DRC exclusive: Grant McCasland becomes UNT's first $1 million basketball coach

Brett Vito · June 23, 2022

greenminer · June 23, 2022

woah!

DentonLurker · June 23, 2022

Never thought I’d see the day. Now it’s time to get started on a shiny, new arena too!

Green Lantern · June 23, 2022

11 hours ago, DentonLurker said:

Never thought I’d see the day. Now it’s time to get started on a shiny, new arena too!

Yep! Time to cement ourselves as a serious player in D1 hoop. Great move by the admin locking Grant down and paying the man what he’s worth.

bstnsportsfan3 · June 23, 2022

Awesome! GMG

untphd · June 23, 2022

Great news.

akriesman · June 23, 2022

Outstanding and well deserved Grant !!

Wag Tag · June 24, 2022

This is where my money is going. GMG

NT80 · June 24, 2022

Well deserved. No need for a new $90 mil arena (save the money for a Real football coach!!), the SuperPit is a great venue, just needs some tweaks.

Eagle71 · March 22, 2023

Are we going to need to dig deeper to keep him as we head to the AAC?

cousin oliver · March 22, 2023

39 minutes ago, Eagle71 said:

Are we going to need to dig deeper to keep him as we head to the AAC?

Yes. Mark Adams is making $3,108,000 in total compensation at Texas Tech.

Danish43 · March 22, 2023

On 6/24/2022 at 11:20 AM, NT80 said:

Well deserved. No need for a new $90 mil arena (save the money for a Real football coach!!), the SuperPit is a great venue, just needs some tweaks.

So true Jeff.

Andrew · March 22, 2023

1 hour ago, Eagle71 said:

Are we going to need to dig deeper to keep him as we head to the AAC?

He gone. Already talked on Monday 😞

greenjoe · March 22, 2023

$1 mil from what former salary ?

VideoEagle · March 22, 2023

15 minutes ago, Andrew said:

He gone. Already talked on Monday 😞

Maybe. He hadn't signed a contract with Tech yet and this new contract he signed with us makes it a LOT more expensive for Tech to get him.

The old buyout was 40% of his $600,000 base while the new buyout is $1.5 million if he leaves before July. To match us it's going to cost Tech a minimum of $2.6 million. Tech certainly can pay that, but Mac is no longer the bargain he was on Monday.

If Tech does take him, NT just got a nice bonus $1.5 million!

Eagle71 · March 22, 2023

11 minutes ago, VideoEagle said:

Maybe. He hadn't signed a contract with Tech yet and this new contract he signed with us makes it a LOT more expensive for Tech to get him.

The old buyout was 40% of his $600,000 base while the new buyout is $1.5 million if he leaves before July. To match us it's going to cost Tech a minimum of $2.6 million. Tech certainly can pay that, but Mac is no longer the bargain he was on Monday.

If Tech does take him, NT just got a nice bonus $1.5 million!

Thanks for spelling that out. Much appreciated!

GrandGreen · March 22, 2023

45 minutes ago, Andrew said:

He gone. Already talked on Monday 😞

Andrew what in the heck are you talking about?

As great a fan as you are, I sincerely doubt you get NT sports news before anyone else.

Salsa_Verde · March 22, 2023

On 6/24/2022 at 12:20 PM, NT80 said:

Well deserved. No need for a new $90 mil arena (save the money for a Real football coach!!), the SuperPit is a great venue, just needs some tweaks.

I think that’s the problem. Renovations would cost more than just building a new arena.

RiseUNT · March 22, 2023

1 hour ago, VideoEagle said:

Maybe. He hadn't signed a contract with Tech yet and this new contract he signed with us makes it a LOT more expensive for Tech to get him.

The old buyout was 40% of his $600,000 base while the new buyout is $1.5 million if he leaves before July. To match us it's going to cost Tech a minimum of $2.6 million. Tech certainly can pay that, but Mac is no longer the bargain he was on Monday.

If Tech does take him, NT just got a nice bonus $1.5 million!

So if he goes to Tech we get a CBI championship, NCAA game win, many conference championships, and possibly an NIT championship. Oh ya $1,500,000.

Hope he stays but not mad at all if he is gone.

DeepGreen · March 23, 2023

Sorry, but I will be extremely disappointed if Mac leaves UNT. He is a really a great coach. I hope we can find a way to keep him on board.

DentonLurker · March 23, 2023

3 hours ago, VideoEagle said:

He hadn't signed a contract with Tech yet and this new contract he signed with us makes it a LOT more expensive for Tech to get him.

You do realize this thread and contract extension was in 2022, right?

VideoEagle · March 23, 2023

No, I didn't check the date! Oops!

NT80 · March 23, 2023

4 hours ago, Salsa_Verde said:

I think that’s the problem. Renovations would cost more than just building a new arena.

OSU's arena is from 1938, but has been modified probably several times. I agree we need some upgrades, like suites, for our (new or existing) building.

The main issue, besides renovations, is the University control over scheduling for the SuperPit. It is not exclusively a Sports venue. Even if we do build a new "ExtraSuperPit", I do not think the current SuperPit will be demolished or renovated. It is needed, as is, for other activities and graduations.

MeanGreenTexan · March 23, 2023

10 hours ago, NT80 said:

OSU's arena is from 1938, but has been modified probably several times. I agree we need some upgrades, like suites, for our (new or existing) building.

The main issue, besides renovations, is the University control over scheduling for the SuperPit. It is not exclusively a Sports venue. Even if we do build a new "ExtraSuperPit", I do not think the current SuperPit will be demolished or renovated. It is needed, as is, for other activities and graduations.

It's gotta be referred to as the "Super Duper Pit", right?