OT: the coaching carousel begins (Houston gives Herman a big raise)
A lot of big jobs are opening up and Houston is doing its best to retain Jim Tom Herman:
Houston announces it's raising Tom Herman's salary to $3M a year. Serious bid to hang on to him.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 20, 2015
That's not enough to prevent someone like Virginia Tech from making a run at him, but it makes him the highest paid coach outside of the Power 5 + Notre Dame... by a lot. It will take a big offer from a big-time school to dislodge him. Still, odds are probably pretty good that he'll be a finalist somewhere this year.
Here's a useful list of the highest-paid coaches: http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/
November 19th, 2015 at 8:17 PM ^
Wow. That is more than MSU's Nike deal.
November 19th, 2015 at 8:22 PM ^
Why leave Houston where you are making $3M unless the right job comes along? Houston has a pretty good recruiting base, and he should be able to do well in the AAC. I could see him wait for a job like Texas, Texas A&M, or Ohio State to open up. The only job that is open right now that I would leave that for is USC.
November 19th, 2015 at 9:00 PM ^
I'm right with you on this. I don't think this stops him from looking at other jobs; he hasn't verbally said that he is in for the long haul, and there are some huuuuuuge jobs potentially coming open. What this raise does is narrow the field--no way Herman looks at a middling job like Illinois or even South Carolina now. He can hold out for a top job, and if one does not offer him after this season, he can build a dynasty at Houston until the right spot is available.
He would be a fool not to go to a place like Georgia or Texas if they ask him to come; he doesn't need to settle for anything less, now.
November 19th, 2015 at 9:15 PM ^
This basically means that Houston has eliminated all of the reasonable competition -- Houston can't compete (at least in the short- and medium-run) with the Georgias and Texases for the world. But they can at least keep him from going to the medium-level power-five jobs.
November 20th, 2015 at 12:31 AM ^
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We could only hope Herman would hold out for osu, that would mean we've been beating osu repeatedly and the osu fan base has run meyer out of town.
November 19th, 2015 at 8:23 PM ^
It makes sense for a school like Houston to show him that they are committed and throw cash his way. That is really the only chance they have to keep him. If they didn't do this then they'd definitely lose him sooner rather than later.
November 19th, 2015 at 10:01 PM ^
It's win-win for Houston. They know he isn't going to be there through the life of the contract; eventually he'll take a bigger job. When he does, they aren't on the hook for the big money anymore, but they show that they are willing to put their money on the table. Looks good for the next coach. Smart move by them.
November 19th, 2015 at 10:14 PM ^
Just because he leaves doesnt mean they are not on the hook.
Notre Dame was still paying Weiss last year as was Kansas.
Depends on the contract.
November 19th, 2015 at 10:21 PM ^
for a bigger job. Obviously true for Kansas too.
November 20th, 2015 at 12:13 AM ^
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That's some serious coin floatin' out there ...
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November 19th, 2015 at 8:30 PM ^
Eh, this is pretty deplorable when most of that funding for Herman is coming from students, a majority of whom don't even realize they're being charged: http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/03/quest-top-tier-u-houston-spends-big-athletics/.
November 19th, 2015 at 8:36 PM ^
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November 19th, 2015 at 8:50 PM ^
Not to bring up a sore spot but I think App State's applications shot thru the roof post 2007 so as silly as it sounds football success can drive enrollment which can then help offset the salary etc. But yes it's a gray area.
November 19th, 2015 at 9:02 PM ^
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is actually worth. They attribute the vast majority of that PR value to social media mentions. How can a school with a $200 million endowment gain $1 billion in value from that?
If that is what all that publicity would have cost them to buy, I'd argue that spending $1 billion on it would be the biggest waste of money by a university imaginable.
November 20th, 2015 at 7:38 AM ^
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situation in Ohio. OSU would still get the players they do now and I doubt it affects us. But some of the players who go to other Big Ten programs might look hard at UC. It could potentially hurt MSU the most.
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November 19th, 2015 at 9:43 PM ^
It is a good investment for the future of the school but doesn't do much for the kids who are currently attending (maybe the "value of their degree" goes up a bit) and paying for a future they won't see much of a benefit from.
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much less Houston
November 19th, 2015 at 8:48 PM ^
Remember. This is amatuer athletics with student athletes.
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November 19th, 2015 at 9:32 PM ^
Pretty smart when you think about it for a few minutes. If the Big XII gets passed up yet again because of their scheduling they are going to have to look for somebody to join. If Houston can go on a run similare to Boise or a better example would be TCU. They are going to improve the odds that the Big XII sends out an invite. That 3 million a year is a bargain if he can keep this up.
November 19th, 2015 at 10:15 PM ^
scheduling, maybe they could just improve their non-conference schedules. Baylor's ridiculous non-conference slate is going to be a problem even with a CCG.
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November 19th, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
Smart move by Houston to try and keep him around, at least for another year. While there are a ton of jobs available this year, are there really any that are that enticing beyond USC (California), Miami and VaTech? I certainly expect Herman to be in the conversation for these spots if more veteran, high profile coaches don't fill them. I'm most curious to see what Rich Rod will do. VaTech or Miami seem to be where people think he'll end up. I'd like to see what he could do at Miami w/ a real defensive coordinator.
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November 19th, 2015 at 11:32 PM ^
Have to imagine there's another way in which more money is allocated to coaches like Kelly that this list doesn't take into account.
November 20th, 2015 at 7:45 AM ^
November 20th, 2015 at 9:16 AM ^
I thought so too, and I'm sure there are some pieces that are missed, but it does appear his total comp is lower than some of the others. My guess is that changes shortly.
The document showed Kelly with a base salary of just under $1 million, which represents a nearly $300,000 increase from his base for the 2012 calendar year.
However, Kelly's total compensation from the school fell to nearly $1.2 million from nearly $1.5 million because he went from receiving more than $600,000 in bonus pay in 2012 to getting less than $10,000 in 2013.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2015/05/19/brian-kelly-cha…
November 20th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
a year from their media and marketing firm. Kelly is probably getting more than twice that much. Schools hide pay for coaches in various ways. They can get a cut of the apparal contract, for example. ND hasn't released the details of their UA deal, unlike the public schools.There should be zero doubt that Kelly is one of the highest paid coaches in CFB.
November 20th, 2015 at 9:11 AM ^
They'll be in the Big 12 before long, and then it will make sense. They should be there regardless.
November 20th, 2015 at 9:26 AM ^
RichRod receives $360,000 in "other pay"? That's more than two times what the next closest coach receives. What gives?
November 20th, 2015 at 10:36 AM ^
Does it surprise anyone else how little Brian Kelly is making at ND? I know they have still been paying Weis but IMO he is a top 10-15 coach and half of the AAC coaches make more than him.