According to Stanford’s 2017 Tax return, they paid him $3,740,329 + deferred compensation of $571,214. Not certain if he get funds from radio or tv items.
If you want to see what some coaches make at private schools, you can go to Guidestar.org, and view their taxes returns. They have to post the top 5 highest paid employees.
Except that every Kiffin job is filled with controversy and with a bad ending. Not sure that Arkansas can risk another ugly Petrino type departure. You would think that Kiffin would be on his best behavior while at AL, but again history repeats. Hopefully Kiffin has matured, but his issues that follow him may be due to character.