Who Pays the College Coach (Excellent piece)

Who Pays the College Coach (Excellent piece)

The college bowl season is just around the corner, and with it will come the annual debate over coaching salaries. Namely, is top-ranked Alabama’s Nick Saban really worth $32 million?

Academic types have long lamented that coaches at many public universities make millions more than their schools’ professors and presidents, not to mention the governors of their states. That much is true. Mr. Saban’s eight-year contract will pay him $4 million a year — $5 million if he earns all his performance bonuses. That dwarfs the salary paid to Alabama President Robert Witt ($611,000) and Gov. Bob Riley ($105,000).

wsj.com
12/6/08