14) Travis Ford, Oklahoma State University ($2,450,000)

Travis Ford is the men’s basketball team head coach at the Oklahoma State University. He had only reached the NCAA tournament once in eight seasons as a division I coach before taking the job of head coach at Oklahoma State in 2008.

13) Jay Wright, Villanova University ($2,489,332)

Jay Wright is currently the men’s basketball team coach at Villanova University. He led Team USA to a gold medal at the 2005 University Games as head coach. His first coaching jobs was as an assistant for  Villanova coach Rollie Massimino for several seasons.