Who Is The Highest Paid Coach In The Nfl?
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The highest paid coach in the NFL is New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who reportedly earns around $12 million per year. Belichick has won six Super Bowls with the Patriots, more than any other head coach in NFL history.
Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick is the current head coach of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is also the de facto general manager of the Patriots, a position that he has held since 2000. Belichick has been with the Patriots for all five of their Super Bowl victories, winning two as defensive coordinator and three as head coach.
New England Patriots
Bill Belichick is an American football coach who is the head coach of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest coaches in NFL history, and has led the Patriots to more divisional titles (17) than any other team in NFL history.
Contract
In 2000, Belichick signed a five-year, $15 million contract extension with the Patriots, which made him the highest-paid coach in the NFL at the time.
In 2002, following another successful season in which Belichick led the Patriots to their second Super Bowl appearance in three years, he was rewarded with a then-record eight-year, $32 million contract extension.
In 2007, Belichick signed a three-year extension with the Patriots that ran through the 2013 season. The deal was reportedly worth around $27 million.
In 2010, Belichick signed yet another extension with the Patriots that reportedly runs through the 2020 season and is worth around $50 million.
Salary
In 2018, Bill Belichick made $12 million as head coach of the New England Patriots, making him the highest-paid coach in the NFL. His base salary was $7.5 million, with a $4.5 million signing bonus. He also had additional bonuses that brought his total compensation to $12 million.
Pete Carroll
Carroll has been the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks since 2010, and has led the team to six NFC West division championships, four conference championships, and two Super Bowl appearances, winning Super Bowl XLVIII. In 2012, he signed a contract extension with the Seahawks through the 2016 season. In 2014, he was the highest-paid coach in the NFL.
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 also the former head coach of the New York Jets, New England Patriots and USC Trojans football team.
Carroll was born in San Francisco, California, on September 15, 1951. He attended Marin Catholic High School in Kentucky and played quarterback and wide receiver on the varsity football team. Carroll then enrolled at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he played linebacker for the Tigers from 1970 to 1972.
After graduating from Pacific in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Carroll returned to Marin Catholic as head coach of the varsity football team. In 1977, he was hired as an assistant coach at Golden Gate College (now Golden Gate University) in San Francisco.
Contract
Pete Carroll is in the final year of his contract with the Seattle Seahawks. He is scheduled to make $11 million in 2019, which is the highest coaching salary in the NFL. Carroll has a career record of 154-90-1, and has led the Seahawks to nine playoff appearances, six NFC West titles, and one Super Bowl victory.
Salary
Pete Carroll is the highest paid coach in the NFL. He is currently signed to a five-year, $35 million contract with the Seattle Seahawks. This makes him the highest-paid coach in the league, ahead of other well-paid coaches like Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots and Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints.
Jon Gruden
Jon Gruden is currently the highest paid coach in the NFL, making an annual salary of $10 million. He is also the head coach of the Oakland Raiders, a position he has held since 2018. Gruden has a career record of 95-81, and has led the Raiders to a playoff berth in his first season with the team.
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders Head Coach is the highest paid coach in the NFL as of 2019. He is set to make $10 million per year with a potential for up to $100 million through 2025.
Contract
In January 2018, the Raiders gave Gruden a 10-year contract worth $100 million, making him the highest-paid coach in NFL history. Prior to his return to coaching, he had been serving as an analyst for ESPN’s Monday Night Football.
Salary
As of the 2020 season, Jon Gruden is the highest paid coach in the NFL, with an annual salary of $10 million. He is followed by Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks, who makes $9 million per year. Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots rounds out the top three, with an annual salary of $7.5 million.
Sean McVay
Sean McVay is the current head coach of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He is the youngest head coach in NFL history, aged 30 when hired in 2017. He has helped lead the Rams to two consecutive NFC West championships, two playoff appearances, and one Super Bowl appearance. In 2019, he was named the NFL Coach of the Year.
Los Angeles Rams
Sean McVay (born January 24, 1986) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He was hired on January 12, 2017, at age 30, making him the youngest head coach in modern NFL history. McVay played collegiate football as a wide receiver and special teams player at Miami University from 2004 to 2007.
In 2008, he began his coaching career as an assistant wide receivers coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He then became the offensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins in 2014. Under head coach Jay Gruden, the Redskins made the playoffs in 2015 and 2016. After head coach Jeff Fisher was fired by the Rams during their 2016 season, McVay was hired as his replacement. In his first season as an NFL head coach in 2017, he led the Rams to their first winning record since 2003 and their first playoff appearance since 2004. The Rams improved to 11–5 in 2018 and won division titles in both 2018 and 2019.
Contract
McVay and the Rams agreed to a five-year contract extension in 2019 that keeps him with the team through the 2023 season. The extension is worth $175 million, making him the highest-paid coach in NFL history.
Salary
As of 2019, Sean McVay’s salary is $10 million per year, which makes him the highest paid coach in the NFL.
McVay’s record as a head coach is impressive. In his first two seasons, he led the Rams to a combined record of 24-8. In 2018, the Rams went 13-3 and made it to the Super Bowl.
Doug Pederson
The Philadelphia Eagles coach is the NFL’s highest-paid coach, with an annual salary of $7.5 million.
Philadelphia Eagles
Doug Pederson is the current head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. He was hired on January 18, 2016, to replace Chip Kelly. Prior to his hiring as head coach of the Eagles, he served as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2013 to 2015. He also played quarterback in the NFL for 11 seasons.
In his first season as head coach of the Eagles, Pederson led the team to a 7-9 record. In his second season, he led the team to a 13-3 record and a trip to Super Bowl LII, where they lost to the New England Patriots. In his third season, he led the team to a 9-7 record and missed the playoffs.
In 2019, Pederson signed a five-year contract extension with the Eagles that made him one of the highest paid coaches in the NFL.
Contract
In 2019, Doug Pederson became the highest-paid coach in the NFL when he signed a five-year contract extension with the Philadelphia Eagles. The deal is worth $50 million, with $1 million in annual escalators. Pederson’s total compensation is higher than that of New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who is the league’s second highest-paid coach.
Prior to his extension, Pederson was set to enter the 2019 season as the eighth highest-paid coach in the NFL. His contract placed him behind coaches such as Sean McVay, Jon Gruden, Pete Carroll, and Belichick. The extension put him ahead of all of those coaches, as well as others like Mike Tomlin, Dan Quinn, and John Harbaugh.
Salary
In 2019, Doug Pederson will earn a base salary of $4 million and a roster bonus of $500,000, while carrying a cap hit of $5.5 million and a dead cap value of $3 million.