In major college football, the average compensation package for coaches has gone up 110 percent in the last 10 years, USA Today reported this week.
Even when adjusted for inflation, the newspaper calculated, salaries and related compensation have nearly doubled in a decade.
But at Wisconsin, the head football coach position pays less now than it did in 2012, a rarity in the Power Five conferences, the driving forces of big-time college sports.
Bret Bielema made $2.64 million in 2012; Paul Chryst is making $2.3 million in this, his first season leading the Badgers.