AAC Football Coaching Salaries, Athletic Budgets & Subsidies - Is UConn Spending Enough on Football?

[huskyinfl]

Buy Diaco as a first time coach did not deserve more than 1.7m. There is no doubt UConn would step up if the coach warranted it. Your data is skewed by the experience of the coaches above Diaco. They have more and are worth more. Diaco is the problem not UConn's willingness to spend. I think he is overpaid.

 

[Jax Husky]

2015 AAC Assistant pay (this is why UConn won't be able to get a good HC no matter what they want to pay for that one position):

Total assistant salary pool (public schools only as of 2015):

1. UCF ($2.75 million)
2. Houston ($2.11 million)
3. Memphis ($2.11 million)
4. Cincinnati (1.95 million)
5. UConn ($1.94 million)
6. USF ($1.73 million)
7. ECU ($1.7 million)

Rk
8 Central Florida AAC Brent Key $1,040,568 -- $1,040,568 $28,381 $2,754,694
76 Houston AAC Todd Orlando $501,000 -- $501,000 $85,170 $2,113,000
129 East Carolina AAC Rick Smith $405,000 $2,500 $407,500 $0 $1,704,800
173 Cincinnati AAC Eddie Gran $370,000 -- $370,000 $37,500 $1,950,000
199 South Florida AAC Tom Allen $350,000 $0 $350,000 $0 $1,739,700
218 Central Florida AAC Chuck Bresnahan $330,000 -- $330,000 $27,500 $2,754,694
247 Memphis AAC Galen Scott $306,000 $0 $306,000 $25,500 $2,114,188
264 Houston AAC Craig Naviar $301,000 -- $301,000 $51,170 $2,113,000
265 Houston AAC Major Applewhite $301,000 -- $301,000 $51,170 $2,113,000
274 Cincinnati AAC Robert Prunty $300,000 -- $300,000 $44,167 $1,950,000
278 Memphis AAC James Shibest $295,896 $0 $295,896 $22,108 $2,114,188
281 Connecticut AAC Anthony Poindexter $292,000 -- $292,000 $44,920 $1,943,130
282 Connecticut AAC Frank Verducci $292,000 -- $292,000 $89,847 $1,943,130

UConn's 2 Coordinators quite likely make less $$ than every coordinator in the league outside of Navy and Tulsa (mayyybee Temple's).

 

[huskyinfl]

Well they are the worst coordinators so technically they are being paid properly.

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

Dooley - I get your point but Herman is an really outlier... he was making $1.45 before his recent donor funded extension this past November after going 13-1.

Houston also siad yesterday that "money will not be the reason Tom Herman leaves UofH, if he does"... Which is insane to me, but they're gonna come up with insane amounts of cash for that guy apparently. He'll still be HC at Texas next season though. Look for Lincoln Riely to be head man at Houston in 2017.

 

[huskymedic]

Houston also siad yesterday that "money will not be the reason Tom Herman leaves UofH, if he does"... Which is insane to me, but they're gonna come up with insane amounts of cash for that guy apparently.

It's easy when you have a billionaire sugar daddy as chairman of the University BOR. That bubble will seemingly burst some day.

 

[bobbyinaz]

Houston also siad yesterday that "money will not be the reason Tom Herman leaves UofH, if he does"... Which is insane to me, but they're gonna come up with insane amounts of cash for that guy apparently. He'll still be HC at Texas next season though. Look for Lincoln Riely to be head man at Houston in 2017.

If Herman leaves look for Orlando to be promoted to HC.

Lincoln Riley may end up with the SMU job if Morris leaves for Baylor

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

If Herman leaves look for Orlando to be promoted to HC.

Or, join Herman with a highly compensated DC-role in Austin, Baton, Rouge, etc. Previously, rumors suggested Orlando preferred being a DC to taking on the added figure-head and related responsibilities of a head coach.