Potential new coaches

[Da Coach]

Bradley is not paying him 400,000 base salary.

bu fan 9 is correct. Jim Les' salary from BU is nowhere near $400,000 per year. Where did that erroneous number come from?

[BuAlum03]

bu fan 9 is correct. Jim Les' salary from BU is nowhere near $400,000 per year. Where did that erroneous number come from?

http://www.bradleyscout.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1002:glasser-among-highest-paid-college-presidents-in-illinois&catid=3:a-section&Itemid=5

"At Bradley, Glasser is the highest earner, followed by men??™s basketball coach Jim Les, who earned $419,414 in salary and benefits in the 2007-08 school year.

Two years earlier, Les earned $262,905."

erroneous number?

[jasonpeoria911]

I dunno where the Scout got its info from, you could try contacting the reporter of the story. Link is below. Looks like his salary before the Sweet 16 was about $262,000 but then he got a raise to $419,000 after the Tourney.

http://tinyurl.com/yfaw2aj

Jason

bu fan 9 is correct. Jim Les' salary from BU is nowhere near $400,000 per year. Where did that erroneous number come from?

[Da Coach]

I can't tell where that information came from. It says they got info about the President's salary from a publication named the "Chronicle of Higher Education", which "publishes information about the salaries of university presidents." Maybe that info about Jim Les comes from the IRS reports that they cite.

Even if that was accurate, and I don't know that it is, it could include bonuses, and other compensation beyond his base salary, such a payment for running summer camps. I have heard his base salary is much less than the figures being thrown around.

[That Guy]

I can't agree. There are a lot of good coaches that can't win because of circumstances beyond their control (mostly related to recruiting and facilities). Carmody is a good example.

Except for the fact that he has brought NU out of being the perennial doormat of the Big Ten, and a bubble candidate for their first NCAA tournament trip IN SCHOOL history. But right, he can't win there at all...

[BU RICK]

bu fan 9 is correct. Jim Les' salary from BU is nowhere near $400,000 per year. Where did that erroneous number come from?

From the Bradley IRS filing that was posted here several months ago which showed his salary at $400,000 which was probably deleted by you and rightfully so, because it showed the home address of all the coaches and president and all the people that got paid and I'm sure dozens of people saw it before it was deleted. You're not being very creditable here DC.

[Da Coach]

Only referring to his base salary- If that's what the IRS forms show, then I'll concede those must be his total payments.
I never saw any such forms posted here. If they are deleted, someone else must have done it, though it sounds like it was the correct thing to do.

[Braves4Life]

From the Bradley IRS filing that was posted here several months ago which showed his salary at $400,000 which was probably deleted by you and rightfully so, because it showed the home address of all the coaches and president and all the people that got paid and I'm sure dozens of people saw it before it was deleted. You're not being very creditable here DC.

Only referring to his base salary- If that's what the IRS forms show, then I'll concede those must be his total payments.
I never saw any such forms posted here. If they are deleted, someone else must have done it, though it sounds like it was the correct thing to do.

I posted that IRS form that is on the Bradley website..... public information. And yes, Les is paid slightly north of $400K and very slightly less than Pres. Glasser.

[BUBrave28]

...the top several who would have been neck and neck with the final four who were brought back for repeat interviews last time (JL, WM, JJ, BG) were still not guys we'd have done any better with...

I wasn't around when all of this happened so I'm a little lost. I know who JL, WM, and BG are but who is JJ referring to? The other 3 were the only names I ever heard connected with the BU job unless I'm just completely blanking on this.

[Da Coach]

There was initially a list of 10 candidates that were placed on a list to receive an interview by the BU coach search committee at the Final Four in Atlanta in 2002. I don't recall all the names (if anyone remembers any of the others, let me know).
The names that I can recall from that initial list are:
Jim Les
Wayne McClain (assistant at Illinois- still an assistant at Illinois)
Brian Gregory (assistant at Michigan State- took job as head coach at Dayton 1 year later)
James Jones (head coach of Yale- still there)
Fran McCaffery (head coach of North carolina-Greensboro- now at Siena)
Jimmy Collins (head coach at UIC- still there)
Steve Merfeld (head coach at Hampton- took Evansville job, then moved on to assistant at Bradley)
Ray Giacoletti (head coach at Eastern Washington- stayed there a couple years, then took Utah job, and now an assistant at Gonzaga)

Collins did not show up for his scheduled interview in Atlanta and was eliminated. McCaffery, Merfeld, and Giacoletti pulled out or were eliminated after their first interview. Several candidates were invited back to Bradley a couple weeks after the Final Four for a second interview on campus. Jim Les was not initially among those selected for the second round of interviews, but then with a couple more candidates pulling out, Les was added to the semi-finalists. Then, if I recall, after the campus interviews, Gregory and Jones pulled out for various reasons. Les and McClain were the 2 finalists who were invited to meet with the BU President, Dr. David Broski, and Les was picked over McClain to be the new coach.

[BradleyJD]

Only referring to his base salary- If that's what the IRS forms show, then I'll concede those must be his total payments.

So $400,000 is correct. Thank you!

[Da Coach]

So $400,000 is correct. Thank you!

Correct for what?
$400,000 is the amount of total compensation for that 2007-2008 year, apparently, according to the IRS forms that have been reported.

All I ever said was that his base salary per his contract is much less than that. Sorry if some don't understand the difference between base salary and total compensation.


This is what I agreed with, and it is true-

Originally Posted by bu fan 9
Bradley is not paying him 400,000 base salary.

[bu fan 9]

He might of made that last year but that is not his base salary.

[afan]

He might of made that last year but that is not his base salary.

The real question might be how much does he make in total after tv commercials, radio show, camps, country club memberships, shoe contracts, etc. Whatever it is he deserves it! His job is definitely one of the most difficult jobs in america IMO.

[afan]

Correct for what?
$400,000 is the amount of total compensation for that 2007-2008 year, apparently, according to the IRS forms that have been reported.

All I ever said was that his base salary per his contract is much less than that. Sorry if some don't understand the difference between base salary and total compensation.


This is what I agreed with, and it is true-

Coach.. His total compensation is made possible because of his job as head coach at Bradley. I think that it would be fair to consider his total compensation when talking about how he is paid. As I have said earlier, whatever it is it is not enough as I believe that a D-1 basketball coaches job is one of the hardest most stressful jobs that you could have...