BEN BOLCH, RYAN KARTJE, THUC NHI NGUYEN (LAT)
1. Arizona — Kevin Sumlin
Year at school, record: Third year, 9-15
2. Arizona State — Herm Edwards
2020 salary: $3.5 million
Year at school, record: Third, 15-11
3. California — Justin Wilcox
2020 salary: $3.05 million
Year at school, record: Fourth, 20-18
4. Colorado — Karl Dorrell
2020 salary: $3.2 million
Year at school, record: First
5. Oregon — Mario Cristobal
2020 salary: $2.7 million
Year at school, record: Third, 21-7
6. Oregon State — Jonathan Smith
2020 salary: $2.4 million
Year at school, record: Third, 7-17
7. Stanford — David Shaw
Coach: David Shaw
2019 salary: $4.61 million
Year at school, record: Tenth, 86-34
8. UCLA — Chip Kelly
2020 salary: $4.3 million
Year at school, record: Third, 7-17
9. USC — Clay Helton
2018 Salary: $4.5 million
Year at school, record: Fifth, 40-22
Coaching resume: Seen as the safe choice to steady the Trojans after the rocky tenures of Lane Kiffin and Steve Sarkisian, Helton was hired as the permanent coach in November 2015 after going 5-2 on an interim basis. Helton also had the strong support of the players he had nurtured in a variety of roles at the school after arriving in 2010 as quarterbacks coach and rising to offensive coordinator.
2019 fiscal year athletic department revenue: $118.6 million
Fast fact: A buyout that’s believed to be in excess of $20 million may explain why Helton has been granted more lives than Bruce Willis in “Die Hard.” He’s gone 13-12 over the last two seasons, not exactly the return that then-athletic director Lynn Swann expected in February 2018 when he lavished a more than 40% raise upon Helton as part of a contract extension lasting through the 2023 season. Swann was gone by the fall of 2019 after resigning amid a hail of criticism, but Helton has remained a campus fixture.
10. Utah — Kyle Whittingham
2020 salary: $4 million
Year at school, record: 16th, 131-64
11. Washington — Jimmy Lake
2020 salary: $3 million
Year at school, record: First
12. Washington State — Nick Rolovich
2020 salary: $3 million
Year at school, record: First
latimes.com
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