Where do Alabama, Auburn assistant coaches rank among highest-paid in SEC, FBS?

Alabama defensive coordinator Kane Wommack is the seventh-highest paid assistant coach in the SEC and 19th highest-paid in the country, according to USA Today’s annual database published this week.

Wommack is set to earn $1.55 million in his first season with the Crimson Tide, whom he joined after a three-year stint as head coach at South Alabama. The 37-year-old Wommack nearly doubled his salary in leaving Mobile from Tuscaloosa.

LSU’s defensive coordinator Blake Baker leads all assistant coaches in the SEC and nationally with a salary of $2.5 million per year. Ole Miss defensive coordinator Pete Golding — formerly of Alabama — is fourth nationally and second in the SEC at $2.15 million.

Alabama offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan ranks 35th nationally with a salary of $1.35 million. Other SEC assistant coaches ahead of Wommack on the list are Georgia defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann ($2.03 million), Texas defensive coordinator Peter Kwiatkowski ($1.8 million), Kentucky defensive coordinator Brad White ($1.75 million), Ole Miss offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. ($1.65 million) and Texas A&M offensive coordinator Collin Klein ($1.6 million).

Auburn Tigers offensive coordinator DJ Durkin on the sidelines during an SEC game between the Auburn Tigers and Missouri Tigers on October 19, 2024 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, MO. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire)Getty Images

Auburn’s highest-paid assistant is defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin, who earned $1.2 million (46th nationally). Offensive coordinator Derrick Nix is well down the list at $800,000, which is 127th nationally.

USA Today also released a list of the highest-paid strength & conditioning coaches in the country, with Alabama director of sports performance David Ballou ranking second behind only Oklahoma State’s Rob Glass. Ballou is set to earn $950,000 this year, Glass $1.1 million.

Auburn strength coach Dominic Studzinski — who, ironically, is Wommack’s brother-in-law — ranks 27th in the country at $475,000 per year.

Here are the salaries of the Alabama and Auburn on-field staffs, and where they rank nationally:

ALABAMA

Coach Position Salary Rank
Kane Wommack DC/ILB $1.55M 19
Nick Sheridan OC/QB $1.3M 35
JaMarcus Shepherd AHC/co-OC/WR $1.1M 59
Freddie Roach AHC/DL $1M 74
Chris Kapilovich OL $875K 102
Maurice Linguist co-DC/CB $875K 103
Robert Gillespie co-DC/RB $850K 115
Colin Hitschler SAF $675K 177
Christian Robinson OLB $650K 192
Bryan Ellis TE $550K 253

AUBURN

Coach Position Salary Rank
D.J. Durkin DC/LB $1.2M 46
Charles Kelly co-DC/SAF $875K 101
Derrick Nix OC/RB $800K 127
Wesley McGriff CB $650K 187
Jake Thornton OL $650K 193
Josh Aldridge EDGE $500K 303
Vontrell King-Williams DT $500K 310
Ben Aigamaua TE $450K 341
Marcus Davis WR $450K 350
Kent Austin QB $400K 400