Editing Southeastern Conference (section)

===Head coach compensation===
The total pay of head coaches includes university and non-university compensation including base salary, income from contracts, foundation supplements, bonuses and media and radio pay as of the most recent [[2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2024 season]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100px;"| Conference pay rank 
! style="width:190px;"| Institution
! style="width:190px;"| Head coach
! style="width:130px;"| 2024 total pay
|-
| 1
|{{sort|Georgia|[[Georgia Bulldogs football|University of Georgia]]}}
| {{sortname|Kirby|Smart}}
| $13,282,580
|-
| 2
| {{sort|Texas|[[Texas Longhorns football|University of Texas]]}}
| {{sortname|Steve|Sarkisian}}
| $10,600,000
|-
| 3
| {{sort|Alabama|[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|University of Alabama]]}}
| {{sortname|Kalen|Deboer}}
| $10,000,000
|-
| 4
| {{sort|LSU|[[LSU Tigers football|Louisiana State University]]}}
| [[Brian Kelly (American football coach)|Brian Kelly]]
| $9,975,000<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berkowitz |first=Steve |title=Brian Kelly's 10-year deal with LSU football includes $1.2M loan for residence, eye-popping bonuses |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2021/11/30/brian-kelly-gets-100-million-10-year-deal-lsu/8816093002/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 5
| {{sort|Kentucky|[[Kentucky Wildcats football|University of Kentucky]]}}
| {{sortname|Mark|Stoops}}
| $9,013,600
|-
| 6
| {{sort|Mississippi|[[Ole Miss Rebels football|University of Mississippi]]}}
| {{sortname|Lane|Kiffin}}
| $9,000,000
|-
| 6
| {{sort|Missouri|[[Missouri Tigers football|University of Missouri]]}}
| {{sortname|Eliah|Drinkwitz}}
| $9,000,000
|-
| 6
| {{sort|Tennessee|[[Tennessee Volunteers football|University of Tennessee]]}}
| {{sortname|Josh|Heupel}}
| $9,000,000
|-
| 9
| {{sort|Oklahoma|[[Oklahoma Sooners football|University of Oklahoma]]}}
| {{sortname|Brent|Venables}}
| $8,152,000
|-
| 10
| {{sort|Florida|[[Florida Gators football|University of Florida]]}}
| {{sortname|Billy|Napier}}
| $7,370,000
|-
| 11
| [[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M University]]
| {{sortname|Mike|Elko}}
| $7,000,000
|-
| 12
| [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn University]]
| {{sortname|Hugh|Freeze}}
| $6,728,100
|-
| 13
| {{sort|Arkansas|[[Arkansas Razorbacks football|University of Arkansas]]}}
| {{sortname|Sam|Pittman}}
| $6,498,000
|-
| 14
| {{sort|South Carolina|[[South Carolina Gamecocks football|University of South Carolina]]}}
| {{sortname|Shane|Beamer}}
| $6,401,996
|-
| 15
| {{sort|Mississippi State|[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State University]]}}
| {{sortname|Jeff|Lebby}}
| $4,250,000
|-
| 16
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt University]]
| {{sortname|Clark|Lea}}
| $3,189,744<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date= 2024-10-16 |title=College Football Head Coach Salaries|url=https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/coach/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

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