bcs/non bcs salaries

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Non-BCS Averages

Comparing average salaries among the five non-automatically qualifying Bowl Championship Series Conferences; the MAC, Mountain West Conference; Conference USA; Western Athletic Conference and Sun Belt Conference demonstrates a significant disparity even among the non-qualifying BCS Conferences.

Conference  Average Base  Average Total 

Conference USA  $ 278,386  $ 649,552 

Mountain West Conference    450,324    645,632 

Western Athletic Conference    374,916    546,508 

Sun Belt Conference    230,248    264,503 

Mid-American Conference    224,097    253,281 

Average  $ 311,594  $ 471,895 

Source: USA Today

BCS = Big Bucks

With a larger fan base, the lion's share of BCS funds and large television contracts, the disparity becomes even more significant when comparing coaches' salaries among the BCS conferences:

Conference  Average Base  Average Total 

Southeastern Conference  $ 363,530  $ 1,941,612 

Big 12    529,793    1,516,722 

Atlantic Coast Conference    559,272    1,417,450 

Big Ten    842,640    1,353,763 

PAC 10    697,512    1,311,968 

Big East    846,289    1,184,851 

Average  $ 639,839    $ 1,454,394 

Source: USA Today

Note: The following schools did not provide official salary information:

Brigham Young; Northwestern; Vanderbilt; Tulsa; Boston College; Army; Tulane; Miami (Fla.); Temple; Stanford; Rice