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Wow :eek: . She is from my city, I wonder if she is looking at any NC schools.
 
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Coach Balcomb's salary is an issue here, why?

I would imagine it is an issue since her performance does not match the salary. Seems like Vandy has over-valued her services. I also wonder if that is some sort of misquote in the article. It is hard to believe they would pay her so much.
 

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Isn't that more than what Geno makes?
Similar straight comp (excluding incentive bonuses) at least for now.

Geno signed a five year deal in 2013 at 1.95M gradually increasing to 2.4M by 2017-18. That includes base salary and various speaking and media fees.

Additionally, Geno's deal includes the following incentive comp:

Auriemma also can earn a variety of bonuses based on the success of his program. He would get a half-month's salary each time he wins a conference regular-season or tournament title; another month's salary for making the NCAA tournament, a month's salary each time he makes the regional semifinals and the Final Four and two-months' salary for a national title.​

Balcomb no doubt has incentive clauses too. If they're like Geno's, she's in little danger of having to find a use for the money.
 

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Clearly Vandy's policy is just a straight equality with the $2.2 million earned by the men's coach. The Commodores did reach the NCAAT in each of Balcomb's first 12 years before falling short this year. Three trips to Sweet 16 games is the best she's done, along with three SECT trophies. Lot of coaches would love to be compensated that way.
 
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Coach Balcomb's salary is an issue here, why?
Because it seems crazy that a not so good coach no one's ever heard of makes the same as a coach who is often mentioned in lists of greatest coaches of all time in any sport.
 

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I'm sure some of the $2.2 Million compensation contains Health Insure, Pension and other costs. It isn't all Salary?
 

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I'm sure some of the $2.2 Million compensation contains Health Insure, Pension and other costs. It isn't all Salary?
You may be right, and probably incentives as well. Vanderbilt's salaries are not "public information" as it is a private school. I would be suspicious, she actually is a fairly decent coach I have always thought, if somewhat afflicted with Jim Foster (whom she replaced) "post season struggle" syndrome, but she ain't worth that.

And a recent article about SEC women's coaches in the public schools showed no one making over 1 Mil.
 
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* The Caron-Goudreau transfers are tall, but represent little more than an esthetic loss, not an athletic, skills loss. Paris Kea, on the other hand, is a ballplayer with loads of potential. I was at the Estero, Fla. tourney in November, and I thought she was easily the best athlete on Vandy, one who made lots of typical freshman mistakes but also showed flashes of great promise. She didn't shoot real well, but she did lead both teams- in turnovers and assists! She should develop into a quality PG and help a big time program, somewhere.
* The coach who formally complained to the NCAA about another coach's innocuous congratulatory phone call to an 8th grader is learning about karma. Good on her.
 

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I'm sure some of the $2.2 Million compensation contains Health Insure, Pension and other costs. It isn't all Salary?
Hard to compare coaches' comp packages and get apples to apples.

Vandy coaches' pay is generally described in the media as salary and benefits, without specifying the benefits. As a private school, however, it files information on its top earners with the IRS as part of its annual tax exempt organization filings (Form 990). These returns are public info.

In 2012 (most recent available), they show (Schedule J, Part II) Balcomb's total package was $2.439M of which about $1.475M was W2 pay. The rest was about $280,000 in bonus or incentives, $11,300 "other," $663,000 deferred comp, and $8,500 nontaxable (health plan premiums?).

Geno's pay is media-described as only about $400,000 in base pay with the rest being media and speaking fees (guaranteed by the University) and incentives. As a state employee, he's entitled to various pension and health plans under the state systems. Haven't looked into it, but there should be more detail available on his pay as a public employee.
 
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