Football coaches perform multiple task and in Eastern Oklahoma they have been become a major part in their schools success in many ways.

Union’s Kirk Fridrich is the highest-paid coach in the Tulsa area and is believed to be the highest-paid in the state. Fridrich’s current total compensation amounts to $172,052 (compared to his 2022-23 overall package of $159,614).

Coaches in the $100,000 group include:

• Bixby nine-time champion Loren Montgomery ($139,839)

• Muskogee’s Travis Hill ($123,670)

• Wagoner’s Dale Condict ($123,529)

• McAlester’s Forrest Mazey ($122,211)

• Sand Springs’ Bobby Klinck ($112,184)

• Bartlesville’s Harry Wright ($107,268)

• First-year Owasso coach Antonio Graham ($106,588)

• Stillwater’s Chad Cawood ($106,372) * Broken Arrow’s Josh Blankenship ($156,761) * Jenks’ Keith Riggs ($150,885)