The top 10 highest paid coaches in the NFL 2024
The top 10 highest paid coaches in the NFL 2024
By Jason Bolton January 15, 2024 10:00
In the NFL, there is an opportunity cost of success and that's why head coaches are paid based on how many games they accrue in the win column or even better, Super Bowl rings. The top 10 highest-paid NFL coaches in 2024 — and the salaries that come with them to reflect this. We will be heading over to the top coaches of all time so that you can gauge them apart on achievements.
1. Bill Belichick: New England Patriots ($20 million)
At the top of NFL, reportedly making about $20 million per year in pay is New England's Bill Belichick. Belichick has six Super Bowl rings, 23 years of coaching experience and three AP Coach of the Year awards. He is also the all-time leader in playoff wins. He is a coach that has right to be demanding.
2. Sean Payton: Denver Broncos ($18 million)
Payton has a long and successful coaching career, leading the New Orleans Saints to their first Super Bowl title in 2009 among his most notable moments of bringing teams towards championship success.
3. Pete Carroll: Seattle Seahawks ($15 million)
Carroll is one of the most popular names in NFL coaching. A Super Bowl win with the Seattle Seahawks again in 2014 has only helped Carroll solidify himself as one of the highest-paid coaches league-wide.
4. Sean McVay: Los Angeles Rams ($15 million)
McVay has proven to be a coach capable of guiding his team during the regular season– already helping them get to Super Bowl LIII.
5. Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers ($12.5 M)
Tomlin has been able to keep the Steelers competitive and a winning team for over a decade, part of which included leading them to their sixth Super Bowl win in 2008.
6. Andy Reid: Kansas City Chiefs ($12 million)
There is a reason why the Kansas City Chiefs head coach makes $12 million per year. Reid is the key to their success, and a trip to Super Bowl LIV — wherein they had his back more often than not all through the postseason. He showed that he can captain an organization that is of championship caliber.
7. John Harbaugh: Baltimore Ravens ($12 million)
Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh makes $12 million a year. A Super Bowl champion and now among the top-paid coaches in football since he linkedup with the organization.
8. Kyle Shanahan: San Francisco 49ers ($10 million)
People will tell you all of the high word because in years and Niner Faithful reached, it is undeniably Shanahan coaching San Francisco to Super Bowl LIV as he fished from success at each level.
9. Josh McDaniels: Las Vegas Raiders ($10 million)
McDaniels — whose success with the New England Patriots and involvement in taking that Raiders job could offer some resolution to why he's one of the highest-paid NFL head coaches.
10. Mike Vrabel: Tennessee Titans ($9.5 million)
Vrabel has cracked the top 10 highest-paid NFL coaches. He's been a top NFL head coach, leading the Tennessee Titans to the postseason and division titles in three of the past four years.
Winning championships and rebuilding rosters are definitely big reasons to being among the top-paid coaches. These are your coaches who talk the big bucks and model success.
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