Priorities

[monster]

Originally Posted by Cloud

You don't think $90,000 a year is well-paid?

for something that isn't football? (cough)

Well, it's not more than the professors make. I don't think $90K is huge given the job requirements and expectations. I'm very surprised by the football coach's salary. I think there must be other income in that job.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by monster

Well, it's not more than the professors make. I don't think $90K is huge given the job requirements and expectations. I'm very surprised by the football coach's salary. I think there must be other income in that job.

Don't forget the chart is for "Doctoral-Granting Universities", which means the biggies. Most of those have football programs that are in conferences that draw huge crowds, TV revenues, and support from wealthy alumni, that translates into millions of dollars for those schools.
They pay big bucks for coaches that will(might) win, bringing them bowl games and more $upport.

Wow, I was shocked from that! soon, I want to be a part of them.

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[DanaC]

They reckon there's generally a 17.5% - 20% differential between male and female wages in the UK (in comparable jobs).

If I make it to my dream job (University tenured history professor) I'll earn about £40k - £60k per annum. I'd consider that an excellent wage.

[monster]

The salaries i fouind were for the University of Michigan. You know, Big 10, second largest statium, largest attendance..... granted they've been on the crappy side recently, but I'd still expect their coach to be taking home more than that.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You're talking about the swimming coach, yes? Only football brings in the big bucks, so I think you'll find football coaches at all the biggies far outstrip any other coaches.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You're talking about the swimming coach, yes? Only football brings in the big bucks, so I think you'll find football coaches at all the biggies far outstrip any other coaches.

Not to mention their other perks which looking at those numbers may or may not be included. Somehow I don't think the perks that Univ presidents get are included in the gross salaries either. Cars, car allowances, houses fully paid for, etc.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by DanaC

It seems a touch strange to me that in a university the football coach takes the big money. I realise it's a cultural thing...but it always did strike me as very strange. I don't get why football is so important in an academic institution. I understand why management might end up getting paid more than, say a leading academic...just...but a football coach? Nothing against football coaches, but wtf?

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Most of those have football programs that are in conferences that draw huge crowds, TV revenues, and support from wealthy alumni, that translates into millions of dollars for those schools.
They pay big bucks for coaches that will(might) win, bringing them bowl games and more $upport.

College football is big business here, Dana, probably as much, or more, money involved than the pros.

[monster]

the 300K is the football coach

[xoxoxoBruce]

Oh, ok, I missed that.

How does Paterno compare to other coaches? He's actually below the average college football coach salary of $950,000. That's not counting benefits, subsidized housing, incentives or any other perks, according to USAToday.com. In fact, 42 of the 119 Division I-A coaches are earning $1 million or more; Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops earns $3 million annually.

Coaches Jim Tresse (Ohio State) and Mack Brown (Texas) are among nine coaches earning more than $2 million. According to the New York Times, some of the highest paid college football coaches include Alabama's Nick Saban with an eight-year deal worth almost $32 million and Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione with a $2.09 million annual salary. Today, college football means big bucks, for some.

Back in 1958 the University of Alabama lured Bear Bryant with a promise of $18,000 a year, or the rough equivalent of $130,000 today; last year the university handed Nick Saban an eight-year deal worth roughly $32 million. Several dozen college football coaches now earn more than $1 million a year — and that’s before the books, speeches, endorsement deals and who knows what else. Earlier this season the head coach at Texas A&M, Dennis Franchione, was caught topping up his $2.09 million salary by selling to Aggie alums, for $1,200 a pop, his private football-gossip newsletter.

Sounds like becoming a coach might be better than becoming a pro player, considering the length of time you can reasonably expect to do it.

[Shawnee123]

Boy, I was just trying to be funny and act like I didn't notice the big football coach bar.

[Clodfobble]

I think it's been well established that we don't cotton to humor none 'round here.

[Shawnee123]

Er, I mean

[monster]

OK, taking a different approach.....

hey! U of Mich only pays their football coach 25% of the average and their other "academic" staff 150% of the average..... but our stadium is still bigger than yours! ...and Michael Phelps was ours :p

[ZenGum]

I know of a *FEW* professors in the US$250,000+ range.

Very, very few. Generally, some cashed-up US (often, but not always, Ivy League) college wants to raise its profile in some particular area, and decides to poach an entire research program en bloc from somewhere else.
Back in the early '90s, one US college (I think it might have been Bowling Green) offered four Profs. from the Australian National Uni Philosophy program about $250,000 each provided they all came as a group. (They stayed, mostly for family reasons.)

More recently, the Australian government has brought in "Federation Fellowships" which offer salaries around $250,000 and are used for counter-poaching.

Most tenured academics are on less then $100,000; and at the bottom of the pile there are many non-tenured, contract, or even causal workers on mediocre salaries with no job security. Hours depend on enrollments, and these vary year by year.