EAST LANSING — Michigan State’s football coaching payroll ranked fifth in the nation this season thanks in large part to a $2 million retention bonus that kicked in for Mark Dantonio.

Dantonio’s bonus brought his pay to $5.6 million this year, second only to Alabama’s Nick Saban, who made $7.2 million according to a USA Today sports database of head coaching salaries in 2014. - Read more at MLive.com