Keeping up with the spending of some of the power conference teams in college football is getting more difficult. Because those schools have so much in terms of financial resources, they can afford to pay the best coaches and players to come to their schools.
But there are still some G6 programs that can pay their coaches some pretty solid salaries.
Here’s a ranking of the highest-paid coaches in the Mountain West, according to USA Today’s numbers from last year and other sources:
A few notes: Not every head coaching salary is public information, as they might coach at a private school, so not every figure is available in USA Today’s database. This also only includes teams that will be in the Mountain West this upcoming season. Also, some of these coaches are no longer with their teams.
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Which Coach In The Mountain West Has The Biggest Salary?
Dan Mullen from UNLV was the highest-paid coach in the Mountain West last year at $3.5 million.
Highest-Paid College Football Coaches In The Mountain West, Ranked
| Rank | Name | Salary |
| 1 | Dan Mullen | $3.5 million |
| 2 | Troy Calhoun | $1.6 million |
| 3 | Ken Niumatalolo | $1.5 million |
| 4 | Jason Eck | $1.2 million |
| 5 | Jeff Choate | $1.1 million |
| 6 | Jay Sawvel | $1.1 million |
| 7 | Scotty Walden | $801,000 |
| 8 | Timmy Chang | $755,000 |
| 9 | Thomas Hammock | $628,000 |
| 10 | Tim Polasek | $400,000 |
