Pac-12 football: Salaries for head coaches http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2016/07/20/pac-12-football-updating-coaches-salary/ 1. Washington’s Chris Petersen 2016 base salary: $3.6 million 2. UCLA’s Jim Mora 2016 base salary: $3.45 million 3. (tie) Oregon’s Mark Helfrich 2016 base salary: $3.3 million 3. (tie) Utah’s Kyle Whittingham 2016 base salary: $3.3 million 5. Arizona’s Rich Rodriguez 2015 base salary: $3.2 million 6. Arizona State’s Todd Graham 2016 base salary: $3.1 million 7. Washington State’s Mike Leach 2015 base salary: $2.75 million 8. (tie) Cal’s Sonny Dykes 2016 base salary: $2.65 million 8. (tie) Stanford’s David Shaw 2014 base salary: $2.65 million 10. Oregon State’s Gary Andersen 2016 base salary: $2.55 million 11. Colorado’s Mike MacIntyre 2015 base salary: $2 million USC’s Clay Helton Base salary: unknown That's a lot of money eh,.. Mike Bellotti was the State of Oregon's highest paid public employee, when he retired he began receiving his state PERS money (public employee retirement system),.. his monthly check is $41,000, the State will be paying him almost $500,000 annually for the rest of his life. Crash kills Nebraska punter http://www.oregonlive.com/collegefo...ls_nebraska_punter_fo.html#incart_river_index Sorry for your loss @Husker Ed
The Pac 12 really underpays it's coaches. The SEC has 7 coaches making more than Petersen. Moo U's Dan Mullen is the lowest paid at $3.0 http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/updated-sec-coaches-salaries-heading-into-2015-season/
Actually, I think that coaches are grossly overpaid and as much as I love football, I still have to admit that what we pay coaches is a sign of misplaced values in our society.
If I were to make a list of misplaced values in our society, overpaid coaches would probably be around #100.
Yet you are OK with movie stars making more for one movie than Nick Saban makes in 7 years. Or no-talent rappers or Justin Beiber or whoever. It is what it is. Football and other sports are part of the entertainment business. You can say what you want about teachers and cops being underpaid but nobody is going to shell out to but a ticket to see somebody teach a math class. Now if we could put a cop on pay per view shooting an unarmed black man that would be a huge seller.
