These are college football's 10 highest-paid head coaches heading into the 2025 season after Colorado gave Deion Sanders an extension.

Sanders enters his third year at Colorado after spending the first three seasons of his collegiate coaching career at Jackson State. The Buffaloes improved to 9-4 in 2024 -- their first winning record in a full 12-game season since 2016 -- and pushed for an appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game with a 7-2 effort in conference play.

Two years after shocking the college football world, Deion Sanders does it again. The Hall-of-Famer signed a 5-year, $54 million extension with Colorado on Friday. A deal making him one of the highest paid coaches in college football.