OT: the coaching carousel begins (Houston gives Herman a big raise)

A lot of big jobs are opening up and Houston is doing its best to retain Jim Tom Herman:

Houston announces it's raising Tom Herman's salary to $3M a year. Serious bid to hang on to him.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 20, 2015

That's not enough to prevent someone like Virginia Tech from making a run at him, but it makes him the highest paid coach outside of the Power 5 + Notre Dame... by a lot. It will take a big offer from a big-time school to dislodge him. Still, odds are probably pretty good that he'll be a finalist somewhere this year.

Here's a useful list of the highest-paid coaches: http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/