Coaches salaries

[MetryCajun]

Saban, Sweeny and Riley are definitely not overpaid.

College football is a farm system for the NFL, yet they are compensated similarly. The offenses and defenses are not as sophisticated and recruiting footprint matters more than coaching for the elite teams. None of those guys you mentioned could keep an NFL job for more than 5 years. Also, because of NCAA rules regarding practice and player contact, they don't even have to work as hard as their NFL counterparts. Lastly, college sports is the only business where an employee makes more than the President/CEO.

[VObserver]

College football is a farm system for the NFL, yet they are compensated similarly. The offenses and defenses are not as sophisticated and recruiting footprint matters more than coaching for the elite teams. None of those guys you mentioned could keep an NFL job for more than 5 years. Also, because of NCAA rules regarding practice and player contact, they don't even have to work as hard as their NFL counterparts. Lastly, college sports is the only business where an employee makes more than the President/CEO.

You have obviously never been involved in collegiate athletics if you honestly believe that college coaches dont work as hard as their pro sport counterparts. The 20 hour week that they can spend with players is perhaps 1/3 of their workload, and the job is year round, not seasonal.

There are also lots of people outside of collegiate athletics whose earnings are more than the people who are above them in the corporate chain of command. My sister's son in law took a significant pay cut when he was promoted from a point of sale management position to COO of the nationwide company he works for. My daughter took a pay cut to become a manager for the NOLA restaurant group she was working for at the time. I am certain they are not the only two people out there with similar experiences.

[CajunVic]

College football is a farm system for the NFL, yet they are compensated similarly. The offenses and defenses are not as sophisticated and recruiting footprint matters more than coaching for the elite teams. None of those guys you mentioned could keep an NFL job for more than 5 years. Also, because of NCAA rules regarding practice and player contact, they don't even have to work as hard as their NFL counterparts. Lastly, college sports is the only business where an employee makes more than the President/CEO.

I can’t find one thing in this post that is accurate and/or can be backed by fact.

[MetryCajun]

I have not, but I have spoken to a couple of Saints coaches and scouts who have done both and they say the pendulum has swung in favor of college work. The salaries have skyrocketed in the past 10 years while texting and the internet have allowed them to do a lot of their work from home or even the golf course as one coach told me.
Also, the NFL pushing back the draft has put even more weeks of work on the coaches schedule.

LSU has a coach who would be hard pressed to win 4 games a year in the NFL while he makes just as much as his NFL counterparts. Further proof of what I am saying is some young Saints assistant coach comes to LSU and now is viewed as an offensive genius. Moving forward I think you will see more NFL assistant coach’s and NFL castoffs tap into the runaway money train that is D1 football.

[Cajun fan1]

I have not, but I have spoken to a couple of Saints coaches and scouts who have done both and they say the pendulum has swung in favor of college work. The salaries have skyrocketed in the past 10 years while texting and the internet have allowed them to do a lot of their work from home or even the golf course as one coach told me.
Also, the NFL pushing back the draft has put even more weeks of work on the coaches schedule.

LSU has a coach who would be hard pressed to win 4 games a year in the NFL while he makes just as much as his NFL counterparts. Further proof of what I am saying is some young Saints assistant coach comes to LSU and now is viewed as an offensive genius. Moving forward I think you will see more NFL assistant coach’s and NFL castoffs tap into the runaway money train that is D1 football.

How in the ____ do you know how many games O would win in the NFL?

[MetryCajun]

VO. You are correct that workers can make more than the manager they report to, but said worker does not make more than the CEO. I have no problem with coaches making more than the AD they report to, since that have a higher pressure job. I do have a problem with the coach and in some cases assistant coaches, making more than the University President. Many will not agree with me, but I think most universities including ours has lost site of what it’s mission is. I still like college football but I find myself watching less and less as it has turned into a Second rate NFL production.

[MetryCajun]

How in the ____ do you know how many games O would win in the NFL?

Ok not many. How is that?

[alum81]

We are probably one of the highest paying mid major in football.

[ManAboutTown]

VO. You are correct that workers can make more than the manager they report to, but said worker does not make more than the CEO. I have no problem with coaches making more than the AD they report to, since that have a higher pressure job. I do have a problem with the coach and in some cases assistant coaches, making more than the University President. Many will not agree with me, but I think most universities including ours has lost site of what it’s mission is. I still like college football but I find myself watching less and less as it has turned into a Second rate NFL production.

Please elaborate...

[CajunEXPRESS]

VO. You are correct that workers can make more than the manager they report to, but said worker does not make more than the CEO. I have no problem with coaches making more than the AD they report to, since that have a higher pressure job. I do have a problem with the coach and in some cases assistant coaches, making more than the University President. Many will not agree with me, but I think most universities including ours has lost site of what it's mission is. I still like college football but I find myself watching less and less as it has turned into a Second rate NFL production.

They wouldn't, couldn't make more than everyone else if they weren't viewed as more important. They're the rainmakers. Rainmakers always get more. If it's determined that that individual isn't a rainmaker their contracts are bought up and a new potential rainmaker is hired.

It's been proven in virtually all universities, in America , a successful athletic program brings more capital, and students than not having one. That's the case in America at this time and the entire 20th century. What other reason that a small Catholic university in Indiana become so wealthy and world known.

You may not like it, athletic success a catalyst, but it's been proven over and over for over a century.