Who Is the Highest Paid NFL Coach?

NFL coaches are some of the highest paid professionals in the world. In this blog post, we will take a look at who the highest paid NFL coach is.

Bill Belichick

Belichick has been the head coach of the New England Patriots since 2000. He is the winningest head coach in NFL history, with a record of 265–53–0. Belichick has led the Patriots to nine Super Bowl appearances, winning six of them. He has also been named the AP NFL Coach of the Year three times.

New England Patriots

American football head coach Bill Belichick has been the head coach of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL) since 2000, and is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in NFL history. Belichick began his coaching career in 1975 and worked as an assistant under Toledo Rockets head coach Nick Saban and Baltimore Colts/Indianapolis Colts head coach Ted Marchibroda. He later served as defensive coordinator for the New York Giants, before being hired as head coach of the Patriots in 2000.

In his 20 seasons as Patriots head coach, Belichick has led the team to 17 divisional titles, nine Super Bowl appearances – winning six – and numerous other accomplishments. He is one of only three head coaches to win six Super Bowls, and is the only one to do so with a single franchise. He is also the winningest active head coach in terms of total Super Bowl wins. Belichick has been named NFL Coach of the Year three times (2003, 2007, 2010) and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2019.

Contract and Salary

In December 2014, Belichick signed a contract extension that runs through the end of the 2021 season. The extension is reportedly worth $32 million, which makes him the highest-paid coach in NFL history.

Over the course of his career, Belichick has made an estimated $60 million from coaching contracts. His salary with the Patriots is not public knowledge, but it is safe to say that he is making well over $1 million per year. He also has a number of endorsement deals, including one with Nike.

In addition to his coaching salary, Belichick also has a stake in several businesses, including a sports apparel company and a real estate development firm. He is also a minority owner of the NFL’s New England Patriots.

Pete Carroll

As of 2019, the highest paid NFL coach is Pete Carroll, who is earning $11 million per year. Carroll is in his ninth year as the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, and has led the team to six playoff appearances, four divisional titles, and one Super Bowl win.

Seattle Seahawks

Pete Carroll is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He is a former head coach of the New England Patriots, New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys. He was also the defensive coordinator for the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans football team from 2001 to 2009. He has been a head coach in the NFL since 1994, first with the Jets for one season, and then with the Patriots from 1997 to 1999. Carroll returned to USC to take over as its head football coach in2001. From 2007 to 2010, he led USC to three Rose Bowl victories, four consecutive Pac-10 titles, and was named national coach of the year in 2003 by several publications.

Contract and Salary

Pete Carroll is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He is a former head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots and USC Trojans football teams. In 2013, he signed a contract extension with the Seahawks through 2016. His new deal makes him the highest-paid coach in the NFL, at $8 million per year.

Jon Gruden

In 2018, the Oakland Raiders made Jon Gruden the highest paid coach in NFL history, signing him to a 10-year contract worth $100 million. Gruden had been out of coaching for nine years, working as a television analyst for ESPN.

Oakland Raiders

In 2018, the Oakland Raiders made headlines by hiring Jon Gruden as their head coach. Gruden had been out of coaching for nearly a decade, but he was widely considered one of the best coaches in the NFL. The Raiders gave him a 10-year, $100 million contract, making him the highest-paid coach in NFL history.

In his first season back with the Raiders, Gruden led the team to a 6-10 record. The following year, the team improved to 7-9. In 2020, the Raiders finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs. Gruden has four years remaining on his contract.

Contract and Salary

Jon Gruden is the current head coach of the Oakland Raiders. He has been the Raiders head coach since 2018. Prior to that, he was the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2002 to 2008. He has a career regular season record of 100-85-1. He is currently the highest paid NFL coach, with an annual salary of $10 million.

Sean McVay

Sean McVay is currently the highest paid NFL coach, making an annual salary of $10 million. He is also the youngest coach in NFL history, being only 32 years old when he was hired by the Los Angeles Rams in 2017. McVay has been credited with turning around the Rams franchise, leading them to a Super Bowl appearance in just his second season as head coach.

Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team that play in the National Football League (NFL). The Rams franchise was founded in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in the short-lived second American Football League (AFL). When the AFL folded after one season, the Rams joined the NFL. The franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1946 following six successful seasons in Cleveland.

The Rams appeared in Super Bowl LIII, where they lost to the New England Patriots by a score of 13–3. This marked their fourth Super Bowl appearance since relocating to Los Angeles and ninth overall appearance dating back to their time in St. Louis. Sean McVay is currently the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams.

Contract and Salary

As of 2019, Sean McVay is the highest-paid NFL coach, with an annual salary of $10 million. He is also under contract through 2023, with a base salary of $7.5 million and a signing bonus of $2.5 million.

Dan Quinn

Dan Quinn is currently the highest paid NFL coach, earning an annual salary of $7 million. He is in his sixth season as the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons, and has led the team to two Super Bowl appearances. Quinn has a career record of 67-37, and is considered one of the best defensive coaches in the league.

Atlanta Falcons

In 2015, the Atlanta Falcons made Dan Quinn the highest-paid coach in NFL history, signing him to a five-year contract worth $75 million. This made him the first coach to ever earn an annual salary of more than $10 million.

Quinn has been with the Falcons since 2015, when he took over as head coach. In his first season, he led the team to a 10-6 record and a playoff berth. The following year, the Falcons went 11-5 and made it all the way to the Super Bowl, where they lost to the New England Patriots in a close game.

Despite the disappointment of losing in the Super Bowl, Quinn’s Falcons have continued to be one of the top teams in the NFL. In 2017, they went 10-6 and made it back to the playoffs. And in 2018, they had another great season, going 13-3 and earning themselves a first-round bye in the playoffs.

As of 2019, Quinn is still the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. And with two years left on his contract, he is set to continue being one of the highest-paid coaches in NFL history.

Contract and Salary

In 2020, Dan Quinn is the highest paid NFL coach with an annual salary of $12 million. He is in the fourth year of a five-year, $60 million contract he signed with the Atlanta Falcons in 2016.

Quinn’s $12 million salary is actually a pay cut from the $15 million he was due to make in 2020. In June, Quinn agreed to take a 10% pay cut amid the COVID-19 pandemic.