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Hard Knox Sports: Required Reading
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College sports: Must-read I: USA Today’s package on coaches salaries
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Required Reading
Hard Knox Sports —
... Vols Xtra
World Cup in Nashville? [Tennessean]
Regional:
Tebow taking a beating this year. [Orlando Sentinel]
Schultz’s countdown. [AJC]
Finebaum’s on the money here. [AL Live]
National:
Iowa good for college football? [WSJ]
Most dysfunctional team in college football. [USA Today]
Coaches salary database. [USA Today]
Shanoff's WUC: Steelers, LeBron, Irish, Cuse
The Sporting Blog —
... There is one scenario that might work: ND should offer Meyer $100 million -- $10 million a year over 10 years (more than doubling the salary of CFB's highest-paid coach, Pete Carroll). Even Florida couldn't (or wouldn't) match that, and Meyer has proven he is worth it. ...
Must-read I: USA Today’s package on coaches salaries
College sports —
... . But there are several sidebars, including one on interesting contract clauses. For instance, Boise State’s assistant coaches have salary-escalators, which allow them to make nearly as much as counterparts at BCS-level schools. And not to be missed is the massive database that provides salaries for hundreds of head and assistant coaches at public schools (and some private schools) across the country. For example, by analyzing federal tax records USA Today determined that Pete Carroll made $4.4 million. Cal offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig earns $248,000 annually, making ...
Reporters Notebooks
The Wiz of Odds —
... the masses and virtually no chance of a team outside the Big Three crashing the Bowl Championship Series title game, this college football season is sputtering to the finish. It is too bad that in this great era of parity that so many teams do not have the opportunity to prove themselves.
Steve Wieberg, Jodi Upton, A.J. Perez and Steve Berkowitz, USA Today: The newspaper's annual look at compensation for coaches, with additional links to a salary database, why some schools are slow to release data and the rising salaries of assistant ...
Rich Brooks next-to-last in SEC coaching salaries
John Clay's Sidelines —
USA Today came out with its list of coaching salaries today, and Chris Low of ESPN breaks down the SEC rankings by coach.
Kentucky’s Rich Brooks is next-to-last, though you have to remember that the salary of Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson remains unpublished, since Vandy is a private school.
The SEC rankings, by the dollar:
1. Florida’s Urban Meyer at $4 million per year.
2. Alabama’s Nick Saban at $3.9 million.
3. LSU’s Les Miles at $3.75 million.
4. ...
Pac-10 football: Ranking the coaches salaries
College sports —
... About time for another extension. (It’s been all of six months since the last one.) 8. Mike Riley: $950,000 As I’ve written before, he’s the greatest value in Pac-10 sports given how successful the Beavers have been the past 3+ seasons. 9. Jim Harbaugh: N/A Believed to be in the $750,000 range, with a $1.25 million (or more) extension pending. Arguably the second-best bargain in the league. 10. Paul Wulff: $601,000 Has he considered giving any of it back? Here’s USA Today’s database of all salaries . ...
Cal Football Coaching Salaries
California Golden Blogs —
Cal Football Coaching Salaries
Tedford ranks 11th in total salary, 11th in overall, 19th in other things, and 40 something in max bonuses.
Cal's assistants are ranked 46th in total payroll, 45th for highest salary (Ludwig), 45th for lowest salary (Lupoi). ...
UA's football coaching salaries rank among nation's highest
The Bama Beat —
... for Alabama football assistants, most would have expected the $2.685 million price tag to be among the nation's highest. Well, that was true, according to an impressive bit of research by reporters at USA Today , who polled Division I-A schools for football salary totals. Counting a few small incentives, Alabama's assistant salaries ranked fourth nationally and third in the SEC among public schools that esponded to open record requests from the newspaper. Tennessee ranked No. 1 in assistant salaries, ahead of Texas, LSU, Alabama, Auburn, Oklahoma, Florida State and ...
Morning Roundup, Wednesday
bigeastsportsblog.com —
... Comparing football coaches’ salaries. Greg Schiano makes more than anyone in the Big East. Really, the ...
Wake up, Bronco Nation: Coach Pete middle-of-the-pack in terms of NCAA coaching salary
One Bronco Nation Under God —
... Coach Pete likely to hit several performance clauses this season, possibly make an extra 200 grand
Coach Pete's salary roughly 10 times that of Robb Akey
USA Today's NCAA football coach income database
Feature story on Vandals' Iupati ... they get rings for playing in the H-Bowl?
More Martin and Kaiserman, possible change in O-line to kick start running game on Saturday
Pat Forde states a case for Boise State and TCU getting BCS bowl spots ...
Following the money
Boiled Sports —
Thanks to a discussion over at KHC, I found this link. So, who is stealing money? (all numbers are prior to bonuses) Rip Off -Bob Stoops $4.8 million Stoops teams win a lot of games (usually), but struggle mightily in BCS bowls. Methinks that paying a coach one of the top salaries in the nation should yield a national title contender every third year...and no, a contender is not just based on a top-3 pre-season ranking. -Charlie Weis $3.5 million (est.) Domers make me chuckle. A pal of mine who roots ...
Big East Football Paychecks
U of L Card Game —
... So who’s getting paid what among Big East football coaches? According to information just published by USA Today, Louisville’s Steve Kragthorpe ranks fifth in remuneration. ...
Grobe Is Wake Forest's $4.2 Million Man
The Wiz of Odds —
... Minus the deferred compensation package, USA Today listed Grobe's deal at $2,172,127, which puts him third among Atlantic Coast Conference coaches. Florida State's Bobby Bowden ($2,319,375) and Georgia Tech's Paul Johnson ($2.300,000) top the ACC list. ...
The best things in life are free.
Get The Picture —
... The reason I mention this is because if you’re one who believes there’s substance to the rumor mongering that currently engulfs the Dawgnation regarding the fate of certain assistant coaches, you’d best realize that bringing in a high-profile assistant or assistants won’t be cheap. And while Georgia certainly hasn’t stinted on what it pays Mark Richt, it’s fair to characterize the ...
