FSU Football spending falls in rankings

 

FSU football salaries rank high in ACC but lag behind Clemson, SEC, Big Ten

Head coach Mike Norvell's scheduled salary of $4 million in 2020 barely ranks in the top 25 percent of all FBS head coaches -- with most of the highest-paid coaches coming from those two aforementioned leagues. Meanwhile, the salary pool for FSU's assistant coaches ranks second in the ACC and a very respectable 15th nationally.

Based on the terms of his contract, Norvell was scheduled to rank 30th nationally in salary this year. But after taking a voluntary reduction to offset losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Norvell actually will end up making just over $3.5 million, which ranks 39th.

With his reduced salary, Norvell sits fifth in the ACC.

Norvell's original salary would rank 12th in the Southeastern Conference; it falls to 13th when the pandemic reduction is taken into account. His deal would tie for 11th in the Big Ten.

FSU's assistant coaches -- as a staff -- fare better much from a national perspective.

The Seminoles don't have one of the nation's 50 highest-paid coordinators individually, but they rank 15th overall in staff compensation (not including private schools, such as Notre Dame, Miami, etc).

As a group, FSU's assistants would rank fourth in the Big Ten and ninth in the SEC.

USA Today also charted salaries for football strength coaches, and FSU's Josh Storms ranked fifth in the ACC at $300,000 per year. Clemson led the conference in pay for that position at $600,000, while Florida pays $450,000.

ACC assistant coach salary pool

Rank	School	2020 contract year total
No, 1	Clemson	$7,641,500
No. 2	Florida State	$5,355,750
No. 3	North Carolina	$4,868,415
No. 4	Louisville	$4,555,000
No. 5	N.C. State	$3,957,436
No. 6	Virginia Tech	$3,595,000*
No. 7	Virginia	$3,572,868
No. 8	Georgia Tech	$3,236,000
N/A	Pittsburgh, Miami, Duke, Syracuse, Boston College, Wake Forest	Schools did not respond to survey

* This was Virginia Tech's scheduled pay for this year. If any reductions were taken, those were not reported by USA Today

SEC assistant coach salary pool

Rank	School	2020 contract year total
No. 1	Alabama	$8,850,000
No. 2	Texas A&M	$7,503,197
No. 3	LSU	$7,461,950
No. 4	Georgia	$7,244,000
No. 5	Auburn	$6,760,000
No. 6	Tennessee	$6,312,292
No. 7	Florida	$6,300,000
No. 8	Kentucky	$5,781,100
No. 9	South Carolina	$5,095,792
No. 10	Arkansas	$5,036,250
No. 11	Missouri	$4,840,875
No. 12	Ole Miss	$4,753,125
No. 13	Mississippi State	$4,300,000
N/A	Vanderbilt	Private university, did not respond to survey