Clemson's defensive coordinator Brett Venables signed a 5 year contract worth 11.6 million dollars on Thursday. That is clearly head coaching money at many schools. Which means college football programs are figuring out that great OC's and DC's are worth the money and probably making more then the school's president.
The funny part is that Brett won't be the highest paid coordinator in college football. That title goes to LSU's DC Dave Aranda who get $2.5M annually. Which probably puts Dave inline as LSU's next head coach if things don't go well for Ed Orgeron this season.
If your wondering where Michigan's staff lands on that scale:
DC Don Brown makes $1.