I am still amazed. $3 million a year. That ööööer was coaching freakin' HIGH SCHOOL in 2009. Hell, the longest he was ever at any high school was a 5 year stint. Several were just 2 years and out. One year at Tulsa, 4 years at Clemmons and BAM - one of the highest paid coaches in CFB. DAYUM.
I seem to remember Bill Curry saying he was making in the $40k a year range when he was hired to coach GT. I know that his base salary at Kentucky was just over $100K. Of course, there were incentives, but I don't think they topped him out at any more than $300K - if he even got a lot of incentives with how Kentucky performed under his reign.
Hell, Mark Richt has made tons more money than his fellow Miami Hurricane star QB's. Testeverde, Kosar.