These 8 College Football Strength And Conditioning Coaches Are Making More Money Than You Can Imagine

These days, it is one of the highest-paying jobs on a team, sometimes at the same level as the offensive and defensive coordinator. This may leave you asking: why the rapid change? First of all, salaries for college coaches are skyrocketing across the board, as universities are making larger and larger profits from the relationship between their athletic programs and the media. Secondly, as college games are becoming faster and more physically demanding because of the no-huddle offense, a team’s strength and conditioning activities are more important than ever. Often, the S&C coach has the best relationship with the players, over anyone else on the staff, due to the significant amount of “face time” they get with team members. Even in the off-season, when the film room is shut down, the work in the weight room never stops. All of these factors, when combined, have resulted in enormous salaries for the nation’s top strength and conditioning coaches. Here are the top eight, in order of their 2015 base salaries: