As Salaries Boom, It’s a Good Time to Be an NFL Coach

The Jacksonville Jaguars, after 72 hours of intrigue, followed this template and hired the offensive coordinator of Tampa Bay, Liam Coen, 39, for more than $ 11 million per season. At first, Coen rejected the work and accepted an increase in Tampa that would have made it the best paid coordinator in the League with more than $ 4 million annually. However, when Jacksonville dismissed his general manager, Coen changed his mind.

“As he continuously investigates and gets more information as he advances, he begins to be clearer with every hour that this was an opportunity that he simply cannot miss so many different reasons,” Coen said in his introductory press conference. “Ultimately, you want to do the best for you and your family. That is what this was reduced.”

In university ranks, things are a bit more complicated. The new era of name, image and firewood, known as null, has meant more money for the players, but some of that has reached the expense of chief coaches. Of course, Kirby Smart of Georgia earns more than $ 13 million a year, and Ohio State Ryan Day coach recently signed an extension that pays an average of $ 12.5 million annually. But with the payrolls of players for university football palibre teams range from $ 13 million to $ 20 million, athletics directors are deploying their resources more strategically.

Ohio State paid Chip Kelly, former chief coach at a university and professional level, $ 2 million last season to be the offensive coordinator of the Buckeyes. They won the National Championship. Penn State, who in the semifinals, has hired the defensive coordinator of the state of Ohio, Jim Knowles, and will pay him $ 4 million a year in the hope that he can help Nittany Lions do the same.

“It is easier to be a NFL coach now,” said Paul Forbaum, presenter of his own program on the SEC network. “You have an established list, a salary limit and a low season. For university coaches, it never ends. You are recruiting throughout the year, observing the transfer portal, keeping your boys outside the transfer portal.”