Top 10 head coaches at Illinois

By Jackson Janes, Assistant Sports Editor

No. 1, Lovie Smith: $4,008,000

Football

No. 2, Brad Underwood: $3,408,000

Men’s basketball

No. 3, Nancy Fahey: $573,000

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Women’s basketball

No. 4, Dan Hartleb: $360,000

Baseball

No. 5, Chris Tamas: $358,000

Volleyball

No. 6, Mike Small: $355,288

Men’s gold

No. 7, Jim Heffernan: $190,940

Wrestling

No. 8, Brad Dancer: $185,000

Men’s tennis

No. 9, Mike Turk: $178,000

Track and field

No. 10, Janet Rayfield: $175,000

Soccer