t realize SEC coaches were paid like regular people that recently. Mind blown
Vandy sued Dinardo after he left and the court case is like a window into a different world. "Contract negotiation" was a couple of guys meeting up after practice and working out a handshake deal.
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On August 17, Hoolahan returned to Bell Buckle with the Addendum. He took it to DiNardo at the practice field where they met in Hoolahan's car. DiNardo stated that Hoolahan did not present him with the complete two-page addendum, but only the second page, which was the signature page. DiNardo asked, “what am I signing?” Hoolahan explained to DiNardo, “[i]t means that your contract as it presently exists will be extended for two years with everything else remaining exactly the same as it existed in the present contract.” Before DiNardo signed the Addendum, he told Hoolahan, “Larry needs to see a copy before this thing is finalized.” Hoolahan agreed, and DiNardo signed the document... Hoolahan took the signed document without giving DiNardo a copy.
LINK (Larry is Dinardo's brother, a lawyer)
Posted on 11/29/21 at 9:11 am to Choupique19
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Saban was initially hired for $1.2 million and it made him the 3rd highest paid coach in the country. It sent shock waves around the country that LSU paid him that much before he won anything at LSU.
there wasn't a lot of money in coaching up until that time, especially in the assistant coaches ranks, some were close to poverty level, that's why you use to see coaches announcing they're getting out of coaching to pursue business interests(insurance agent,) all the time
Posted on 11/29/21 at 9:38 am to blueridgeTiger
I remember Dinardo was making north of $300k. I remember because I was a student working in the Library and they had all employee salaries on file. 

Posted on 11/29/21 at 9:47 am to Stexas
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I remember Dinardo was making north of $300k. I remember because I was a student working in the Library and they had all employee salaries on file.
yup. OP is incorrect.
Posted on 11/29/21 at 9:52 am to Stexas
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I remember Dinardo was making north of $300k. I remember because I was a student working in the Library and they had all employee salaries on file.
was that including radio/tv, and sponsorships? I remember his published base salary at the time was pretty low
Posted on 11/29/21 at 11:20 am to 777Tiger
$300k at the time was low... he was around a million with all of the sponsorships...
Posted on 11/29/21 at 12:56 pm to blueridgeTiger
DiNardo was getting substantially more than 95K
Posted on 11/29/21 at 2:14 pm to KiwiHead
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DiNardo was getting substantially more than 95K
This. That might be what his base pay was from LSU, but certainly not the whole package. For instance, Les Miles’s pay from LSU was $300,000 if I remember correctly.
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