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How much does Kalen DeBoer make? How Alabama football coach contract compares in SEC
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Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer is on a short list of the highest-paid coaches in college football for the 2024 season.
According to the USA Today Sports college football head coach salaries database, DeBoer is one of six college football coaches to make more than $10 million in 2024, joined by Georgia's Kirby Smart ($13.3 million), Clemson's Dabo Swinney ($11 million), Texas ' Steve Sarkisian ($10.6 million), USC's Lincoln Riley ($10 million), Ohio State 's Ryan Day ($10 million) and Florida State 's Mike Norvell ($10 million).
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DeBoer's total pay in 2024 is the third-highest in the SEC behind Smart and Sarkisian.
DeBoer's max bonus pay of $1.2 million is the lowest in the SEC. The max bonus for Vanderbilt's Clark Lea was not disclosed.
DeBoer has the second-highest buyout of any college football coach in the country at $70 million, and is behind only Smart, whose buyout is $118 million.
SEC football coaches: Total pay
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Georgia coach Kirby Smart: $13,282,580
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Texas coach Steve Sarkisian: $10,600,000
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Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer: $10,000,000
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LSU coach Brian Kelly: $9,975,000
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Kentucky coach Mark Stoops: $9,013,600
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Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz: $9,000,000
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Tennessee coach Josh Heupel: $9,000,000
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Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin: $9,000,000
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Oklahoma coach Brent Venables: $8,152,000
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Florida coach Billy Napier: $7,370,000
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Texas A&M coach Mike Elko: $7,000,000
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Auburn coach Hugh Freeze: $6,728,100
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Arkansas coach Sam Pittman: $6,498,000
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South Carolina coach Shane Beamer: $6,401,996
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Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby: $4,250,000
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Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea: $3,189,744
SEC football coaches: Max bonus
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Texas A&M coach Mike Elko: $3,800,000
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Kentucky coach Mark Stoops: $3,550,000
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Auburn coach Hugh Freeze: $3,300,000
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Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin: $2,600,000
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Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby: $1,900,000
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Texas coach Steve Sarkisian: $1,850,000
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Georgia coach Kirby Smart: $1,775,000
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South Carolina coach Shane Beamer: $1,700,000
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Tennessee coach Josh Heupel: $1,700,000
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Florida coach Billy Napier: $1,600,000
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Arkansas coach Sam Pittman: $1,450,000
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Oklahoma coach Brent Venables: $1,385,000
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LSU coach Brian Kelly: $1,325,000
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Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz: $1,300,000
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Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer: $1,175,000
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Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea: N/A
SEC football coaches: School buyout (As of Dec. 1, 2024)
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Georgia coach Kirby Smart: $118,083,333
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Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer: $70,050,000
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LSU coach Brian Kelly: $61,738,333
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Texas coach Steve Sarkisian: $55,044,583
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Oklahoma coach Brent Venables: $44,808,333
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Kentucky coach Mark Stoops: $44,437,500
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Tennessee coach Josh Heupel: $37,500,000
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Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin: $36,590,000
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Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz: $28,593,750
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Texas A&M coach Mike Elko: $27,124,985
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Florida coach Billy Napier: $26,704,167
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Auburn coach High Freeze: $20,312,500
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Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby: $14,256,250
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South Carolina coach Shane Beamer: $13,751,563
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Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea: N/A
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Arkansas coach Sam Pittman: N/A
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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