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High profile, big paychecks not just for head coaches anymore

By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Thursday, August 9, 2007

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- In his first college coaching job as the offensive coordinator at Division I-AA Samford University in Alabama, Jimbo Fisher was paid a handsome sum of $20,000 annually. "And I made $40,000 in my first year at Auburn," Fisher recalled, of being hired as the Tigers' quarterbacks coach in 1993. Nearly 15 years later, Fisher is making close to $35,000 per month as Florida State's offensive coordinator, his fourth coaching stop in 10 seasons. Fisher, who earned a reputation ...

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