MONEY TALKS

A school-by-school comparison of combined salaries of Big Ten football and men's basketball head coaches:

Ohio State

($7.4 million)

• Urban Meyer, $4.3 million

• Thad Matta, $3.1 million

Michigan State

(5.424 million)

• Mark Dantonio, $1.934 million

• Tom Izzo, $3.49 million

Iowa

($5.135 million)

• Kirk Ferentz, $3.835 million

• Fran McCaffery, $1.3 million

Michigan

($4.846 million)

• Brady Hoke, $3.046 million

• John Beilein, $1.8 million

Indiana

($4.42 million)

• Kevin Wilson, $1.26 million

• Tom Crean, $3.16 million

Purdue

($4.3 million)

• Darrell Hazell, $2 million

• Matt Painter, $2.3 million

Nebraska

($4.275 million)

• Bo Pelini, $2.875 million

• Tim Miles, $1.4 million

Wisconsin

($3.91 million)

• Gary Andersen, $1.8 million

• Bo Ryan, $2.11 million

Illinois

($3.2 million)

• Tim Beckman, $1.6 million

• John Groce, $1.6 million

Minnesota

($2.4 million)

• Jerry Kill, $1.2 million

• Richard Pitino, $1.2 million

• Northwestern and Penn State salaries are not disclosed.

• Sources: USA Today, Des Moines Register, Wisconsin State Journal