Wall Street Journal Article I thought was a good read.
Basically, don't overpay for head coach and overpay your best assistants.
Select quotes below.
https://www.wsj.com/sports/football...rubb-coach-salary-43cdffd5?mod=hp_featst_pos3
When Saban came calling following the Huskies’ 11-2 season in 2022, Washington hiked Grubb’s salary to $2 million, making him one of the highest-paid assistant coaches in the country. What’s highly unusual about that is how little Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer makes by comparison: $4.2 million.
That means that Grubb makes nearly 50% of DeBoer’s salary—a higher percentage of his head coach’s pay than any other assistant in college football. By contrast, Michigan’s offensive coordinator is paid $1.15 million, or just 14% of Jim Harbaugh’s $8.3 million salary.
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Collectively, no school in a major conference spends a higher share of its coaching budget on assistant coaches than Washington.
The fact that DeBoer entrusts so much to his assistants, and that they’re well compensated, is directly linked to Washington’s success, said Alisa Cohn, a New York-based executive coach.
She said there are lessons for leaders beyond the football field in the way he has invested in his staff. “The way to attract great talent is to give them opportunities to take on high-stakes, high-profile roles and run with it,” Cohn said. “And you have to be able to loosen the reins to do that.”
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Washington has lower football revenue than Michigan ($91 million to $131 million). It also has fewer blue-chip recruits. In fact, the Huskies have a grand total of zero five-star players.
That means the people charged with developing and directing those players have become even more important.
Basically, don't overpay for head coach and overpay your best assistants.
Select quotes below.
https://www.wsj.com/sports/football...rubb-coach-salary-43cdffd5?mod=hp_featst_pos3
When Saban came calling following the Huskies’ 11-2 season in 2022, Washington hiked Grubb’s salary to $2 million, making him one of the highest-paid assistant coaches in the country. What’s highly unusual about that is how little Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer makes by comparison: $4.2 million.
That means that Grubb makes nearly 50% of DeBoer’s salary—a higher percentage of his head coach’s pay than any other assistant in college football. By contrast, Michigan’s offensive coordinator is paid $1.15 million, or just 14% of Jim Harbaugh’s $8.3 million salary.
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Collectively, no school in a major conference spends a higher share of its coaching budget on assistant coaches than Washington.
The fact that DeBoer entrusts so much to his assistants, and that they’re well compensated, is directly linked to Washington’s success, said Alisa Cohn, a New York-based executive coach.
She said there are lessons for leaders beyond the football field in the way he has invested in his staff. “The way to attract great talent is to give them opportunities to take on high-stakes, high-profile roles and run with it,” Cohn said. “And you have to be able to loosen the reins to do that.”
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Washington has lower football revenue than Michigan ($91 million to $131 million). It also has fewer blue-chip recruits. In fact, the Huskies have a grand total of zero five-star players.
That means the people charged with developing and directing those players have become even more important.
man...the usual suspects kicking this thread off.
