The cost of competing at the top of college football continues to climb. As programs invest heavily in stability and success, another round of contract adjustments has reshaped the landscape of the sport’s highest-paid head coaches. A year ago, Florida State’s Mike Norvell was slated to make just over $10M, which was part of a massive contract extension signed following a perfect 13-0 regular season in 2023 that saw multiple college football blue bloods knocking on his door. Norvell’s new eight-figure salary following 2023 placed him in the upper echelon of the highest-paid coaches in college football, but with another wave of carousel fires and hires throughout a turbulent 2026 landscape, the seventh-year head coach now finds himself shy of the nation's top 10. Mike Norvell Falls Out of Top 10 in Coaching Salaries Florida State head coach Mike Norvell leads practice Thursday, April 9, 2026.…