Most male university basketball coaches poorly paid

Let’s make some mathematics.

For the cost of an invoice, at $ 8.8 million, the best paid coach in university basketball for the second consecutive year: could pay the combined salaries of the Otzelberger TJ of the state of Iowa ($ 3.5 million) and Kelvin SamSson de Houston ($ 4.6 million) and have enough for John Becker ($ 387,198) and the Kevin de Vermont ($ 3042).

It does not mean that Self has not earned his salary despite Kansas’s fainting in the Big 12 catbird seat; After all, the Jayhawks are only three years from another national championship.

But it is only shown: there are some extremely good offers that are at the highest levels of university coaching.

Use Today Sports compiled payment information from each school In power, four conferences and from each school outside those conferences whose team has appeared in at least three of the last five NCAA tournaments.

In terms of obtaining their money, it is difficult to overcome the success of the regular season and the postseason that Otzelberger and Sampson have brought to the table for two of the best programs in Big 12.

TJ Otzelberger, Iowa state

The former UNLV coach has been a resounding success in Ames, reaching the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament twice in his first three years with another team this season capable of moving deeply in March. That has made Otzelberger, 47, the first coach in the history of the program to make multiple trips to the second weekend of the tournament and the second to reach the tournament in each of his first three seasons. Otzelberger is a large bargain of $ 3.5 million in total salaries, which occupies the eighth place in the 12 greats among public schools, although its The purchase of $ 29 million leads the conference.

Kelvin Sampson, Houston

The former university coach has turned Houston into the Big 12 class and one of the greatest heavyweights of university basketball. After a slow but stable construction process, Houston did not make the tournament until 2017-18, its fourth season, the Coupars have made the Sweet 16 in each of the last five tournaments, with two offers of Elite Eight Eight and a trip to the last four. This year’s team finished four games in a Big 12 of the best and heavy and a place is almost guaranteed in line No. 1, Sunday’s team.

Brad Brownell, Clemsson

In silence and with essentially zero national fanfare, Brownell has made Clemson one of the best programs of the ACC. After winning 24 games and arriving at the Eight Elite last season, the Tigers are sitting at 26-5 in general and in a draw for second place in the classification of the League when entering the ACC tournament. It has been a great process to reach this point: Clemson made the tournament in Brownell’s debut, in 2010-11, and would not return to the field until 2018. But the tigers have folded a corner, making their $ 3.51 million in compensation This season, a very pleasant bargain given the average investment returns seen in other ACOS programs such as North Carolina, North Carolina state, the state of North Carolina – that separated from Kevin Keatts – and Pittsburgh.

Pat Kelsey, Louisville

But no ACC school this season is getting better returns than Louisville. After hiring Kelsey of the Faculty of Charleston with a contract that is worth it $ 2.37 million in total compensation this seasonThe cardinals are sitting at 25-6 in general, rather than duplicating the total two seasons of the program under former coach Kenny Payne. The cardinals are tied with Clemsson in the classification of the conference and are heading to the ACC tournament in a nine -game winning streak, one that could lead to a deep race to March Madness. Kelsey’s compensation occupies the ninth place in the ACC and the 58th among the public school coaches in our survey.

Nate Oats, Alabama

Oatmeal remains one of the best values at the major conference level after taking Alabama to 24 victories and a final between the top three in the SEC against what can be the most difficult schedule of the nation. Since the 2020-21 season, OATs has taken Crimson Tide to a pair of regular season championships and SEC Conference, three Sweet 16 appearances and a trip to the Final Four, with this year’s team again one of the favorites to reach the national semifinals. Those are some great returns for a coach who occupies the fourth place in the SEC and TENTH NATIONAL AT $ 5.01 MILLION In total payment this season.

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