plays with cars wrote:
Bye Bye Track wrote:Actually, it is the opposite. I love that coaches now have the opportunity to make a living wage. Although, this law is going to have the opposite effect, AD's are going to just cut the program rather than actually care.
Good synopsis.
For the people unsure how this works, here is a simple example. Suppose there is a track coach currently making $30,000. He shows up at the office M-F at 8am, and stays till the end of practice at 6pm. Twice a week he makes recruiting calls in the evenings for 2 hours. 20 weekends a year he goes to meets where he spends 20 hours per meet on coaching-related duties. 10 weekends per year he spends 5 hours facilitating official and unofficial visits, and 5 times per year he spends 5 hours on home visits. He takes a total of 15 business days off throughout the year. This is based on my experience coaching at a D1 program- your mileage may vary.
In total then, he works about 3125 hours per year but his pay is only based on 40 hours per week, or 2000 hours per year ($15/hour). So he gets time-and-a-half for the extra 1125 hours. So the new law requires he gets paid $30,000 for the first 2000 hours, plus $25,313 in overtime ($22.50*1125 hours), which puts him over the cap of $47,500ish. So the university would be better off just paying him a flat salary of $47,500.
Universities aren't going to be content with their coaching staff salaries going through the roof, so it's likely that certain programs will trim their coaching staffs or entire programs.
How many of these coaches are working in June, July and the first half of August?