Detroit Lions' offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is reportedly seeking at least $15 million per year for a head coaching job, according to various sources. This would place him among the highest-paid coaches in the league. The spike in college coaching salaries is expected to impact pro coaching salaries, leading to increased leverage for promising young coaches like Johnson. However, Johnson's agent has disputed the reported asking price, as coaching searches loom.
Lions OC Ben Johnson’s agent pushes back on $15 million salary report as coaching searches loom https://t.co/HHPbSA5Gns https://t.co/3MHv2tHbSJ
The coaching carousel starts to spin in two weeks and two days. Ben Johnson's agent disputed this week a report regarding the Lions offensive coordinator's expected asking price. https://t.co/F0RYJjfnso
Lions OC Ben Johnson’s agent denied the wild reported asking price to become head coach https://t.co/EbqBYlDaCQ
IS BEN WORTH THE BENJAMINS? New Coach Candidate #BenJohnson of #Lions Wants $15M Per Season? 'Rich-Person Problem' in Washington Search? https://t.co/G6sX9WShgA
Detroit Lions OC Ben Johnson not talking job prospects (unless it's talking up a colleague); agent denies $15M asking price https://t.co/OAYhnoPamu via @freep
Ben Johnson is reportedly looking to get PAID to be an NFL head coach. 🤑 https://t.co/FPubj8OS3H https://t.co/ObIgPwDugm
Lions OC Ben Johnson says his asking price is at least $15M/year for a Head Coaching job, per @JosinaAnderson. https://t.co/67P0ljgWm3
Lions OC Ben Johnson is reportedly seeking around $15M/year for a head coaching job, per @JosinaAnderson That $$$ would make Johnson tied for the 3rd highest paid coach in the league. 😳 https://t.co/349TRUGbWG
Ben Johnson's rumored $15M/year asking price would put him in the same neighborhood as Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, Pete Caroll, Sean McVay, and Kyle Shanahan. All those coaches have either won a Super Bowl or at least played in a Super Bowl (Shanahan). https://t.co/rqRB3J0niK
𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗦: #Lions OC Ben Johnson is asking for at least or around $15 million per season to teams looking to hire him as their next head coach, per @JosinaAnderson https://t.co/J6ZPeLTpqK
The spike in college coaching salaries over the last few years means pro coaching salaries are about to go up. (I wrote about this in 2021: https://t.co/O6ga3XP1rv) Johnson is the most promising young OC in the league and there's going to be lots of HC openings. Leverage = $$$ https://t.co/kg2BqMQcan
Josina: Lions OC Ben Johnson seeking $15M per year for HC openings.
I'm told personnel around the league are discussing their awareness that some Owners have been told #Lions OC Ben Johnson's asking price is at least or around $15M/year for a head coach job, per source. https://t.co/uhX3eqsNQR