N.C. State football coach Dave Doeren already has the upper hand on Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly in one coaching aspect — salary.
Doeren’s “total pay” with the Wolfpack is $2,212,600 a season. Kelly makes $1,645,867 a season for the Irish, according to a USA Today report released Thursday that lists the pay for 121 college football head coaches. The report also lists the buyout amounts and bonuses for many of those coaches.
Neither is among the nation’s top 50 best-paid coaches. Doeren ranks 51st and Kelly 64th.
Alabama’s Nick Saban sits at the top of the list by a wide margin at $11,132,000.