I just read a report on Bleacher Report about Assistant Coaches salaries. There are over 700 Assistant Coaches and their salaries range from $2.5 million to around $75K. Given MAC Conference budgets, understandingly, our conference salaries are mid to lowest. Coach George salary $161K, Watson $93K, Coach Ward $109K, Poteat, Discher around $90K. The crazy thing is Jeff Meyer who played for some of these same coaches makes $200K at Iowa State, again with a much larger budget. Check it out.
It is actually from USA Today.
http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries.../assistant
I little bit of a shocker is Kerry Dixon for UT - he was at Florida for 3 years before UT, making $326,500 in his last year. At UT, he is at "only" $70,000.
UT's total assistant pool was $1.033M
WMU - 1.138
Miami - 1.065m
Ohio - 1.059m
Buffalo - 1.042m
Ball St - 1.011m
EMU - 999k
CMU - 977k
NIU - 995k
Akron - 931k
BG - 904k
Kent - 839k
And Jeff Myers is making more than any assistant coach at UT, and he is only in his first season as an official coach. And Matt Campbell was just given a contract extension, and another $1M is assistant pay. So that is like adding another $100,000 to each coach.
Oops, right, USA Today. Anyhow, good story. Coach Poteat and Coach Springer are former NFL Players and I know they aren't making NFL money. I believe Mr. Springer is a Football Operations Assistant.
Its all about revenues, when schools are larger (more students, more paying fans, large budgets, better TV deals) there simply is more money in the P5 schools. I don' see much changing in MAC schools as student enrollments is only declining or flat, plus lack of local companies and boasters, alumni support to salaries.
Nobody should be paid more then $250,000 to coach football. Its a dream job and I would think anyone that is doing it loves it. It there was a $250,000 salary cap on coaching salaries by the NCAA I assure you that every single team would still have a coach. The better ones would just coach at bigger schools for the same money.
I bet the reason UT Assistant Coaches pool is 5th in The MAC is because our Head Coach makes more than any other coach in the conference. And worth every dollar.
(12-10-2018 12:13 PM)stpeterocketfan Wrote: [ -> ]Nobody should be paid more then $250,000 to coach football. Its a dream job and I would think anyone that is doing it loves it. It there was a $250,000 salary cap on coaching salaries by the NCAA I assure you that every single team would still have a coach. The better ones would just coach at bigger schools for the same money.
Well there are some basic economics happening at the top schools (top in terms of revenue via ticket and merchandise sales and TV revenue). Schools like Alabama, Michigan, OSU etc.... can play million dollar coaches salaries because they can afford to out of 10s millions in revenue football brings in. And complete for the top coaching talent, driving salaries higher. Plus many of these contracts include funds and contracts from secondary non-college sources (boasters, sponsorships, alumni etc...). The problem recently is how the trend of higher salaries has spread down to middle and smaller schools without the corresponding revenue sources, that is where your issue is right on point.
(12-10-2018 01:10 PM)Michigan Rocket Wrote: [ -> ]I bet the reason UT Assistant Coaches pool is 5th in The MAC is because our Head Coach makes more than any other coach in the conference. And worth every dollar.
Their defense is a sieve, they got shut-out by a coach making half (who will now pass him up by a lot), the GB isn't filling up regardless the "win and they'll come" crowd and there's no indication the fan-base is growing. Oh, and we're having a problem with ex-athletes AND ex-coaches, which fairly makes people wonder about their times here. Can you think of a single upset in his tenure?
He's a decent MAC coach but WAY over paid for his experience level in my opinion, relative other coaches. Next year will more tell his worth. His QB's will have the experience they should have had last year. His RB situation is good. Hopefully all other aspects improve but he needs to not have these "dips" just because his QB graduates.
(12-10-2018 04:39 PM)eastisbest Wrote: [ -> ] (12-10-2018 01:10 PM)Michigan Rocket Wrote: [ -> ]I bet the reason UT Assistant Coaches pool is 5th in The MAC is because our Head Coach makes more than any other coach in the conference. And worth every dollar.
Their defense is a sieve, they got shut-out by a coach making half (who will now pass him up by a lot), the GB isn't filling up regardless the "win and they'll come" crowd and there's no indication the fan-base is growing. Oh, and we're having a problem with ex-athletes AND ex-coaches, which fairly makes people wonder about their times here. Can you think of a single upset in his tenure?
He's a decent MAC coach but WAY over paid for his experience level in my opinion, relative other coaches. Next year will more tell his worth. His QB's will have the experience they should have had last year. His RB situation is good. Hopefully all other aspects improve but he needs to not have these "dips" just because his QB graduates.
Solich has plenty of experience including being a Head Coach in a game for the National Championship.He's been HC @Ohio since 2005 and never won a MACC.
Campbell dipped after going 9-4 with a 7-5 season. Losses to Ball State and the last two games to NIU and Akron, shut out for a Bowl game.
(12-10-2018 08:13 PM)Boca Rocket Wrote: [ -> ] (12-10-2018 04:39 PM)eastisbest Wrote: [ -> ] (12-10-2018 01:10 PM)Michigan Rocket Wrote: [ -> ]I bet the reason UT Assistant Coaches pool is 5th in The MAC is because our Head Coach makes more than any other coach in the conference. And worth every dollar.
Their defense is a sieve, they got shut-out by a coach making half (who will now pass him up by a lot), the GB isn't filling up regardless the "win and they'll come" crowd and there's no indication the fan-base is growing. Oh, and we're having a problem with ex-athletes AND ex-coaches, which fairly makes people wonder about their times here. Can you think of a single upset in his tenure?
He's a decent MAC coach but WAY over paid for his experience level in my opinion, relative other coaches. Next year will more tell his worth. His QB's will have the experience they should have had last year. His RB situation is good. Hopefully all other aspects improve but he needs to not have these "dips" just because his QB graduates.
Solich has plenty of experience including being a Head Coach in a game for the National Championship.He's been HC @Ohio since 2005 and never won a MACC.
Campbell dipped after going 9-4 with a 7-5 season. Losses to Ball State and the last two games to NIU and Akron, shut out for a Bowl game.
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