CUSA Head Coach Payroll

Cerebus · November 6, 2013

1) Coach Mac isn't even in the top half of the conference.

2) ECU pays their coach HOW MUCH?!

3) I believe the $300 is "other pay" is just the wholesale cost of a case of Grey Goose.

UNTFan23 · November 6, 2013

Hopefully Coach Mac at least gets a raise given how this year has gone.

Green Mean · November 6, 2013

My guess is if/when he gets a raise/extension he will be 2nd in the conference.

meaniegreenie · November 6, 2013

My guess is if/when he gets a raise/extension he will be 2nd in the conference.

Yeah, it might be good to add a column to indicate the number of years at the current job.

Ryan Cruz · November 6, 2013

I'm curious how this stacks up to the Sun Belt since I'm sure this pay scale was agreed to before we knew that we'd be in CUSA.

IslandEagle · November 6, 2013

As the old song goes: "I call it a bargain....the best I ever had"

StealthEagle84 · November 6, 2013

Just curious, but what's the $300 'other' pay?

oldguystudent · November 6, 2013

Just curious, but what's the $300 'other' pay?

Reimbursement for empty grey goose bottle disposal fee

TheColonyEagle · November 6, 2013

I'm assuming he has a lot of incentives in his deal (conference championship, bowl game, etc)

He could make much more than his base this year.

SouthBendGreen · November 6, 2013

There is no way the given Christian name of the Marshall coach is Doc Holliday. It has to be some dumb bit.

All About UNT · November 6, 2013

List of everyone: http://www.coacheshotseat.com/SalariesContracts.htm

10Eagle10 · November 7, 2013

There is no way the given Christian name of the Marshall coach is Doc Holliday. It has to be some dumb bit.

John

http://www.herdzone.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121709aab.html

North Texas Shep · November 7, 2013

After this season he will be getting a raise. At least I believe he deserves it.

the green rokemi · November 7, 2013

shouldn't Pellini show a salary of 0? ;-)

FirefightnRick · November 7, 2013

Bet I can guess what Carl was using that extra grand for?

Rick

10Eagle10 · November 7, 2013

List of everyone: http://www.coacheshotseat.com/SalariesContracts.htm

Another list: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/salaries/ncaaf/coach/

ColoradoEagle · November 7, 2013

Cost per win thus far:

Ron Turner

$500,000.00

Sean Kugler

$500,000.00

Garrick McGee

$220,000.00

Bobby Petrino

$171,120.00

Skip Holtz

$166,666.67

Dan McCarney

$109,000.00

Larry Coker

$65,625.00

oldguystudent · November 7, 2013

Head coach salary inflation is insane. Maybe the SEC can keep up with it. I just don't know about the rest of college football. That puts schools like UNT in a tough spot. There's a mentality of keeping up with the Jones' in order to get the best coaching staff available, and that's completely understandable. But we start getting into $1.5 million territory for a head coach on a CUSA revenue load, and it becomes unsustainable. It's almost like a housing bubble, but in college sports.

Harry · November 7, 2013

Head coach salary inflation is insane. Maybe the SEC can keep up with it. I just don't know about the rest of college football. That puts schools like UNT in a tough spot. There's a mentality of keeping up with the Jones' in order to get the best coaching staff available, and that's completely understandable. But we start getting into $1.5 million territory for a head coach on a CUSA revenue load, and it becomes unsustainable. It's almost like a housing bubble, but in college sports.

That's the same type of "fear" mentality that got us stuck with Dodge for four disasterous years.

You have to pay a FAIR wage. UNT has the resources to do this. We aren't hampered by being part of the UT system. If the market says you are at the bottom of wages in the conference you HAVE to correct that or it will correct itself.

This business about coaching salaries being out of control is an excuse. If the market says that they should be paid at a certain level you have to take that into account. I understand that attendance plays a part in the revenue picture but for goodness sakes we have had a decade of futility and it's going to take some investment to overcome that hurdle.

We have a good thing going with Mac and his assistants. Let's not blow this momentum lets do the right thing and get these contracts renegotiated. I'm not saying we should be at the top of C-USA but certainly higher than MUTS and in the top quarter.

oldguystudent · November 7, 2013

That's the same type of "fear" mentality that got us stuck with Dodge for four disasterous years.
You have to pay a FAIR wage. UNT has the resources to do this. We aren't hampered by being part of the UT system. If the market says you are at the bottom of wages in the conference you HAVE to correct that or it will correct itself.
This business about coaching salaries being out of control is an excuse. If the market says that they should be paid at a certain level you have to take that into account. I understand that attendance plays a part in the revenue picture but for goodness sakes we have had a decade of futility and it's going to take some investment to overcome that hurdle.
We have a good thing going with Mac and his assistants. Let's not blow this momentum lets do the right thing and get these contracts renegotiated. I'm not saying we should be at the top of C-USA but certainly higher than MUTS and in the top quarter.

Yeah, I don't so much mean what I said in the context of UNT alone, but rather the market itself seems to be approaching bubble status. You speak of fear. People bought tech stocks at 100:1 EPS in the late 90s out of fear. People took out unwise ARMs in the oughts to purchase overpriced McMansions (often devoid of furniture inside) out of fear. Schools appear that they may be paying seven figure coaching salaries out of fear.

I'm glad that UNT is getting up to mid-range in what it pays. I certainly would never advocate a bottom of the barrel $250K Dodge type hire ever, ever again.

But I could be wrong. Maybe the potential upside for conference television deal revenue is limitless. Maybe the sports books can encourage fans to actually watch 130 teams play every week. I mean, hell, the NFL has pulled it off to the extent that people are paying damn near stadium ticket prices to get games on their TVs at home. If college can do the same, top to bottom, Alabama to Georgia State, then hell yes, let's break out the checkbooks across the board. But before that happens, let's not get stupid and bet the farm on speculation.