Johnson second-highest paid coach in the ACC

USA Today published Wednesday a list of FBS head coaching salaries for the 2010 season. Among the ten ACC schools with data listed, Coach Paul Johnson owns the second-highest salary, with the most lucrative bonus package. Note that, though data for Miami and Boston College is not available, Miami days ago fired its coach, and Boston College is unlikely to be compensating career assistant Frank Spaziani among the league's elite.

ACC head coaching salaries (max bonus in parentheses)

1. Jim Grobe, Wake Forest - 2,939,475 (n/a)
2. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech - 2,300,000 (1,125,000)
3. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech - 2,128,000 (407,500)
4. Ralph Friedgen, Maryland - 2,043,306 (737,232)
5. Jimbo Fisher, Florida St - 1,804,000 (675,000)
6. Mike London, Virginia - 1,780,000 (715,000)
7. Dabo Swinney, Clemson - 1,768,500 (694,792)
8. Butch Davis, North Carolina - 1,752,000 (105,000)
9. David Cutcliffe, Duke - 1,581,903 (n/a)
10. Tom O'Brien, NC State - 1,520,450 (750,000)

Cost per regular season win

1. Tom O'Brien, NC State - 190k
2. Jimbo Fisher, Florida St - 200k
3. Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech - 213k
4. Butch Davis, North Carolina - 250k
5. Ralph Friedgen, Maryland - 255k
6. Dabo Swinney, Clemson - 295k
7. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech - 383k
8. Mike London, Virginia - 445k
9. David Cutcliffe, Duke - 527k
10. Jim Grobe, Wake Forest - 979k

I guess $2,300,000 doesn't go quite as far as it used to? Perhaps we can take some solace in the fact that Johnson will not be earning a good chunk of his outlandish bonus this season.