1.  An hour later, though, Johnson was quite earnest when he said the offers to make him the highest paid coach in pro sports scared him.

2.  He said yesterday there was a clause in his contract that would have kept him as the highest paid coach in the league.

3.  The annual salary would make Milbury one of the highest paid coaches in the National Hockey League.

4.  The two highest performing coaches of the swimmers are automatically chosen, whoever they are.

5.  The size of the contract, confirmed by a team source speaking on condition of anonymity, makes Spurrier the highest paid coach in the NFL.