In Kalen DeBoer's first season with Alabama football , he had one of the most expensive staffs in college football at his disposal.
According to the USA Today assistant coach salary database , Alabama paid its 10 assistant coaches $9,475,000, fourth-highest in college football behind Ohio State , Georgia and Clemson.
In 2023, Alabama paid its assistant coaches $9,170,000.
In 2024, Alabama had four coaches who made more than $1 million: defensive coordinator Kane Wommack , offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan , wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator JaMarcus Shephard and defensive line coach Freddie Roach.
Here's what we know about Alabama's assistant coach salaries in 2024:
Alabama DC/LB coach Kane Wommack: $1,550,000 total pay, $125,000 max bonus
Alabama OC/QB coach Nick Sheridan: $1,350,000 total pay, $135,000 max bonus
Alabama assistant head coach, co-OC, WR coach JaMarcus Shephard: $1,100,000 total pay, $115,000 max bonus
Alabama associate head coach/DL coach Freddie Roach: S1,000,000 total pay, $115,000 max bonus
Alabama OL coach Chris Kapilovic: $875,000 total pay, $115,000 max bonus
Alabama co-DC/DB coach Maurice Linguist: $875,000 total pay, $125,000 max bonus
Alabama assistant head coach/RB coach Robert Gillespie: $850,000 total pay, $115,000 max bonus
Alabama co-DC/DB coach Colin Hitschler: $675,000 total pay, $115,000 max bonus
Alabama OLB coach Christian Robinson: $650,000 total pay, $115,000 max bonus
Alabama TE coach Bryan Ellis: $550,000 total pay, $115,000 max bonus
Alabama paid strength and conditioning coach David Ballou $950,000 in 2024, giving him a $225,000 raise after 2023.
Ballou is the second highest-paid strength and conditioning coach in the country behind Oklahoma State's Rob Glass at $1.1 million.
In the SEC, 34 assistant coaches made at least $1 million in 2024, including four Crimson Tide coaches: Roach, Shephard, Sheridan and Wommack.
Here are the top-10 highest-paid assistants in the SEC:
LSU DC Blake Baker : $2,500,000
Ole Miss DC Pete Golding: $2,150,000
Georgia DC Glenn Schumann: $2,003,000
Texas DC Pete Kwiatkowski: $1,800,000
Kentucky DC Brad White: $1,750,000
Ole Miss OC Charlie Weis Jr.: $1,650,000
Texas A&M OC Collin Klein: $1,600,000
Alabama DC Kane Wommack: $1,550,000
Georgia co-DC/SAF coach Travaris Robinson: $1,503,000
Arkansas OC Bobby Petrino: $1,500,000
Missouri OC Kirby Moore: $1,500,000
Tennessee DC Tim Banks: $1,500,000
Here is how SEC teams ranked in 2024 in terms of total assistant coach salaries:
Georgia: $10,332,000
Alabama: $9,475,000
LSU: $9,300,000
Texas $9,100,000
Ole Miss: $8,225,000
Kentucky: $7,565,000
Texas A&M: $7,200,000
Tennessee: $7,135,000
Oklahoma: $7,115,000
Missouri: $6,940,000
South Carolina : $6,635,000
Florida : $6,565,000
Auburn $6,475,000
Arkansas: $6,190,000
Mississippi State: $5,260,000
Vanderbilt: N/A
DeBoer made $10 million in 2024. He is one of six college football coaches to make more than $10 million in 2024 along with Georgia's Kirby Smart, Clemson's Dabo Swinney, Texas' Steve Sarkisian, USC's Lincoln Riley, Ohio State's Ryan Day and Florida State's Mike Norvell.
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.
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Alabama football assistant coach salaries 2024: What we know
