Head coaches of Wabash Valley College's men’s teams earn an average of $46,813 annually – the 50th highest average salary in the state – according to an SE Illinois News analysis of federal education data.
The analysis found that the university had the equivalent of 1.93 full-time head coaches on staff for its men’s teams. The school has the highest level of head coaches’ pay within Southeast Illinois.
The U.S. Department of Education’s office of postsecondary education collects athletics data annually from all institutions with intercollegiate athletics programs that receive funding through federal financial aid programs. Data for 2016 – the latest year available – includes more than 2,000 schools nationwide.
A total of 97 universities and colleges in Illinois paid salaries to men’s head coaches in 2016.
What Illinois colleges pay men’s head coaches
| School | Division | Total Undergraduates | Men's Team Average Annual Institutional Salary per FTE | Men's Team Number of FTEs Included in Average |
| Northwestern University | NCAA Division I-FBS | 8,249 | $824,724 | 8.5 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | NCAA Division I-FBS | 32,126 | $740,045 | 8 |
| DePaul University | NCAA Division I without football | 13,126 | $422,068 | 4.5 |
| Bradley University | NCAA Division I without football | 4,278 | $272,144 | 4.5 |
| Illinois State University | NCAA Division I-FCS | 17,420 | $197,184 | 5.5 |
| Northern Illinois University | NCAA Division I-FBS | 12,323 | $195,957 | 7 |
| Loyola University Chicago | NCAA Division I without football | 10,261 | $166,621 | 4 |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | NCAA Division I without football | 16,408 | $124,683 | 6 |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | NCAA Division I-FCS | 10,509 | $114,651 | 5.89 |
| Western Illinois University | NCAA Division I-FCS | 7,482 | $105,676 | 4.69 |
| Eastern Illinois University | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,117 | $94,044 | 6 |
| Augustana College | NCAA Division III with football | 2,514 | $84,365 | 6.03 |
| Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | NCAA Division I without football | 9,883 | $84,177 | 5.5 |
| University of Chicago | NCAA Division III with football | 5,956 | $78,780 | 6.5 |
| North Central College | NCAA Division III with football | 2,534 | $73,480 | 6 |
| North Park University | NCAA Division III with football | 1,884 | $72,486 | 4.25 |
| Wheaton College | NCAA Division III with football | 2,400 | $71,173 | 6.55 |
| Black Hawk College | NJCAA Division II | 1,909 | $69,477 | 0.56 |
| Robert Morris University Illinois | NAIA Division II | 2,253 | $69,381 | 7.51 |
| Lewis University | NCAA Division II without football | 3,741 | $66,467 | 6.5 |
| Aurora University | NCAA Division III with football | 3,302 | $65,409 | 6.78 |
| Prairie State College | NJCAA Division II | 1,400 | $63,500 | 0.4 |
| McKendree University | NCAA Division II with football | 1,820 | $63,241 | 7.63 |
| Olivet Nazarene University | NAIA Division II | 3,019 | $62,411 | 4.34 |
| Concordia University-Chicago | NCAA Division III with football | 1,355 | $61,570 | 6.25 |
| Lake Forest College | NCAA Division III with football | 1,502 | $60,583 | 4.06 |
| Saint Xavier University | NAIA Division II | 2,599 | $59,625 | 5.75 |
| Triton College | Other | 3,107 | $59,600 | 0.5 |
| John A Logan College | NJCAA Division I | 1,899 | $59,095 | 1.65 |
| Trinity International University-Illinois | NAIA Division I | 631 | $58,303 | 3 |
| Dominican University | NCAA Division III without football | 2,101 | $57,052 | 2.15 |
| College of DuPage | NJCAA Division III | 6,335 | $56,263 | 2.12 |
| Moody Bible Institute | NCCAA Division II | 2,275 | $56,090 | 0.78 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | NJCAA Division I | 2,420 | $56,000 | 0.6 |
| Millikin University | NCAA Division III with football | 1,796 | $55,853 | 7 |
| University of St Francis | NAIA Division II | 1,320 | $55,386 | 4.82 |
| Olney Central College | NJCAA Division I | 479 | $55,193 | 1.5 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | NCAA Division III with football | 1,760 | $54,798 | 6.45 |
| Illinois College | NCAA Division III with football | 949 | $54,607 | 5.25 |
| Benedictine University | NCAA Division III with football | 2,687 | $52,351 | 8.25 |
| Illinois Central College | NJCAA Division II | 3,082 | $51,801 | 1.63 |
| Kankakee Community College | NJCAA Division II | 1,064 | $51,157 | 0.69 |
| Morton College | NJCAA Division II | 1,253 | $50,422 | 0.55 |
| Governors State University | NAIA Division II | 1,923 | $50,001 | 1 |
| Elmhurst College | NCAA Division III with football | 2,682 | $49,887 | 8.5 |
| Roosevelt University | NAIA Division II | 2,250 | $49,518 | 4.76 |
| University of Illinois at Springfield | NCAA Division II without football | 1,896 | $49,409 | 4.5 |
| Illinois Institute of
Technology | NCAA Division III without football | 2,709 | $48,209 | 4.75 |
| Lewis and Clark
Community College | NJCAA Division I | 1,731 | $47,680 | 2.25 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College | NJCAA Division I | 1,599 | $46,897 | 0.58 |
| Wabash Valley College | NJCAA Division I | 464 | $46,813 | 1.93 |
| Quincy University | NCAA Division II with football | 1,035 | $46,465 | 5.56 |
| Judson University | NAIA Division I | 786 | $46,240 | 4.25 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College | NJCAA Division I | 1,901 | $46,200 | 0.5 |
| MacMurray College | NCAA Division III with football | 531 | $45,884 | 3.9 |
| Trinity Christian College | NAIA Division II | 903 | $45,547 | 2.7 |
| Monmouth College | NCAA Division III with football | 1,124 | $44,687 | 7.36 |
| Lincoln Trail College | NJCAA Division I | 386 | $44,459 | 2.12 |
| Knox College | NCAA Division III with football | 1,325 | $43,551 | 6 |
| Southwestern Illinois
College | NJCAA Division I | 3,860 | $43,300 | 0.75 |
| Lincoln College | NJCAA Division III | 727 | $42,770 | 4.5 |
| Rockford University | NCAA Division III with football | 909 | $42,340 | 4.5 |
| Eureka College | NCAA Division III with football | 644 | $41,972 | 2.72 |
| Blackburn College | NCAA Division III without football | 569 | $41,723 | 3.5 |
| Shawnee Community
College | NJCAA Division I | 739 | $41,368 | 0.5 |
| Chicago State University | NCAA Division I without football | 1,464 | $40,564 | 4.25 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College | NJCAA Division I | 1,570 | $40,000 | 0.58 |
| Danville Area Community College | NJCAA Division II | 973 | $39,000 | 0.5 |
| Moraine Valley Community College | NJCAA Division II | 6,186 | $38,653 | 0.9 |
| Heartland Community College | NJCAA Division II | 2,107 | $37,748 | 0.66 |
| Greenville College | NCAA Division III with football | 913 | $35,747 | 5.72 |
| Lincoln Land Community College | NJCAA Division II | 2,269 | $35,145 | 1.19 |
| South Suburban College | NJCAA Division II | 1,328 | $34,884 | 1.29 |
| Lake Land College | NJCAA Division I | 2,261 | $34,115 | 0.52 |
| Kaskaskia College | NJCAA Division I | 1,233 | $33,560 | 1.82 |
| Oakton Community College | NJCAA Division II | 2,596 | $33,546 | 2.21 |
| Rock Valley College | NJCAA Division III | 2,999 | $33,333 | 0.63 |
| William Rainey Harper College | NJCAA Division III | 4,331 | $32,569 | 1.28 |
| Southeastern Illinois College | NJCAA Division I | 457 | $32,467 | 0.3 |
| Highland Community
College | NJCAA Division I | 823 | $32,291 | 0.55 |
| Parkland College | NJCAA Division II | 2,978 | $31,113 | 1.57 |
| Spoon River College | NJCAA Division II | 727 | $30,303 | 0.33 |
| John Wood Community College | NJCAA Division II | 965 | $29,545 | 0.66 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College | NJCAA Division II | 3,149 | $28,800 | 0.5 |
| Sauk Valley Community College | NJCAA Division I | 792 | $28,133 | 1.09 |
| Rend Lake College | NJCAA Division I | 1,135 | $26,744 | 0.86 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College | NJCAA Division II | 781 | $26,294 | 1 |
| Waubonsee Community College | NJCAA Division II | 3,101 | $25,173 | 1.5 |
| Kishwaukee College | NJCAA Division II | 1,570 | $22,988 | 0.96 |
| Lincoln Christian University | NAIA Division II | 357 | $21,875 | 0.96 |
| McHenry County College | NJCAA Division II | 1,944 | $20,848 | 1.32 |
| College of Lake County | NJCAA Division II | 3,808 | $20,719 | 1.62 |
| Frontier Community College | NJCAA Division I | 257 | $19,435 | 0.48 |
| Elgin Community College | NJCAA Division III | 3,008 | $19,285 | 1.56 |
| Joliet Junior College | NJCAA Division III | 4,988 | $17,176 | 2.54 |
| Illinois Valley Community College | NJCAA Division II | 1,256 | $17,136 | 1.47 |
| Carl Sandburg College | NJCAA Division II | 929 | $17,130 | 1.88 |
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