Comparison of some of the top paid coaches

[tornado]

Here's the W-L records of many of the top paid coaches over the past four seasons.
For what they're being paid...some are definitely underperforming, FWIW.


In the $4 million range
Calipari..............103-47 (33 games forfeited)



In the $3 million range
Roy Williams.......124-22
Bill Self..............122-24
Krzyzewski.........112-28
Tom Izzo...........103-40
Rick Pitino..........103-38
Jim Calhoun........102-32
Bruce Pearl..........98-37
Jim Boeheim.........96-47
Billy Gillispie.........89-43


In the $1-$2 million range
Mark Few (Gonz).105-29
Sean Miller(Xav)..103-35
Bo Ryan (WI)......100-36
Bob Huggins.........97-43
Mark Turgeon........92-44
Bruce Weber........89-48
Steve Alford.........88-44
Tim Floyd (USC)....85-50
Gary Williams (MD).84-51
Tom Penders(Hous)84-47
Brian Gregory........83-48
Tom Crean...........75-56
Rick Majerus.........74-42 (counts two years at Utah & 2 years at SLU)
Bob Knight............70-49 (last four years of coaching)
Pat Knight............66-72 (inclu. 2 yrs as asst to his dad)
Larry Eustachy......64-63 (against an atrociously weak schedule, at least 4 NAIA opponents each year!)
Dave Leitao...........63-60
Jerry Wainwright....52-72
Bill Carmody..........52-69



Under $1 million
Altman................91-40
Jim Les................86-56
Lowery................82-51
Gregg Marshall......80-50
James Jones(Yale).55-57 (Jones was a finalist for the BU spot in 2002)


so I'd say the guys who are the best bargains on the basis of wins per millions of dollars spent on the coach go to Sean Miller, Mark Few, Dana Altman, & Jim Les.

[patrick_o'brian]

I don't think that Sean Miller will be in that range very much longer.

[tornado]

neither will Dave Leitao, Jerry Wainwright, and Pat Knight but for a different reason...

[lefty]

Many in that top bunch had won national championships...6 in this decade....

They are still pretty good values IMO

[tornado]

lefty...I have a hunch that maybe having 13 McDonald's All Americans on your roster tends to make a lot of coaches look pretty good...that's why I admire what guys like Sean Miller and Dana do....
If we just rank the Valley schools with a general grade as to how tough it is to recruit to that area....then JL's value looks a lot better as well......

[lefty]

lefty...I have a hunch that maybe having 13 McDonald's All Americans on your roster tends to make a lot of coaches look pretty good...that's why I admire what guys like Sean Miller and Dana do....
If we just rank the Valley schools with a general grade as to how tough it is to recruit to that area....then JL's value looks a lot better as well......

No doubt about it and all those top coaches compete for them but they still have ti win and going to the tourney and winning is what D-1 coaches strive for. With that in mind I think Roy Williams is an excellent value

[georgethedog]

I think they are all overpaid, period.

[SFP]

I think they are all overpaid, period.

I can understand your sentiment but value is related to what they bring to the table in terms of revenue. That is just part of the American way, love or leave it. If we paid attention to areas that really helped humanistic growth then we would be paying teachers a lot more. In the near future we may be saying the same thing about doctors.

[georgethedog]

I can understand your sentiment but value is related to what they bring to the table in terms of revenue. That is just part of the American way, love or leave it. If we paid attention to areas that really helped humanistic growth then we would be paying teachers a lot more. In the near future we may be saying the same thing about doctors.

Revenue is the old argument for coaches salaries that I am quite sick of. Many professors bring in a significantly more money to the college than their salary, but that does not seem to matter. We recruit, bring in grant money, develop students, and retain students that will graduate and give BIG dollars back to the college for years to come. Again, none of that is considered in our compensation, but it is all revenue. Coaches are overpaid, period.

[amckillip]

Revenue is the old argument for coaches salaries that I am quite sick of. Many professors bring in a significantly more money to the college than their salary, but that does not seem to matter. We recruit, bring in grant money, develop students, and retain students that will graduate and give BIG dollars back to the college for years to come. Again, none of that is considered in our compensation, but it is all revenue. Coaches are overpaid, period.

The important thing is value over replacement player. While the title isn't exactly correct, it started as a baseball stat, and THAT is why coaches get paid so much more. They live in a world where performance is easily measured, and they need to present considerable value of their replacement. That is much more difficult for a professor to justify/prove. I have a professor that I feel holds the value of my degree up and is generally an amazing individual who I stay in touch with and am having lunch with him on Friday when I'm home for HC, but to show that he presents substantial increase in value over a replacement is difficult. He does reasonably well because he is a top name in his field, has MANY former students who are now CEO's/VP's at Fortune 150 companies, is published in tons of journals and created a well respected journal in his field. That being said, there are 5+ other professors in his field at BU alone, and were he to leave, it would be very difficult to show the +/- BU recieves. THAT is the cost justification for nearly every high-paying job. If I recall correctly your a Bus prof, and this is a game theory concept that is gaining in popularity, and a great example is fantasy football. QB's regularly score more points than RB's. However RB's are FAR more valuable, because the difference between the 1st and 20th RB is far greater than the difference than the 1st and 10th QB(Most leagues use 2+ RB's).

That's a really long explanation, for an otherwise simple discussion, but IMO it's why coaches/athletes make so much money.