Big Ten strength coaches
Big Ten strength coaches tend to move around less often than assistants do while commanding impressive salaries for their work. Here’s the list of league head strength coaches, their salary, and when they began at the school.
A * denotes a strength coach whose employment either predated the current head coach at the school or started in the same year as the head coach.
Ohio State Mickey Mariotti 2012 $735,000*
Iowa Chris Doyle 1999 $725,000*
Michigan Ben Herbert 2019 $500,000
Nebraska Zach Duval 2018 $375,000*
Wisconsin Ross Kolodziej 2015 $350,000*
Illinois Lou Hernandez 2019 $300,000
Michigan State Ken Mannie 1995 $278,598*
Minnesota Dan Nichol 2017 $270,000*
Maryland Ryan Davis 2019 $255,000*
Indiana David Ballou 2018 $216,000
Purdue Justin Lovett 2017 $210,000*
Rutgers Kenny Parker 2016 $275,834*
Northwestern Jay Hooten 2011 N/A
Penn State Dwight Galt 2014 N/A*