How Much Do Assistant Baseball Coaches Make?

How Much Do Assistant Baseball Coaches Make?

Assistant Baseball Coaches’ Salaries by Region

Northeast

The Northeast region includes the following states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

In this region, the average salary for an assistant baseball coach is $60,605 per year.

Midwest

In the Midwest, assistant baseball coaches earn an average salary of $52,000 per year. The region with the highest average salary for assistant baseball coaches is the Northeast, where they earn an average of $57,000 per year.

South

The average salary for assistant baseball coaches in the South region is $66,500 per year. This figure is based on an analysis of assistant baseball coach salaries in six Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina.

According to the data, assistant baseball coaches in Alabama earn the least among all six states, with an average salary of $60,000 per year. Those in Florida and Georgia are paid slightly more at $62,500 and $63,333 per year, respectively.

Mississippi has the highest average assistant baseball coach salary in the South at $70,000 per year. This is followed by Arkansas ($68,750) and South Carolina ($67,500).

West

In the West, assistant baseball coaches make an average of $58,827 per year. The lowest paid assistant coach in the West makes $38,153 per year and the highest paid assistant coach makes $79,532 per year.

Assistant Baseball Coaches’ Salaries by Conference

American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference – $60,004

The American Athletic Conference (AAC) is a collegiate athletic conference with members located in the Northeastern and Southeastern United States.

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a college athletic conference which operates in the Eastern United States. Its thirteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Division I, with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest levels for athletic competition in US-based collegiate sports.

In 2017, USA Today reported that assistant baseball coaches in the ACC made an average annual salary of $85,000. This was the highest average salary of any assistant baseball coach in any NCAA conference.

Big 12 Conference

In the Big 12 Conference, assistant baseball coaches earn an average yearly salary of $57,300, which is slightly lower than the average for all assistant baseball coaches across all NCAA divisions. The range in salaries for assistant coaches in the Big 12 Conference can be as low as $31,500 per year and as high as $85,000 per year.

Big Ten Conference

The Big Ten Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Division I. The conference is made up of 14 schools, and as of 2019, assistant baseball coaches in the Big Ten Conference earn an average salary of $103,891 per year.

Conference USA

The average salary for an assistant baseball coach in Conference USA is $60,000 per year.

Mid-American Conference

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate athletic conference with membership at public universities in the Midwestern United States. The conference’s twelve member schools are all located within the state of Ohio, with six members in the northern third of the state, three in the central region, and three in the southwestern tier.

Assistant baseball coaches in the MAC earn an average salary of $38,500, which is among the lowest for assistant coaches in Division I baseball. Salaries for assistant coaches can range from $30,000 to $60,000, depending on experience and success at the collegiate level.

Mountain West Conference

The average salary for an assistant baseball coach in the Mountain West Conference is $33,333. Coaches in this conference earn a salary that is on average $10,000 less than coaches in the Pac-12 Conference, which pays its assistant coaches an average of $43,333 per year.

Pac-12 Conference

In the Pac-12 Conference, the average salary for an assistant baseball coach is $51,716 per year. The lowest-paid assistant coach in the conference makes $32,000 per year, while the highest-paid assistant coach earns $105,000 per year.

Southeastern Conference

In 2017, the average annual salary for assistant baseball coaches in the Southeastern Conference was $115,333. This was the highest average salary of any conference in the country. The SEC was followed by the Atlantic Coast Conference, which had an average assistant baseball coach salary of $110,000.

Sun Belt Conference

In the Sun Belt Conference, assistant baseball coaches earn an average salary of $52,000 per year. The top assistant coach in the conference earns $85,000 per year, while the bottom coach earns $30,000 per year.

Assistant Baseball Coaches’ Salaries by School

Air Force

Air Force assistant baseball coaches make an average salary of $60,000 per year, according to a report from the USA Today Sports Salaries Database. The report is based on information from assistant baseball coaches at Division I schools who were employed as of June 1, 2018.

Akron

At Akron, first-year assistant coaches make $50,000, while second-year assistants earn $60,000.

Alabama

Baseball assistant coaches at the University of Alabama make an average salary of $57,000 per year, according to a report from the website Coaches Database. The median salary for assistant baseball coaches at all levels of college baseball is $52,000 per year.

Arizona

The University of Arizona is one of the schools that disclosed what it pays its assistant baseball coaches. Tim Esmay is in his seventh season as the Wildcats’ associate head coach and will make $275,000 this season. You can view a full list of his salary and compensation here.

Arizona State

According to a report by the USA Today, the average salary for an assistant baseball coach at Arizona State is $78,000.

Arkansas

The average salary for an assistant baseball coach at a university in Arkansas is $60,000 per year.

Arkansas State

The average salary for an assistant baseball coach at Arkansas State University is $14,500 per year.

Army

Salaries for assistant baseball coaches at Army West Point range from $60,000 to $85,000, with the median salary coming in at $70,000.

Auburn

In 2018, Auburn assistant baseball coaches made a total of $325,000. Pitching coach Steve Smith was the highest-paid assistant, making $110,000. Hitting coach John Pawlowski made $105,000 and assistant coach Tom Slater made $110,000.

Ball State

The average assistant baseball coach at Ball State earns $15,000 per year.