Just what kind of pay do D3 xc/track & field coaches make per year? Highest paid coaches? Best paying conference?
Just what kind of pay do D3 xc/track & field coaches make per year? Highest paid coaches? Best paying conference?
My guess, mid-range school, also requiring some physical education or related teaching, maybe $70k if you coach track and cross country.
D1 P5 head coaches make in the ball park of $100k, some above $100k with big bonuses in the range of $25k-$50k if they do really well at conference and NCAA championships. The assistants are making in the range of $60k-$100k depending on the school. I have a relative who was at an NAIA school making potatoes, hardly $20k. I imagine D3 assistants are in the range of $30k-$40k and the D3 heads are $45k-$65k.
My numbers are from about 5 years ago, so they might be 10-15% higher now... So maybe add $5k to the D3 coaches and $10k to the D1 coaches for next year's salaries.
Er... wrote:
My guess, mid-range school, also requiring some physical education or related teaching, maybe $70k if you coach track and cross country.
This seems pretty accurate. Though some lower end schools will pay much less or even some decent schools will be in the 30-50k range but it may be 9 or 10 month work year or may not have a teaching component. Also many assistants may be part time and only getting 3-15k stipend.
That sucks. $70 is fine in a read State dump. To live in the high media exposure markets in Frisco or L.A. where the Olympic Medalists live and train you need at least $200,000 per year.
It's D3. Get a real job.
pay Me some Money wrote:
That sucks. $70 is fine in a read State dump. To live in the high media exposure markets in Frisco or L.A. where the Olympic Medalists live and train you need at least $200,000 per year.
Of course you turned this political. The thread is about how much. Not “this is the rule for all you and your comrades.”
Assuredly pay is different dependent on the area.
You dope
You can look up salaries for public schools in most states.
At the D2/D3 level, you gonna be luck to get $50k as a head coach and probably a part time job if you an assistant. 🤔
After Marshall University won the Men's NCAA D1 National Championship in soccer back in May 2021 they signed their head coach to a new five year contract. It pays him $375.000 a year.
No wonder he's smiling in the photo!
JobSeeker wrote:
Just what kind of pay do D3 xc/track & field coaches make per year? Highest paid coaches? Best paying conference?
40-50k is about average at schools with decent athletics. 60-80k in conference like the UAA, if you have some experience on you. You'll find some coaches in random schools getting paid quite a bit, but it's hard to disentangle other responsibilities. In my second year out of school 94% of my salary came from other duties within the athletic department.
You can search for this if the school is public. For instance, most WIAC salaries are in between 40-54k.
It's not a gold mine.
53k after 10 years. 20 years coaching total. If you can find a dumpy town- you can survive- I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
To give you an idea, I'm in my 19th year on the DI level as an assistant. I'm at $29k. Mind you, I've had conference champions, several into the post season (including NCAA Championships), had athletes represent their respective countries internationally, etc... All I can say, is make good friends with folks who are influential and know what you can do. Otherwise, it's a very long uphill battle.
Mark Few (Gonzaga) - 1.6M
Tommy Lloyd (Arizona) - 3.8M
D3
D3 Coach here in Southern part of the US. I am head coach of both Cross Country and Track (2 paid assistants alongside me). I make 50k and have been coaching less than 5 years. Pay will not change much at this point as no other coaches are making more as so I am told by the A.D.
years ago, I was head coach at a junior college. $1200 per season. (twelve hundred). Loved it; had a flexible full-time job that allowed me to pursue this fulfilling hobby. Would have kept at it but a baby came along and I couldn't justify the time. (Made about $2 an hour, which would probably be worth around $3 in today's numbers.)
I know several full-time D3 coaches (not just track/XC) who could be making a lot more doing something else. They make extra money from the school by doing things like scheduling the buses for away events and running summer athletics camps. I admire the choice they've made.
What are the top-paying jobs in D3? Big endowment schools in high-cost areas seem to be the best candidates.
Some possibilities--
MIT
Claremont/Pomona
NYU
Johns Hopkins
Chicago
Other maybe not as high cost area but seem to be well-supported
North Central
Lacrosse