re: How does Miles rank, among the top active coaches in America?

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Compare the overall salary of the coaching staffs combined at each school, then come back and tell me where LSU sits.

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2011 total for staffs were...

Texas 8.8M
Alabama 8.5M
Auburn 7.7M
LSU 7.6M
Okla 6.7M

Interesting, all those schools are on the list the OP posted

Some other stats...

Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, TN all far out-spent LSU on football recruiting...Alabama by 3x

Ten biggest spenders (Athletic Budget)

School
Operating exp. (millions)

Texas
$133.7

Ohio State
$122.3

Michigan
$111.8

Florida
$107.2

Alabama
$105.1

Penn State
$101.3

Auburn
$100.5

Tennessee
$97.6

Wisconsin
$95.6

Oklahoma
$94.4

Top 10 Athletic Recruiting Budgets

1. Tennessee: $2,296,023 (Men’s: $1,878,771/Women’s: $417,252)

2. Auburn: $2,117,645 (Men’s: $1,530,917/Women’s: $586,728)

3. Notre Dame: $2,070,316 (Men’s: $1,612,608/Women’s: $457,708)

4. Alabama: $1,694,202 (Men’s: $1,339,537/Women’s: $354,665)

5. Georgia: $1,540,743 (Men’s: $1,039,220/Women’s: $501,523)

6. Florida: $1,501,899 (Men’s: $1,065,716/Women’s: $436,183)

7. Georgia Tech: $1,489,599 (Men’s: $1,173,904/Women’s: $315,695)

8. Arkansas: $1,480,557 (Men’s: $1,060,500/Women’s: $420,057)

9. Michigan: $1,480,357 (Men’s: $1,039,948/Women’s: $440,409)

10. Texas: $1,470,389 (Men’s: $989,370/Women’s: $481,019)