According to the USA TODAY database, Smart makes almost $13.3 million per year. More: Where Ohio State's Ryan Day ranks among highest-paid college football coaches in 2024 Day made just over $10 million last year.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day is now the second-highest paid coach in college football behind Georgia's Kirby Smart after paying off his first national championship with a new contract. Day's new seven-year deal,

Weeks after winning the national championship with a historic run through the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff, Ohio State's Ryan Day is now one of the nation's highest-paid coaches.

Ryan Day and Ohio State have reached agreement on a seven-year contract that will make Day the second-highest paid coach in college football.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football is giving coach Ryan Day a contract extension, pending an approval by the university’s board of trustees. The new deal adds three years to his current agreement, extending him through the 2031 season.

After leading Ohio State to the national title, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day has agreed to a new contract that is set to make him the country's second-highest-paid head coach.

Ryan Day's new Ohio State contract will make him college football's second-highest-paid coach behind Kirby Smart.

Ohio State's Ryan Day has earned a contract extension and a raise. Here's where his salary ranks among the highest-paid coaches in college football.

The Buckeyes beat Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame to win the first 12-team college football playoff last month.

Ryan Day’s contract extension at Ohio State would make him the second-highest-paid football coach in the country behind Georgia’s Kirby Smart.

Even after a national championship for Ohio State, we still haven't learned: Ryan Day makes the Buckeyes go -- not overpriced coordinators.