HBCU Football Coach Salaries

[aggierob]

Just the Stats: What Public HBCU Coaches Are Paid, Part I

by Olivia Majesky-Pullmann
Dec 7, 2007, 07:54 Email article
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Diverse recently conducted a survey in order to compare the compensation and salary packages of head coaches at public historically Black colleges and universities.

Thirty-three of the 47 public HBCUs responded to the survey, a statistically significant 70 percent. A full analysis was conducted for football and both women’s and men’s basketball. The review contains data on base and total compensation. Base compensation is defined as the total public funds that the head coach received during the 2006-2007 academic year. Total compensation includes any additional compensation from revenue generated at camps, and incentive bonuses, for having an academically successful team or winning championships, among other things.



The survey was sent to the human resource and athletic departments of the HBCUs this past spring. Some of the coaches may have left since then, so keep in mind this was the compensation for the coach during the 2006-07 academic year. Since the tables are long, we’ll provide football coaches salaries today and basketball next week.


Football


Division I Analysis



Roughly 90 percent of Division I public HBCU football teams, 18 in all, responded to the survey. Based on the data, Southern University’s Pete Richardson was the highest paid Division I head football coach in 2006-07, earning a base salary of $200,000 and an additional $10,000 end-of-year bonus. The lowest paid was Savannah State University’s Theo Lemon at $65,000. The average salary was roughly $133,587, while the median salary was $135,851. Most of the HBCU football teams are in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Southwestern Athletic Conference.

How do the salaries of head coaches at HBCUs compare to their average counterparts? According to the USA Today 2006 analysis on compensation for Division I college football coaches, the highest paid coach was University of Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz, who received a total compensation package of $2.8 million. Bob Stoops of Oklahoma is now the highest paid coach in Division I at $3.6 million, according to USA Today.



Nearly 35 percent of the Division I football coaches earn well over $1 million or more.



Historically Black Colleges and Universities, NCAA Division I Football, Head Coach Salaries and Compensation for Football, 2006-2007

Source: Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, 2007



Institution
Coach Name Base Salary

Alabama A&M University (Ala.)
Anthony Jones $142,500.00

Alabama State University (Ala.)
Reggie Barlow $144,875.00

Alcorn State University (Miss.)
Dr. Johnny Thomas *

Delaware State University (Del.)
Al Lavan

Florida A&M University (Fla.)
Rubin Carter * $140,000.00

Grambling State University (La.)
Rod Broadway $156,000.00


Jackson State University (Miss.)
Rick Comegy $161,200.00

Mississippi Valley State University (Miss.)
Willie Totten $92,928.00

Morgan State University (Md.)
Donald Hill-Eley $135,122.00

Norfolk State University (Va.)
Pete Adrian $95,000.00

North Carolina A&T State University (N.C.)
Lee Fobbs $174,900.00

North Carolina Central University (N.C.)
Mose Rison $120,000.00

Prairie View A&M University (Texas)
Henry Frazier, III $127,500.00

Savannah State University (Ga.)
Theo Lemon $65,000.00

South Carolina State University (S.C.)
Oliver "Buddy" Pough $175,000.00

Southern University, Baton Rouge (La.)
Pete Richardson $200,000.00


Tennessee State University (Tenn.)
James Webster $136,580.00


Texas Southern University (Texas)
Steve Wilson $118,965.00


University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff (Ark.)
Merrill Forte $118,000.00


Winston-Salem State University (N.C.)
Kermit Blount $101,000.00


Average Salary
$133,587.22


* Head Coach No longer at the institution


Division II Analysis

Out of the 14 Division II public HBCUs with football teams, 10 provided data on the salaries of their head coaches, a response rate of 71.4 percent. The average Division II HBCU head coach earned a salary of $75,687. The highest paid was Fayetteville State University’s Kenny Phillips at $95,944. The median base income was $79,738.



Historically Black Colleges and Universities, NAIA, NCAA II and III Football, Head Coach Salaries and Compensation for Football, 2006-2007

Source: Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, 2007

Albany State University (Ga.)
James White $80,794.00

Bowie State University (Md.)
Michael Lynn


Central State University (Ohio)
Al West $70,000.00

Cheyney State University (Pa.)
Timothy Newom $52,959.34


Clark Atlanta University (Ga.)
Ted Bahhur $82,000.00


Elizabeth City State University (N.C.)
Waverly Tillar $90,000.00


Fayetteville State University (N.C.)
Kenny Phillips $95,944.00


Fort Valley State University (Ga.)
Deondri Clark $80,500.00


Kentucky State University (Ky.)
Fred Farrier -

Lane College (Tenn.)
Johnnie Cole $75,000.00


Langston University (Ok.)
E. Johnson, Sr.


Lincoln University (Pa.)
O.J. Abanishe


Virginia State University (Va.)
Andrew Faison $78,977.00


West Virginia State University (W.Va)
Earl Monroe $50,704.84


Average Salary
$75,687.92

[treese]

GREAT POST!!!!

[Aggie Monster]

I'm soooo glad this is posted so some people on this board can quit bitching about us "under paying" our head coach.

I always thought we were average or above average when it came to head coaching salary.

Thank You aggierob!!!!!!

Now we can stop blaming money all the time and focus on these sorry a$$ coaching we been hiring. Money dont buy wins people.

[Bornthrilla]

Dooms, what say ye?

[DOOMS]

I'd say the majority are overpaid. If I was hiring I'd pay under six figures and put the rest into staff salaries and infrastructure. Jerry Moore doesn't make as much as most of the d-1 cats!

[dscot399]

Aggierob, used D I-A salaries, to make his argument, so the logic of his entire statement must be dismissed. There is no coach at D I-AA making a million dollars. (I do realize that he was simply posting an article. At the same time he would only post articles that he believed in).

HBCU D-I HEAD COACHES are overpaid!

I will highlight this point by mentioning the salaries of the top two coaches in D I-AA in the Carolinas (App State, and Costal) plus the salaries of three schools that compete for NCAA I-AA playoffs!

Jerry Moore with 3 National Titles makes $115,000.* (As of 6/30/07)
Bennett at Coastal Carolina only gets $202,000.* (As of 10/28/08)
Eastern Washington went out and hired a coach this past Jan. for $100,000# (1/08)
Mark Foley at Northern Iowa got 5 year deal that averages $168,000.^ (5/1/06)
Jerome Souers at Northern Arizona $93,105% (2/3/2006)

As DSU proved last year programs at HBCU are not getting the same type of athletes as the "bigger" school in the D I-AA, yet the salaries at the HBCU are higher!

For $165,000 I expect a team that is going to be competitve not for the MEAC Championship but for a position in the Playoffs!


* Salaries court. of each State's employee salary database.
# Court. of a$$. Press via ESPN
^contract court. Des Moines Register
% Court. of Arizona Board of Regents

[oleschoolaggie]

its not necessarily the coach's salary that i complain about, its his "budget". the coach's salary doesn't produce championships but resources to travel, recruit, and offer scholarships does...

[dscot399]

It does not make sense to have coaches in inferior conferences making more money than coaches in better conferences.

How can you sit here and complain about the budget for sports when you are overpaying the staff?

[DOOMS]

Nov 14, 2008 11:28:26 GMT -5 dscot399 said:

It does not make sense to have coaches in inferior conferences making more money than coaches in better conferences.

How can you sit here and complain about the budget for sports when you are overpaying the staff?

THANK YOU!

[oleschoolaggie]

Nov 14, 2008 11:28:26 GMT -5 dscot399 said:

It does not make sense to have coaches in inferior conferences making more money than coaches in better conferences.

How can you sit here and complain about the budget for sports when you are overpaying the staff?

how can i complain about the budget? our staff is overpaid?

first of all, i don't believe those stats. ain't no way in the world jerry moore makes $115,000 when he's won 3 championships! he probably has supplementary contracts (shoe contract, camps, etc.) and i'm sure he has incentives financed by outside sources like boosters that'll probably put him way above $115,000. if you look at roy williams' and butch davis' based salaries, it would reflect a hail of a lot less money than they actually make. so if you believe those "raw" numbers, then you're very naive! i'd suggest you research further.

secondly, even if you trim $50k-75k off our coach's salary and transferred it to the budget, it still wouldn't make a dent in the overall budget. so how is $75k gonna make a huge difference in the budget? it barely covers the cost of a single 4 year scholarship! and what financial incentives do we offer our coaches? what about shoe and television contracts?

[DOOMS]

You're right, he makes 125...

bluedeathvalley.proboards1.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=897&page=1

The first post has good info on why they've been so successful there. His salary's about 2/3 of the way down page two.

Supplementary contracts are a common occurrence at major schools. Not so common (and even less lucrative if you're lucky enough to get one) on the lower levels.

No, Coach Moore is simply content, like Coach Hayes was. Moore's tasted the big time, it kicked his behind, and he found a nice mountain home.

I think you’re misreading what dscot means a little with the “how can you complain about the budget” comment. I don’t see him to literally mean that the budget will be fine if we move the coach’s salary. He means that you have no standing to complain about the budget when you are overpaying the coach in the first place because you obviously don’t know what to do with the money you do have.

[dscot399]

If you think there is a booster club in DI-AA that has the money to pay coaches please put down the pipe. D I-AA schools lose too much money to have booster clubs inflating the salaries of head coaches! You talk to any D I-AA athletic director they will tell you that the Boosters are paying for scholarships. Shoe companies are not throwing money at App State!

You don't believe Jerry Moore makes that much money because he won championships? Could it be that HBCU coaches are simply overpaid.

The numbers that I quote is from 2006-2007 salary database. He has signed an extension for 1 year to his contract since then but those 2006-2007 numbers reflect 2 national championships!

Even if you take Moore away from the Argument, HBCU coaches are still being paid more than other D I-AA coaches of comparative sizes.

You can go look up Beau Baldwin, who sign a contract with Eastern Washington this Jan after they made the playoffs and he is only gettin $100,000.

You Can look at Nothern Iowa coach who jumped to $168,000 AFTER making it to the Championship round. (Previously he was $116,000.

You can look at Nothern Arizona who coach makes less than $100K.

You still have yet to try and explain why MEAC coaches salaries should be on the same level if not higher than coaches from the BIG SKY, Colonial, Southern Conference.

[dscot399]

DOOMS I could not have said it better myself.

[aggielove]

Nov 14, 2008 11:28:26 GMT -5 dscot399 said:

It does not make sense to have coaches in inferior conferences making more money than coaches in better conferences.

Actually, I think it does make a little sense. Since the school knows that the additional support is not there as it is at a PWC, there's a premium that must be paid to a head coach at an HBCU.
It's like you trying to take out a car loan for that $55k BMW, but your credit score is 590 - you got to pay a premium (higher interest rate) in order to get it. That's what's happening with those HC's at HBCU's.

[Aggie Monster]

Nov 14, 2008 13:34:29 GMT -5 aggielove said:

Actually, I think it does make a little sense. Since the school knows that the additional support is not there as it is at a PWC, there's a premium that must be paid to a head coach at an HBCU.
It's like you trying to take out a car loan for that $55k BMW, but your credit score is 590 - you got to pay a premium (higher interest rate) in order to get it. That's what's happening with those HC's at HBCU's.

Naw, HBCUs are just getting dupped. Letting some slick brotha that done spent some time at a Div 1 school talk them into giving him more money than he is worth "because he has Div 1 experience and can turn this thing around".

A&T and most HBCUs are treating coaches like todays stock market. Fake a$$ value!

Our next coach shouldn't make more than 130 in my opinion. Use the rest for assistants and recruting. Why cant it be a Rising contract by year? 130 the first, 140 2nd, and topping out at 150 for the 3rd year or something.