Clemson ranks among the top teams in college football in assistant coach payroll. Here's the full salary list and how much each assistant makes.

▪ Swinney’s trip out to Austin to shadow then-Texas coach Mack Brown in February 2009, entering his first year as Clemson’s full-time head coach at age 39, was “life-changing.” He took his entire staff down and spent hours picking Brown’s brain. He still has seven to nine pages of notes from the visit. “That time was transformational.”

Only half of the 12 teams in the College Football Playoff rank in the top 20 in assistant payroll, including Tennessee. Here's the full salary list.

The combined salary of 10 South Carolina football assistant coaches ranks among the lowest paid in the SEC, according to USA TODAY Sports’ annual analysis of assistant coach compensation. South Carolina sits 11th of 15 teams,