bearcatfan Wrote:

KnightLight Wrote:I don't see Cinci ever paying a football coach $2 Million (or more) per year.

How many other schools will pay a coach $2 million a year?

How much money is enough?

If you can't get a decent coach for $1 - $1.25 million then you did not hire the right person for the job.

It has turned into a big game. UC values athletics as evidenced by constructing Varsity Village and by paying Dantonio and Kelly competitive salaries/bonuses.

But there are not many schools that can compete with Tennessee and schools like that. If they want someone, they will have the big $$$ and go get them.

Last year (2007) the average salary of ALL Div I-A Coaches (including non-bcs teams) was $1 Million. (That does NOT include earned bonuses up to their salary each year.).

50 plus coaches earned more than $1 Million per year.

Right now...Kelly doesn't even earn the "average" salary.

How much is enough? Whatever the market bares as no one should ever put a limit on one's worth to an organization.

NOTE: The average bonus in the SEC for winning certain games was $478,571.

Big 10 had the highest academic average bonus of around $64,000 per year.