Dollars are common in American sports.
Per StatistaIn 2023, the NFL generated total revenue of $20.24 billion across all 32 teams, the highest ever and an increase of nearly $2 billion over the previous year.
The average NFL franchise is worth around $5.6 billion in 2024, with the value at $10 billion sitting on top of the mountain.
The isn't too far back.
The association reportedly generated $11.34 billion in revenue for the 2023-24 season, an increase of over $700 million from the previous year.
Average revenue per franchise was $377.97 million for the 2023-24 season, over $20 million more than the previous year and more than double the amount from a decade earlier.
Per ForbesThe are the most valuable team for the third year in a row, worth $8.8 billion – twice the league average.
It's one thing to make it as a player, but to make it as a head coach is another.
There are only 30 and 32 head coaching positions in the NBA and NFL, respectively, making them the most coveted jobs in the world.
This makes them, unsurprisingly, extremely lucrative roles, and it's no surprise that the top ten highest-paid coaches in US sports for 2024 are dominated by NBA and nfl icons and champions.
Accordingly Sportico, Head boss is the highest paid professional coach in the country.
His Chiefs currently have an unprecedented offer Three goals and the 66-year-old was rewarded this offseason with a five-year contract extension worth around $100 million.
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With his salary of $20 million, Big Red is in second place ahead of a more surprising name.
gave Sean Payton the keys to the organization when they lured him out of retirement in January 2023. A salary this year of $18 million in average annual value (AAV) likely helped make the deal smooth.
Third place goes to Warriors guru Steve Kerr, who also led Team USA to gold in men's basketball at the Paris Olympics.
Kerr is a nine-time NBA champion and has won five titles as a player (three with 'S and two with the San Antonio Spurs) and four as head coach of the Warriors.
The 59-year-old former sharpshooter is the highest-paid coach in the NBA this season, earning a cool $17.5 million.
His old mentor Gregg Popovich is fourth on the list.
Coach Pop has been a member of the Spurs organization since 1994, serving as President of Basketball Operations and General Manager before taking over as coach in 1996.
The 75-year-old is the longest-serving active coach in the NBA and all other major sports leagues in the United States and has the most wins of any coach in NBA history.
He is one of only five coaches in NBA history to win five or more NBA titles, and San Antonio is paying him $17 million for the 2024-25 NBA season.
The ubiquitous Mike Tomlin – arguably the nfl coach of the year for 12 weeks – is fifth on the list at $16 million per season.
The Super Bowl XLIII champion is joined by a new one Head coach who may not have a Lombardi Trophy, but signed a five-year contract with the Bolts after winning one Last season I won the national title with Michigan.
There is a three-way tie for seventh place on the list. NBA championship-winning head coaches Erik Spoelstra and Tyronn Lue are there offensive mastermind to make $15 million per season.
Coach Spo (Miami Heat) and Ty Lue (Los Angeles Clippers) have two different things in common: They both make $15 million per season and all of their titles are thanks to them .
“King James” won two chips with Spoelstra's Heat in 2012 and 2013 and presented Lue with his first and only ring as head coach when he was a member of the 2016 .
HC Kyle Shanahan, beaten in two Super Bowls (LIV and LVIII) by Reid's Chiefs, rounds out the top ten highest-paid coaches in the US at $14 million per season.
