UW's Mike Hopkins ranks seventh among the Pac-12's highest-paid coaching with six-year deal that pays him $1.8M annually.

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Washington men’s basketball coach Mike Hopkins ranks seventh among the highest-paid coaches in the Pac-12, according to an annual list of NCAA coaching salaries published by USA Today.

Arizona’s Sean Miller tops the list at $4 million followed by Utah’s Larry Krystowiak, who receives $3.4 million annually.

Last year, Hopkins signed a six-year, $12.3 million deal that pays him $1.8 million in his first year and an additional $100,000 in each subsequent year.

Here’s a look at the Pac-12 coaching salaries. (USC and Stanford are private institutions and not included in this report.)

School                         Name                           Pay
1. (6) Arizona                 Sean Miller                  $4,054,853
2. (8) Utah                     Larry Krystowiak        $3,390,000
3. (22) Oregon              Dana Altman               $2,700,000
4. (23) UCLA                 Steve Alford                $2,604,000
5. (44) Arizona State   Bobby Hurley             $2,105,000
6. (48) Oregon State    Wayne Tinkle              $1,966,688
7. (52) Washington      Mike Hopkins             $1,800,004
8. (61) Colorado           Tad Boyle                    $1,420,183
9. (62) Washington St. Ernie Kent                  $1,400,000
10. (65) California          Wyking Jones            $1,142,500

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Note: Pac-12 rank and national rank in parenthesis.

Percy Allen: 206-464-2278 or pallen@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @percyallen. Seattle Times staff reporter Percy Allen covers the Washington Huskies and Seattle Storm.