USC could have taken a step again in Lincoln Riley’s second season, however the coach remained comfortably among the many high rung of school soccer’s highest-paid coaches in 2023.
USC paid Riley greater than $11.5 million in reportable compensation in 2023, based on the varsity’s newest federal tax returns, obtained by The Occasions. His $10.2 million in base compensation ranked No. 4 nationally in 2023.
Of the $11.5 million credited by the varsity to Riley, $100,000 is listed below bonus and incentive compensation and $1.15 million is categorized as different reportable compensation.
Maybe that felt like a cut price to USC in comparison with the earlier yr, when it shelled out almost $20 million in reportable compensation to land Riley, $4.5 million of which was used to pay his buyout on the College of Oklahoma.
USC discovered itself paying a distinct buyout in 2023, this time for its new athletic director.
When Jennifer Cohen took the job main USC’s athletic division in August 2023, the varsity needed to pay to get her out of her contract with the College of Washington. The college’s federal tax returns credit score Cohen with over $3 million in reportable compensation, however the buyout, which was reportedly $1 million, was included in that complete. Cohen is listed as making $687,185 in base compensation, in addition to $200,000 in bonuses and incentives. The college reported $2.11 million in different reportable compensation to Cohen, nearly half of which might presumably cowl the buyout.
USC credited males’s basketball coach Andy Enfield with $4.6 million in compensation throughout 2023, his final season as coach, whereas college president Carol Folt was second solely to her soccer coach in compensation, with a reported payday of almost $5 million — lower than half of what Riley was paid in 2023.
Riley isn’t the one soccer coach on the time being paid handsomely by the college. USC paid former coach Clay Helton $4.25 million in 2023, regardless of having fired him in September 2021. USC paid Helton greater than $9.1 million to Helton in 2022 and 2023 when he wasn’t teaching on the faculty.
