At the time of his death, Bobby Bowden, an American college football coach, had a net worth of $14 million.
Bowden gained fame as the football coach for Florida State.
Bobby’s coaching career at Florida State lasted from 1976 to 2009, during which time he was paid $37,500 per year.
In the early 1980s, he was earning $140,000 annually.
After factoring in inflation, the current equivalent is approximately $400,000, and Bobby was the first college coach to earn $1 million annually.
That was achieved by him in 1995.
Bowden had made $2 million a year by the end of his tenure at Florida State.
He was frequently the most highly compensated public servant of Florida during that period.