With the report coming out Wednesday night of Liberty prepared to make Hugh Freeze one of the top paid Group of Five coaches, we put together a list of the top 10 G5 coaches for the 2019 season.
Reported salary information gathered from USA Today.
$5 million
$3.7 million
$2.66 million
$2.316 million
$2.3 million
$2.3 million
$2.137 million
$1.865 million
$1.8 million
$1.75 million
Charlie Strong
Dana Holgorsen
Mike Norvell
Ken Niumatalolo
Luke Fickell
Josh Heupel
Craig Bohl
Seth Littrell
Mike Bobo
Bryan Harsin
South Florida
Houston
Memphis
Navy
Cincinnati
Central Florida
Wyoming
North Texas
Colorado State
Boise State
AAC
AAC
AAC
AAC
AAC
AAC
MWC
CUSA
MWC
MWC
As a private institution, Liberty is not required to disclose Freeze’s current salary. Prior to his retirement last December, previous Liberty head coach Turner Gill was reportedly making an annual salary of $947,281. It is expected that Freeze is making more than that from his original 5-year contract signed last year.
Freeze has been mentioned as a possible replacement at several Power Five openings including Florida State, Arkansas, and Missouri.
Note: Charlie Strong was fired and Mike Bobo resigned after the 2019 season.
