Yeah. So?
Dennis Gates out here stealing money
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Shows the disparity between ACC money and the rest of the power four
IIRC this database doesnāt have all of the salaries because some of the private schools donāt report and arenāt FOIA-able.
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Coaches salary is just how accomplished they are and/or their market value ie what it took to lure them in or keep them in place. If Bennett wanted to max out his salary by leveraging every offer he could have gotten the way most coaches do, he would have made another couple million per year at UVA.
A new coach wonāt inherit Bennettās salary, just as Michigan Stateās next coach probably wonāt make nearly as much as Tom Izzo.
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Sure, but its also no coincidence that major football schools, especially from the SEC and BIG, have coaching salaries creeping up this list. Itās because football funds athletic budgets, and those schools now can attract the best and most promising basketball coaches.
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I get that. But Iām skeptical that it actually makes a difference for the vast majority of coaches in determining whether theyāll accept the job. Theyāre more interested in choosing the place they can be successful. Besides if they have a higher paying option, it can be used to squeeze out some of the difference in negotiations. Better to make 3.5M per for the next 10 years than 4M for only a few before having to find another mid major job.
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Kinda depends on your definition of a few
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Iād like to see past results for new coaches at power conference schools. How long they last. How many are still in place at year 4,5, etc. Basically the success rate. I feel like itās pretty low.
My guess is Indiana and Villanova jobs will be open next summer
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Yea good question and no clue. Maybe call it the Musselman Report
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A good chance of Oklahoma and Memphis as well. I wonder where UVA would rank of those 5 (UVA, IU, Nova, Oklahoma, Memphis) in terms of attractiveness to candidates.
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Plus the domino effect of people leaving jobs for those schools
For me, the answer is that it mostly depends on the candidate.
I canāt see Shaka leaving for any of those gigs, but he might leave for ours (like 1% or whatever, but still). I donāt think Otz wants to leave and I donāt think heās a real candidate for us, but if he would consider leaving, then IU is ahead of us, Iād guess.
Etc
The Princeton dude and the Colgate guy might prefer Nova.
Odom Iād guess is more in our wheelhouse, but I think a VCU to UVa move might be a bit politically complicated.
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Lol. Yeah, most coaches are just in it for the love of the game.
Which is why you take 4 now rather than bank on 3 for however long. Donāt delude yourself. UVA is a good job if and only if we are willing to write a big check, which I presume we are.
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Of course, UVA would pay well. Coaches are gonna make what theyāre worth, with very little difference between schools. If UVA can get somebody worth $5M per year, they will. So would 50 other schools out there though. The hard part is getting him.
Not so different than recruiting these days. Thereās always somebody willing to pay more, usually because they need to. And they usually donāt get him, but it helps the recruit get a bit more from their preferred school.
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Having a head start helps here. Maybe certain coaches may choose Nova or IU over UVA if offers are on the table at the same time but if we can work agents ahead of time, we will have an advantage. How much that advantage is worth is tbd but itās certainly preferable to having our job open at the same time.
Random speculation but if IU is open the call almost has to be Beard right?
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No idea, but I do not think UVA and IU would be looking at the same candidates. UVA/Nova more likely
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