LSU Tigers break the bank to make their best head coach the highest-paid in his sport

Johnson will become the highest-paid college baseball coach in the country with a deal that now tops $3 million annually and runs through the 2032 season. In total, he is set to make $23.45 million before bonuses over the next seven years. -- Wilson Alexander, nola.com

Johnson grabs the prestigious title away from Tennessee Volunteers HC Tony Vitello, who was previously the highest-paid baseball HC in the country.

Where some other top SEC coaches stand

The SEC is obviously the titan of college baseball. Consistently, the conference stands tallest when it comes to participants in the College World Series. For LSU, they're fresh off the national title, and an SEC team has won the CWS six years in a row. They've won seven of the past eight, overall.

With that, how do some of the most proven and impressive coaches stand when it comes to salary?

Only four head coaches in college baseball are making more than $2 million annually, according to Kendall Rogers. LSU's Jay Johnson, Tony Vitello at Tennessee, new Mississippi State HC Brian O'Connor, and Texas' Jim Schlossnagle are the only guys who have hit that level when it comes to compensation.

It remains to be seen if a couple of those coaches can garner a national title at their newest landing spots (O'Connor/Schlossnagle), but those are both veteran leaders who have a long track history of winning. For O'Connor, he has had an incredibly strong offseason in his first attempt in Starkville.

Johnson's deal rewards him in a major way. but he deserves every bit of that respect. He's one of the top recruiters and overall baseball minds in the sport. I would expect him to reside in Louisiana for quite some time.