What can your team actually afford?
Power 4 football · revenue sharing · what they can spend · NIL on file.
Updated September 11, 2026
Where does your school rank? UCLA ranks #38 of 68 in annual capacity.
UCLA: NIL budget, collective payout, football revenue, and head coach salary.
The House revenue-share cap is $20.5M in 2025–26 and $21.58M ($21,583,913) in 2026–27. UCLA has paid out about $20.5 million of that (2025–26). That is also the NIL budget figure on this page.
FY2025 football revenue for UCLA is $55,205,071. FY2025 football spending for UCLA is $55,205,071. Revenue is what the program brought in. Spending is what it paid out. They are not added together.
Bob Chesney's pay at UCLA is $5,400,000 as of January 29, 2026. The buyout is an estimated $21,000,000 as of January 1, 2026. Source: Yahoo Sports / California Post (Jan. 29, 2026), quoting Chesney employment agreement.
Tim Harris is CEO and director of athletics at UCLA. UCLA fired athletics director Martin Jarmond on Aug. 31, 2026. Chancellor Julio Frenk appointed Tim Harris CEO and director of athletics, first on a pro bono basis. UCLA Newsroom (Sept. 11, 2026) calls Harris the permanent CEO and director of athletics and says a long-term agreement that would end the pro bono arrangement was not yet final. Harris's compensation is not public. Jarmond's prior salary is not this chair's pay. Sources: UCLA Office of the Chancellor; AP via NBC Sports; UCLA Newsroom.