Double those amounts. Many head coaches make over $200k.
Double those amounts. Many head coaches make over $200k.
Worth noting the big guys are always the profession exception. I am a full time assistant in college and make under $25K. I've been coaching for 12 years.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining. I left a $60k high school teaching job to be here, because this is what I want to do. Just know that most college coaches aren't pulling six figures.
You are not at a P5 school making that little. P5 coaches average $150k as heads and $75k as assistants. Many salaries are publicly available.
kjvoj wrote:
He's about to sell his house. Wonder if he's upgrading (not much in Gainesville) or downsizing now that his son is turning pro. Amazing thing about G'ville real estate. He bought it for $675k in 2007 and 12 years later, 0 appreciation, selling it for $675k.
https://www.zillow.com/homes/8956-SW-11th-Ave-Gainesville,-FL,-32607_rb/
Many people who bought houses in Gainesville -- and probably Florida more generally -- in 2007 went underwater in 2008 with the recession. He's lucky that the market has come back to the point that he can break even. Too bad he didn't wait a year to buy that property.
LowlyCoach wrote:
Worth noting the big guys are always the profession exception. I am a full time assistant in college and make under $25K. I've been coaching for 12 years.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining. I left a $60k high school teaching job to be here, because this is what I want to do. Just know that most college coaches aren't pulling six figures.
I am glad you shared REALITY with us. This is the norm, not the crazy guesses on this board or the wonderful extreme salary.
D3 sucks and D2 is dumb wrote:
You are not at a P5 school making that little. P5 coaches average $150k as heads and $75k as assistants. Many salaries are publicly available.
No way, bud. Those are way higher than the averages, even at power 5 schools. $75k is tremendous for an assistant.
Cite some. Iowa State head $250k and assistant $100k. Iowa head $175k and assistant $100k. Guessing other P5s in higher cost areas aren’t paying less.
kjvoj wrote:
He's about to sell his house. Wonder if he's upgrading (not much in Gainesville) or downsizing now that his son is turning pro. Amazing thing about G'ville real estate. He bought it for $675k in 2007 and 12 years later, 0 appreciation, selling it for $675k.
https://www.zillow.com/homes/8956-SW-11th-Ave-Gainesville,-FL,-32607_rb/
That’s what happens when you buy at the peak. It probably dropped to ~$400k in 2009 and appreciated back to $675k. He probably held on just to break even.
This came up on our call today and I threw out that some strength and conditioning coaches probably made more than Holloway and I was correct.
The IOWA? football strength and conditioning coach makes $725,000
That is absolutely nuts. Why? Iowa isn't known for its football prowess.
http://footballscoop.com/news/8-strength-coaches-now-make-500000-annually/
The average is at least $200k for a head coach at a Power 5. There have been several examples provided of salaries that are much higher but none lower. Grove-Mcdonough was making $108k as an assistant at Iowa State and left to be an assistant at North Carolina so I would put her in the neighborhood of $125k.
They are pretty successful. The last 4 years they have gone 9-4, 8-5, 8-5, and 12-2 in a very difficult conference. Ferentz is the longest tenured coach in the NCAA at 20 seasons with Iowa.
Former Iowa Great wrote:
They are pretty successful. The last 4 years they have gone 9-4, 8-5, 8-5, and 12-2 in a very difficult conference. Ferentz is the longest tenured coach in the NCAA at 20 seasons with Iowa.
Yeah I'm thinking Wejo displayed some ignorance with that comment. I know people that travel to EVERY home Iowa football game, from outside of the state. There's a ton of money in Iowa football.
wejo wrote:
This came up on our call today and I threw out that some strength and conditioning coaches probably made more than Holloway and I was correct.
The IOWA? football strength and conditioning coach makes $725,000
That is absolutely nuts. Why? Iowa isn't known for its football prowess.
http://footballscoop.com/news/8-strength-coaches-now-make-500000-annually/
Do you realize how much $ Iowa football generates?
I don't know if you've ever been to that state... but there is literally NOTHING to do there.
No NFL, no MLB, no NHL, no NBA, etc... all the $ flows towards Iowa football
I guess about $50K high.
D3 sucks and D2 is dumb wrote:
You are not at a P5 school making that little. P5 coaches average $150k as heads and $75k as assistants. Many salaries are publicly available.
Care to show your work? I am not calling you a liar, just that people make up numbers or they are old. As you note the vast majority of salaries are available. I see them listed for football and basketball coaches, but I cannot remember seeing a list of track coaches.
The average P5 coach earns $200k. We know that Holloway and Floreal are much higher so I could even be convinced that the average is higher. I am really talking about the median.
Big money coach wrote:
The average P5 coach earns $200k. We know that Holloway and Floreal are much higher so I could even be convinced that the average is higher. I am really talking about the median.
Is there a list somewhere that has aggregated the data?
In this case the median and the average could be VERY different.
My first middle distance coach had a runner in the 1980ies who was in the world championship final and Olympic semi final in the 1500 (and a lot of other good athletes). How many of your well-paid high-school / college coaches can match this? And guess what - he did not take a single penny, but did it for 40 years for free until he retired at the age of 75 ten years ago.
And he deserves every penny of it. Texas, Texas AM, USC, Arkansas, Georgia and others that won ncaa titles are all in the $350-$450k range Base plus supplement income plus car allowances etc. It adds up, not to mention hefty bonuses when winning...
That wasn’t smart. He should have thought more about his family by getting a better paying coaching job so that he could leave more money to his dependents. Some people just won’t make the sacrifice for the family.