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What should coaching at UMass be worth? E.B. Chuff

Figuring out what an NCAA D1 men’s coach makes is sort of like trying to figure out what the Archbishop makes. Even if you can find a base salary, and at private Catholic schools in particular that’s nearly impossible, then no one knows the exact terms of shoe contracts, summer camps, bonus incentives, free cars or use of university jet.

Still, in a desperate move to avoid a large stack of essay exams waiting to be corrected, I decided to see what could be seen out there on the internets. The data is, as I said, sketchy, and in some cases, a few years old. But it still gives us some idea of what it might take to put together a lucrative package at UMass.

If you had asked me before I started digging, “Chuff, what would it take to keep Travis, or someone like him, financially happy in Amherst?” I would have answered “Oh, a base of about $500,000 with some decent opportunities for another 20%”.

In fact, I think I told Swampy exactly that at Stout the other night. He told me he had always found that kind of income to keep him happy in Sunderland. But, as usual in high-end financial circles, I don’t have a real clue.

St. Louis is rumored to be giving Majerus a million. St. Joe’s, Xavier and Dayton act like revealing financial packages is at least a venial sin. Still, the estimate is that will get over a million at Xavier (9). That would suggest that Martelli is in that range as well. gets $800,000 or thereabouts at Temple. Brian Gregory probably does better than than the $484,000 that is listed by Charity Navigator. You know, that may be part of why the private Catholic schools don’t want to reveal salaries – it just doesn’t seem right what with the Church going broke and all to have basketball coaches getting close to a million bucks a year. Even Jimmy Baron, who Thorr says did a great job this year in spite of their end of the season choke, gets $430,000.

Draw your own conclusions, but if we want to be a team that competes with Xavier, Temple and St. Joe’s, it seems pretty obvious.

Some Averages Average salary for 65 coaches in NCAA tournament (2006): $800,000 (1) Average salary for ACC, Big 12, Big 10, Big East, Pac10, SEC: $1.2 million (3X other coaches) (1)

Some Big Timers - $757,658 (1) - $1,500,000 (1) - $1,095,365 (1) - $1,389,173 (1) one-time bonus of $1,942,500. His contract also includes cars (in the medium price range) for him and his wife. (3) Tad Matta - $1,750,000 (1) $2,500,000 (2) ’s take from Louisville will be at least $2.45 million this year (2007), part of that a $1 million bonus for staying through the current season. If Pitino approximates the more than $1.5 million in shoe and apparel endorsements and other outside income he reported a year ago, his gross will approach or surpass $4 million. (1) got $1,315,000 a year in guaranteed cash and a one-time bonus of $2.5 million. (3)

Some A14 Coaches $1,000,000 (6) Sean Miller $1,000,000 (9) Fran Dunphy $800,000 (7) Brian Gregory $484,342 (4) $430,000 (8) $378,381 (4) $350,000 (11) Bobby Lutz $300,000 (5) Chris Mooney $300,000 (5) $300,000 (10) $275,000 (5) Derek Whittenburg $264,043 (4)

______Refs. (1) 2006 data http://www.usatoday.com/sports/graphics/basketball_contracts/flash.htm and http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2007-03-08-coaches-salary-cover_N.htm (2) 2007 data http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/19003698/ (3) http://www.askmen.com/sports/fitness_top_ten_100/139_fitness_list.html (4) http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=726 (5) http://www.coacheshotseat.com/CoachesHotSeatCBSalariesContracts.htm (6) http://bestof.riverfronttimes.com/2007-10-17/news/big-man-on-campus/ (7) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/27/AR2007012701417.html (8) http://www.projo.com/sports/mikeszostak/projo_20080403_baron.2a522305.html (9) http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080310/SPT0102/303100080/-1/all (10) http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/weiss/2007/05/ (11) http://hsmaine.scout.com/a.z?s=393&p=2&c=515013