Mack Brown’s Texas-sized raise

University of Texas football coach Mack Brown, thanks to a permanent $2 million bump in pay, will become the first $5 million man in college sports. Brown’s new salary puts him ahead of the football coaches at the universities of Southern California, Alabama and Florida, as well as the basketball coach at Kentucky. No state money or tuition revenue is used to pay Brown’s salary. He is compensated entirely from money earned by the football program, which is the top revenue producer in the country. The Longhorn football program generated $87.6 million in 2008. That was a record for college football and $20 million more than second-place Ohio State took in last year. – Austin American-Statesman