$11.125 million
Compensation next season for Alabama football coach Nick Saban under an extension that includes a $4 million signing bonus approved Tuesday. Altogether, the deal running through Jan. 31, 2025, is scheduled to pay Saban $65 million. The $11.125 million for this season will be, by far, the greatest amount paid to a college athletics coach since USA TODAY Sports began tracking compensation of football and men’s basketball coaches in 2006.