Top 10 Coaches Salary

[DefenseBB]

I have updated this data due to new information. I also included 2017 Salaries to show increases.
So I have been conducting research on the 65 Power 5 school Coaches Salaries and their expirations. From all the information I have gleaned from the internet, I have solid information on 56 of the salaries (public information) and strong indications on another 4, to give 60 of the 65. I will be putting together a different thread on that but for now, here is the list of the TOP 10 Coaches salaries their expiration below. Of note, 4 of the 10 are due to expire at the end of 2021. Curious what our BYers have to say on this. To me, 7 of the 10 seem logical to be listed as they are mostly considered Top 10 coaches (ok, maybe some quibble on the 7th) but the other 3 to me, do not belong so congrats to their agent and boos to the AD who inked them. Let me know your thoughts.

 

[eebmg]

Hard to Justify Coale and JPM. Especially with the spigot drying up. Bit surprised MM was as low as 7th.

 

[DefenseBB]

Hard to Justify Coale and JPM. Especially with the spigot drying up. Bit surprised MM was as low as 7th.

MM is an estimate based on two bits of information, one from 2016-17 that listed the top coaches salary in each conference with the ACC being $1,215,000 (before Walz salary bump) and an article stating that a former ND player and her husband have donated money for MM's salary that said boosters contributed $900k per year for her salary. It could be more by now and as ND is a private school, no further data was available...maybe our ND colleagues could shed some light...

 

[triaddukefan]

At least McCallie is top 10 in something

Hard to Justify Coale and JPM. Especially with the spigot drying up. Bit surprised MM was as low as 7th.

Can you justify McGuff??

 

[eebmg]

At least McCallie is top 10 in something





Can you justify McGuff??

No. Actually, the records of JPM and McGuff look very similar to me the last 6 years.

 

[dws3665]

LOL for real at Coale's deal. And according to this article from 2018, her contract has been extended to 2022. She has had 20 total wins the past two seasons, for a cost of $126,500/win. And her recruiting has really slowed to a crawl (no top 100 kids in 2020, and Kelbie Washington is the only 2021 so far), so it's not clear to me how she's going to fix things.


McGuff and McCallie are definitely not currently earning their keep, either.

 

[DefenseBB]

No. Actually, the records of JPM and McGuff look very similar to me the last 6 years.

Except McGuff actually plays a much better OOC than JPM does, oh and recently he has finished top 2 in his conference...

 

[eebmg]

Except McGuff actually plays a much better OOC than JPM does, oh and recently he has finished top 2 in his conference...

Duke looked reasonably good this year (3rd in ACC) toward the end. Agree about the OOC.

 

[Plebe]

So I have been conducting research on the 65 Power 5 school Coaches Salaries and their expirations. From all the information I have gleaned from the internet, I have solid information on 56 of the salaries (public information) and strong indications on another 4, to give 60 of the 65. I will be putting together a different thread on that but for now, here is the list of the TOP 10 Coaches salaries their expiration below. Of note, 4 of the 10 are due to expire at the end of 2021. Curious what our BYers have to say on this. To me, 7 of the 10 seem logical to be listed as they are mostly considered Top 10 coaches (ok, maybe some quibble on the 7th) but the other 3 to me, do not belong so congrats to their agent and boos to the AD who inked them. Let me know your thoughts.

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Interesting stuff here.

I'd enjoy seeing how these numbers compare to the rest of the field. Yes I know I'm getting greedy in my quarantine delirium.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Whoever is making the contracts down at OU needs to find a new career

 

[Kaizen]

Geno's salary not even in the top 20 of men's college.

Here are the top 10 highest-paid coaches in college basketball this season, including athletically related income from sources outside the school:

John Calipari, Kentucky: $8,158,000
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke: $7,256,924
Mick Cronin, UCLA: $5,500,000, including a $2 million signing bonus
Rick Barnes, Tennessee: $4,700,000
Chris Beard, Texas Tech: $4,430,000
Jay Wright, Villanova: $4,410,304
Tom Izzo, Michigan State: $4,191,070
Roy Williams, North Carolina: $4,102,409
Chris Mack, Louisville: $4,067,494
Bill Self, Kansas: $3,985,857
Bob Huggins (West Virginia, $3,965,000), Buzz Williams (Texas A&M, $3,843,182) and Bruce Pearl (Auburn, $3,840,366) just missed the cut.

 

[southie]

Except McGuff actually plays a much better OOC than JPM does, oh and recently he has finished top 2 in his conference...

Ohio State had to buy out McGuff's contract at Washington for like $1.25 total, IIRC. Did they get their money's worth up to now? I'd say no.

 

[DefenseBB]

Ohio State had to buyout McGuff's contract at Washington for like $1.25 total, IIRC. Did they get their money's worth up to now? I'd say no.

Heck no! He’s one of the three that I really don’t get. There’s some other interesting gems of information I found doing this research as well....more to come

 

[triaddukefan]

Geno's salary not even in the top 20 of men's college.

Here are the top 10 highest-paid coaches in college basketball this season, including athletically related income from sources outside the school:

John Calipari, Kentucky: $8,158,000
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke: $7,256,924
Mick Cronin, UCLA: $5,500,000, including a $2 million signing bonus
Rick Barnes, Tennessee: $4,700,000
Chris Beard, Texas Tech: $4,430,000
Jay Wright, Villanova: $4,410,304
Tom Izzo, Michigan State: $4,191,070
Roy Williams, North Carolina: $4,102,409
Chris Mack, Louisville: $4,067,494
Bill Self, Kansas: $3,985,857
Bob Huggins (West Virginia, $3,965,000), Buzz Williams (Texas A&M, $3,843,182) and Bruce Pearl (Auburn, $3,840,366) just missed the cut.

Duke is slipping.

 

[MSSportsGuy]

I would think Tara would be up there. given that it's Stanford and she's been there over 30 years. They are a private school and may be subject to not filing some of her compensation. Additionally Tara was never leaving regardless of her salary for another job so maybe they haven't played the money game with her. If she won another title during her team's best years in recent memory it may have brought her to the level of those mentioned above.

Coale is really the only one on the list that truly astounds me. She had some great teams at OU but hasn't been a factor since the Paris twins graduated and is no longer even in the upper half of the Big 12. I recognize she is somewhat of a local hero given where the program was and where she took it but safe to say the school isn't getting great value for their investment as of late.

McGuff and JPM don't really shock me given the institutions where they work and the "name" of their universities less than their success.

 

[SimpleDawg]

So I have been conducting research on the 65 Power 5 school Coaches Salaries and their expirations. From all the information I have gleaned from the internet, I have solid information on 56 of the salaries (public information) and strong indications on another 4, to give 60 of the 65. I will be putting together a different thread on that but for now, here is the list of the TOP 10 Coaches salaries their expiration below. Of note, 4 of the 10 are due to expire at the end of 2021. Curious what our BYers have to say on this. To me, 7 of the 10 seem logical to be listed as they are mostly considered Top 10 coaches (ok, maybe some quibble on the 7th) but the other 3 to me, do not belong so congrats to their agent and boos to the AD who inked them. Let me know your thoughts.

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Interesting. I think the top 4 are schools that might favor women's basketball over the men's. (Not saying Texas does, rather.... MSU where Vic just came from does) Vic's salary was based on what he did at Mississippi State - one of maybe 5 or 6 schools that might favor women's BB over the men.

Walz is an interesting case. He was pretty much believed in by Cardinal land the day he was hired. And he's been exactly the guy they hired him to be. So he is the man in Louisville.

I won't pretend to understand what goes on in Norman, but I'm guessing this contract is based on what she did 15 years ago. And I'm gonna just take a guess that Oklahoma women's BB fans aren't demanding enough to want to cast out a women's BB coach - even though attendance has dropped a lot since the Oklahoma heydays.

Muffet and Brenda are both underpaid based on what they've done at their schools but then..... this is again just a guess, but I think football and men's basketball being understandedly "superior" in the majority of campuses is the main reason why. That's not the case in Starkville. While football is king in the South, we'd easily pay a women's BB coach over the men's BB coach if we hired someone like Walz. And he'd be our 2nd highest paid coach on campus. I dunno if Notre Dame or Maryland would do that.

As for McCallie, I'm guessing it's also based a bit on Goestenkors setting the standard, so they'd pay about that much (and maybe that contract is a bit outdated too). No idea why McGuff is paid that much though Ohio State did have a pretty good period in women's basketball in the mid-to-late-00s so maybe that's again kind of like a standard that's set.

 

[MSSportsGuy]

Interesting. I think the top 4 are schools that might favor women's basketball over the men's. (Not saying Texas does, rather.... MSU where Vic just came from does) Vic's salary was based on what he did at Mississippi State - one of maybe 5 or 6 schools that might favor women's BB over the men.

Walz is an interesting case. He was pretty much believed in by Cardinal land the day he was hired. And he's been exactly the guy they hired him to be. So he is the man in Louisville.

I won't pretend to understand what goes on in Norman, but I'm guessing this contract is based on what she did 15 years ago. And I'm gonna just take a guess that Oklahoma women's BB fans aren't demanding enough to want to cast out a women's BB coach - even though attendance has dropped a lot since the Oklahoma heydays.

Muffet and Brenda are both underpaid based on what they've done at their schools but then..... this is again just a guess, but I think football and men's basketball being understandedly "superior" in the majority of campuses is the main reason why. That's not the case in Starkville. While football is king in the South, we'd easily pay a women's BB coach over the men's BB coach if we hired someone like Walz. And he'd be our 2nd highest paid coach on campus. I dunno if Notre Dame or Maryland would do that.

As for McCallie, I'm guessing it's also based a bit on Goestenkors setting the standard, so they'd pay about that much (and maybe that contract is a bit outdated too). No idea why McGuff is paid that much though Ohio State did have a pretty good period in women's basketball in the mid-to-late-00s so maybe that's again kind of like a standard that's set.

Goestekors wasn't well paid, relatively speaking, by Duke for the success she brought them. Texas paid her close to $1 million and it was significantly higher than what she made in her previous job. That was thirteen years go and with the conference networks and TV deals there is considerably more money flowing in all athletic departments now. I don't think MSU could have paid Vic anywhere close to his salary with us without the infusion of dollars from ESPN.

I do suspect Muffet gets a little more than listed but it's more challenging to get exact figures from independent schools. ND has deep, deep pockets and I don't think she or the AD would let her be that far behind Geno, just my two cents.

You probably have a point about how important the sport is relative to the school. Football is king in the SEC but MSU women's basketball has had far more support and success the last five years than the men's team. ND and Baylor have both had pretty successful men's teams and draw well. Additionally, ND is a national brand due to their legacy of football. As a youngster I could walk into any sporting good store or discount store and find ND apparel even in small town Mississippi and Memphis. Don't shoot me metaphorically on this board but I would even like to see a football game at ND even though they aren't the team they were.

 

[SimpleDawg]

Goestekors wasn't well paid, relatively speaking, by Duke for the success she brought them. Texas paid her close to $1 million and it was significantly higher than what she made in her previous job. That was thirteen years go and with the conference networks and TV deals there is considerably more money flowing in all athletic departments now. I don't think MSU could have paid Vic anywhere close to his salary with us without the infusion of dollars from ESPN.

I do suspect Muffet gets a little more than listed but it's more challenging to get exact figures from independent schools. ND has deep, deep pockets and I don't think she or the AD would let her be that far behind Geno, just my two cents.

You probably have a point about how important the sport is relative to the school. Football is king in the SEC but MSU women's basketball has had far more support and success the last five years than the men's team. ND and Baylor have both had pretty successful men's teams and draw well. Additionally, ND is a national brand due to their legacy of football. As a youngster I could walk into any sporting good store or discount store and find ND apparel even in small town Mississippi and Memphis. Don't shoot me metaphorically on this board but I would even like to see a football game at ND even though they aren't the team they were.

Yeah, I buy that explanation with Goestenkors even though yeah..... I think she would be higher paid now if she were doing at Duke right now what she did then.

I think in Notre Dame...... it's football, then men's basketball, then women's basketball. I think that's the pecking order of any campus in the ACC or Big 10. Though some campuses could flip the first 2, but I can't imagine women's basketball surpassing those 2 any place in either conferences though.

I think one possible explanation for Muffet and Tara being underpaid is that they've been here since the 80s and the schools have gotten used to paying them only that much? In contrast to Jeff, Kim, Dawn, and Vic all emerged after 2000 where their success was met with instant high gratitude, and the ADs knew they had to lock them in right away?

Yeah, I think we definitely prefer the women over the men. And I think that's gonna continue. MSU fans are 99% convinced Nikki is the woman, and it sounds like to me they're already in line to drive up those attendance numbers next year after the down year we had this year. The men's team is the pits right now. There's 20 women's threads for every 2 men's threads right now after Vic left. Howland leaving wouldn't generate so much talk, or maybe a quarter (or half) would be quite glad he's gone.

I do think it's the nature of the SEC. Fanbases are rabid, sometimes low-brow across most sports, and.... I dunno about you, but it just feels different in the SEC with Tennessee, South Carolina, and Mississippi State and those women's bb fanbases sometimes feel like they're more zealous (or demanding) over the women than the men. Sometimes.... though not all the time.

 

[Zanzman]

Interesting. I think the top 4 are schools that might favor women's basketball over the men's. (Not saying Texas does, rather.... MSU where Vic just came from does) Vic's salary was based on what he did at Mississippi State - one of maybe 5 or 6 schools that might favor women's BB over the men.

Walz is an interesting case. He was pretty much believed in by Cardinal land the day he was hired. And he's been exactly the guy they hired him to be. So he is the man in Louisville.

I won't pretend to understand what goes on in Norman, but I'm guessing this contract is based on what she did 15 years ago. And I'm gonna just take a guess that Oklahoma women's BB fans aren't demanding enough to want to cast out a women's BB coach - even though attendance has dropped a lot since the Oklahoma heydays.

Muffet and Brenda are both underpaid based on what they've done at their schools but then..... this is again just a guess, but I think football and men's basketball being understandedly "superior" in the majority of campuses is the main reason why. That's not the case in Starkville. While football is king in the South, we'd easily pay a women's BB coach over the men's BB coach if we hired someone like Walz. And he'd be our 2nd highest paid coach on campus. I dunno if Notre Dame or Maryland would do that.

As for McCallie, I'm guessing it's also based a bit on Goestenkors setting the standard, so they'd pay about that much (and maybe that contract is a bit outdated too). No idea why McGuff is paid that much though Ohio State did have a pretty good period in women's basketball in the mid-to-late-00s so maybe that's again kind of like a standard that's set.

I don’t UConn favors women over men in basketball name another school that has won 4 championships in the last 21 years Let me help you
UConn.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

So I have been conducting research on the 65 Power 5 school Coaches Salaries and their expirations. From all the information I have gleaned from the internet, I have solid information on 56 of the salaries (public information) and strong indications on another 4, to give 60 of the 65. I will be putting together a different thread on that but for now, here is the list of the TOP 10 Coaches salaries their expiration below. Of note, 4 of the 10 are due to expire at the end of 2021. Curious what our BYers have to say on this. To me, 7 of the 10 seem logical to be listed as they are mostly considered Top 10 coaches (ok, maybe some quibble on the 7th) but the other 3 to me, do not belong so congrats to their agent and boos to the AD who inked them. Let me know your thoughts.

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Mulkey and Muffett due for bumps if those are accurate.

McCallie is worth every penny.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Yeah, I buy that explanation with Goestenkors even though yeah..... I think she would be higher paid now if she were doing at Duke right now what she did then.

I think in Notre Dame...... it's football, then men's basketball, then women's basketball. I think that's the pecking order of any campus in the ACC or Big 10. Though some campuses could flip the first 2, but I can't imagine women's basketball surpassing those 2 any place in either conferences though.

I think one possible explanation for Muffet and Tara being underpaid is that they've been here since the 80s and the schools have gotten used to paying them only that much? In contrast to Jeff, Kim, Dawn, and Vic all emerged after 2000 where their success was met with instant high gratitude, and the ADs knew they had to lock them in right away?

Yeah, I think we definitely prefer the women over the men. And I think that's gonna continue. MSU fans are 99% convinced Nikki is the woman, and it sounds like to me they're already in line to drive up those attendance numbers next year after the down year we had this year. The men's team is the pits right now. There's 20 women's threads for every 2 men's threads right now after Vic left. Howland leaving wouldn't generate so much talk, or maybe a quarter (or half) would be quite glad he's gone.

I do think it's the nature of the SEC. Fanbases are rabid, sometimes low-brow across most sports, and.... I dunno about you, but it just feels different in the SEC with Tennessee, South Carolina, and Mississippi State and those women's bb fanbases sometimes feel like they're more zealous (or demanding) over the women than the men. Sometimes.... though not all the time.

I think the women have more consistent crowds (actual attendance) than the men and it's more consistently full of people excited to be there.

Being pretty confident of winning every home game helps.

 

[triaddukefan]

McCallie is worth every penny.

about as much as Muschamp ?