A look at how University of Houston football coaching salaries have escalated during the past decade:
Kevin Sumlin
2010: $1 million
2011: $1.2 million
A first-time head coach, Sumlin also became the first at UH to earn $1 million a year in salary when he signed his new deal in 2010. Sumlin went 35-17 and made two bowl appearances in four seasons. His best season came in 2011, when the Cougars began 12-0 and were in line for a Bowl Championship Series berth. But with one foot out the door — Sumlin’s name was rumored for the Texas A&M job in the days leading up to the Conference USA championship game — the Cougars lost at home to Southern Miss 49-28. A week later, Sumlin was off to College Station.
Tony Levine
2012: $800,000
2013: $800,000
2014: $925,000
Promoted from special teams coordinator on Kevin Sumlin’s staff, Levine had mixed results in three seasons as head coach. UH went 21-17 and made two appearances on Levine’s watch but also suffered embarrassing losses to Texas State and UTSA. Although well liked by his players, Levine’s downfall can be partly blamed on questionable staff hires, which included parting ways with his offensive coordinator just two days into his first season.
Tom Herman
2015: $1.35 million
2016: $2.8 million
Coming off a national championship at Ohio State, Herman was the hottest assistant coach in the nation when the Cougars hired him in 2014. Herman and the H-Town Takeover took the city, AAC and, for a brief moment, the nation by storm during a 13-1 debut season that was capped by an upset of Florida State in the Peach Bowl and No. 8 final ranking. He more than doubled his salary with a new contract that was signed before the AAC championship game. The following year, Cougars pulled off upsets over Oklahoma and Louisville and climbed as high as sixth in the national polls. With a chance to advance to the AAC championship game for the second straight season, Herman’s name surfaced as a candidate for several high-profile jobs (job speculation was a distraction most of the season) and UH lost to Memphis in a 48-44 shootout. The next day Herman accepted the head coaching job at the University of Texas. Love him or hate him (and most UH fans prefer the latter), Herman was an impressive 22-4 in two seasons.
Major Applewhite
2017: $1.5 million
2018: $1.5 million
The offensive coordinator under Herman, Applewhite became the fifth straight first-time head coach hire by the Cougars when he promoted just before the Las Vegas Bowl. Applewhite went 15-11 and made two bowl appearances in two seasons, but his brief tenure was marked by a sideline flap with star defensive tackle Ed Oliver, lopsided losses (his last 70-14 to Army in the Armed Forces Bowl) and poor coordinator hires.
Dana Holgorsen
2019: $3.7 million
After eight seasons at West Virginia, Holgorsen made the almost-unheard-of move from Power Five to Group of Five job. Holgorsen signed the richest deal in school history — 5 years and $20 million — that made him the highest-paid coach from outside the major conferences. He is scheduled to make $4 million, $4.2 million and $4.3 million over the final three seasons of his contract. In Holgorsen’s first season, UH struggled with injuries, inconsistent play and key players opting to redshirt, leading to a 4-8 finish and snapping a six-year bowl streak.
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