Why taxpayers allow state schools to spend that much money on a state employee (yes, a head coach at a state school is technically a state employee) is beyond me. The state of Michigan can't even provide lead free water to people in inner city Detroit, but can pay Harbaugh 9 million dollars. Ridiculous. The HC salary should be capped at the governors salary, then if boosters want to pay 8 million per year on top of that, then that's their prerogative. Private schools should be uncapped in terms of actual salary, because it's not taxpayer funded. If I lived in Florida, I'd be ****ed that part of my sales tax was going to FSU and UF to pay for their head coaches.
Coach salaries are almost always paid by the athletic departments and or booster groups, not the taxpayers. I don't know the actual numbers, but a coach making $5,000,000 per year at a state school is probably being paid about $125,000 per year by the school and $4,825,000 from the boosters.
Coach salaries are almost always paid by the athletic departments and or booster groups, not the taxpayers. I don't know the actual numbers, but a coach making $5,000,000 per year at a state school is probably being paid about $125,000 per year by the school and $4,825,000 from the boosters.
Why isn't Richt on that list? Is the salary info not technically public?
Why taxpayers allow state schools to spend that much money on a state employee (yes, a head coach at a state school is technically a state employee) is beyond me. The state of Michigan can't even provide lead free water to people in inner city Detroit, but can pay Harbaugh 9 million dollars. Ridiculous. The HC salary should be capped at the governors salary, then if boosters want to pay 8 million per year on top of that, then that's their prerogative. Private schools should be uncapped in terms of actual salary, because it's not taxpayer funded. If I lived in Florida, I'd be ****ed that part of my sales tax was going to FSU and UF to pay for their head coaches.
I mean I love college football, but Harbaugh getting paid 9mil is asinine, he's coaching college football!
Even worse is he got a 2mil raise, a raise of 2mil, FFS!