Money talks especially if you're a football coach in the Southeastern Conference.
Florida's Urban Meyer has guided the Gators to two of the last three BCS national championships, yet he is only the third highest-paid SEC coach, behind LSU's Les Miles and Alabama's Nick Saban, who make at least $3.8 million a year.
Don't feel too sorry for Meyer, though - he still earns at least $3.4 million.
In The Tampa Tribune's annual look at college coaching salaries, the SEC is SECond to none. The SEC has the top salary average for all of the 10 full-time coaching positions, with the exception of offensive coordinator.
The ACC gets the nod as the highest-paying conference among offensive coordinators, thanks to Florida State's Jimbo Fisher earning a hefty $630,375 salary as FSU's offensive coordinator/head coach-in-waiting.
Although FSU's Bobby Bowden makes about $1 million a year less than Meyer, Bowden is still the ACC's highest-paid head coach. Also, FSU has the distinction of being the nation's only school with four assistants - Fisher, defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews, linebackers coach Chuck Amato and offensive line coach Rick Trickett - making more than $300,000.
At USF, Coach Jim Leavitt has nearly tripled his salary the past four years, from $542,000 in 2005 to $1.5 million in 2008. Leavitt will receive $1.6 million this fall.
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