The SEC could soon enter a different stratosphere when it comes to spending on coaching thanks in part to lucrative media-rights deals.
Author: Paul Myerberg and Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY
How Kansas men’s coach Bill Self tops list of highest-paid in college basketball
A planned $4.5 million windfall bumps Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self above eight-figure mark for one year, making him the first to earn $10M.
Alabama’s Nick Saban and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney may get more money thanks to new level of high-dollar coaching deals
Contracts for Nick Saban and Dabo Swinney include provisions that could require Alabama, Clemson to renegotiate to reflect rapidly changing market.
In bizarre men’s basketball season, coaches with lower pay making NCAA Tournament impact
Wichita State, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Purdue and Alabama are among schools seeing high rate of return on smaller payout for head coaches.
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott leaving year early after groundbreaking tenure, pitfalls
During Larry Scott’s nearly 12-year tenure, he expanded the Pac-12, brokered a media-rights deal with ESPN and Fox and created the Pac-12 Networks.