Big 12 A.D. pay ...

[surly]

Big 12 athletic director Total compensation Maximum bonus

1. Kirby Hocutt, Texas Tech $1,450,000 $225,000
2. Chris Del Conte, Texas $1,435,000 $10,000
3. Joe Castiglione, Oklahoma $1,148,750 $760,000
4. Shane Lyons, West Virginia $920,000 $175,000
5. Jamie Pollard, Iowa State $868,112 $0
6. Sheahon Zenger, Kansas $700,000 $50,000
7. Mike Holder, Oklahoma State $644,372 $0
8. Gene Taylor, Kansas State $500,000 $0

Source: LJW

TCU and Baylor are private and do not publish their salaries.

 

[Cyched]

Wonder how much Zenger's replacement is going to make.

 

[CYphyllis]

Pollard is worth every penny.

 

[CyCrazy]

Zenger isn't even at KU.

 

[surly]

Zenger isn't even at KU.

Overall, it's absurd what these dudes are paid. TxT must relish putting that kind of dough out for our ex-linebacker. Good lord. The definition of a financial bubble.

 

[3GenClone]

I wonder how those figures compare to average income/cost of living in their respective campus communities. I look at Pollard and immediately think “he probably deserves a raise” but $860K in Ames goes a long way. $1.5 million in Lubbock seems ludicrous, whereas $1.4 million in Austin could almost be viewed as a bargain.

 

[BCClone]

JP has definitely moved the AD along quite a ways. Would like it if we could get into that mid 30s range for revenue. I know, I know, I could donate more but I’m not the kind of guy who can move that needle

 

[Bewilderme]

Surly, this might be the first time you've posted something where KSU isn't at the top. Good on ya.

 

[NWICY]

Jamie, makes pretty good money, but it's hard to complain with the way he has brought the athletic department along.

 

[NWICY]

With out knowing the situation I would say TT is overpaying.

 

[Cyched]

With out knowing the situation I would say TT is overpaying.

Don’t know much about Techs inner workings, but I think Hocutt is pretty widely respected.

As far as hires, Kliff looks like he could flame out, but still seems to be beloved by the fans. Beard appears to be a home run.

 

[clonedude]

I think JP is getting exactly what he should be getting. When factoring in cost of living, he's probably top 2 or 3.

If anything, maybe add in an incentive bonus of some kind, but his salary is dead on IMO.

 

[nfrine]

With out knowing the situation I would say TT is overpaying.

The cost of living in Lubbock is high...

Edit (Don't have the sarcasm pirate)

 

[CycloneDaddy]

Don’t know much about Techs inner workings, but I think Hocutt is pretty widely respected.

As far as hires, Kliff looks like he could flame out, but still seems to be beloved by the fans. Beard appears to be a home run.

Kliff would have been gone after last season but a big time donor who played with him wanted him to finish out his contract is what I was told.

 

[3GenClone]

The cost of living in Lubbock is high...

Just curious, what makes you say that? I’ve honestly never been to Lubbock, but it doesn’t sound as expensive as Austin or Dallas-Fort Worth.



https://www.payscale.com/cost-of-living-calculator/Texas-Lubbock/Iowa-Ames

 

[besserheimerphat]

Regarding cost of living, the median home price in all the Big 12 public university towns are just shy of $200k except for Austin, which is $346k according to Zillow. Outside of housing, cost of living usually isn't that different as regional differences often offset and average close to zero. For example AC costs more in TX but then they have much lower heating bills.

 

[cycophagus]

With out knowing the situation I would say TT is overpaying.

That is definitely an outlier. I read hints that some of their higher profile hires, Tommy Tubberville and Tubby Smith, left in part due to their spouses failing to make the adjustment to west Texas living. I've never been there, but I assume that understates what those coaches were facing on the home front. Is it possible they need to overpay in order to keep a lid on turnover?

 

[VeloClone]

Surly, this might be the first time you've posted something where KSU isn't at the top. Good on ya.

Actually he posted it and immediately turned it into golf scores with his comment that they are all overpaid trying to say that KSU's low balling is doing it the right way.

 

[surly]

I suspect there are lots of people here who run $100 million operations making nothing close to what these guys get. That was the whole point of posting the numbers which came from the Lawrence paper. Naturally, they'll have to pay a ton to get anyone with a pulse willing to report to Bill Self, which only exacerbates the situation. These salaries are a reflection of an industry living in a financial bubble.

 

[Prone2Clone]

With out knowing the situation I would say TT is overpaying.

Maybe it's an offset for covering haboob insurance?