SMC looking for coach $250K a year
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to say that that doesn't exist is putting your head in the sand. A while back there was an opening at a CSU. One coach had a GREAT career at an NAIA school had good recruiting classes, winning, kids loved him etc. He (white male) applied for the job and they gave it to a person (woman) who was a GA at a rival school. Politics is the name of the game and it's getting harder and harder for men to get jobs at D1 schools, if they're not already established (head coach at a big D1 or assistant at a big d1). He had a friend who was on the committee and said they wanted to hire a woman. He then went to the guys side and had average luck.
In the women's game the unicorn is a person of color who is a female and can coach. While this may seem harsh, it's the truth.
In the women's game the unicorn is a person of color who is a female and can coach. While this may seem harsh, it's the truth.
Saint Mary’s severs ties with women’s basketball coach after investigation
Saint Mary’s College parts ways with Paul Thomas, who had coached the women’s basketball team since 2006
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Randy is still on the low end
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I will give it to Bennett, he has stayed when he could have easily gone to another place for more money. Here at SMC, he has job security. Not sure Paul ever had that kind of security...I would like to See Morris return home! Or is she a average coach too? lolRandy is still on the low end
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I had become friends w Todd Golden at USF. His salary went from $400,000 to $3,000,000 when he went to Florida.
So dumb. I have a fundamental problem with d1 coaches making more than noble prize professors like in the UC System. It’s just wrong.
But Bennett has to be making 750k and that is on the low end considering what we has accomplished
While I whole heartedly agree, sports programs can bring in A LOT more money than Nobel Prize winners. There was a study done about 10-15 years ago and they researched the impact of sports on institutions. Some example they used was Duke university, George Mason, and Gonzaga. Duke was the most impactful. Before Coach K arrived at duke, they were a good private school. Not tier 1, but good. Because of tall the success they had in the 80's and 90's, coupled with investing in other sports programs the researches argued that it was due to the press Duke was getting through it's sports program. When George Mason was a Cinderella darling, their applications to admission raised by 300-400%.
Collegiate sports is business and has nothing to do with academics other than kids have to go to school. But lets be real...at a lot of these upper power schools, classes aren't really classes.
You're wrong. Grossly wrong. Duke was in the Final Four in 1963, 1965, 1966 and 1978. Vic Bubas was a super, superstar coach and Bill Foster was a top level coach as well. Some of us know our ACC history as some of us LIVED it.
And your knowledge of academics at universities is abysmally poor as well.
did you know that prior to 1985, Duke didn't have an endowment? Come 1985 they have 500 million. Duke in the 80's had a a 30% acceptance rate. Now it's at about 6%. Coincidence that with all of the press they've gained in basketball has made it more attractive of a school because of it's visibility? Dr. Mark Nagel who's a sports management professor at South Carolina once said that there's a strong correlation between teams that are constant winners and higher applications and lower admittance rates in colleges. Hence the George Mason reference where they had a 40% increase after their final four run in the earl 2000's (see second link below)
Look at Gonzaga...35% acceptance rate in the 90's and today they sit at 19%. Here is what the admissions said about their success of the basketball program. "[Admissions] would have grown because demographically we saw the largest increase in high school-aged graduates in the 2000s. We rose more than other people because of the national attention, so we couldn’t have picked a better time,” McCulloh said. “Basketball has this great run and great name recognition. It’s kind of synergy that all of those things happen.”
here are the full article so you can educate yourself on sports, influence, and how it leads to more exposure. It doesn't take rocket science to understand the correlation.
"Flutie Effect" comes to fruition
How March Madness success boosted admissions for 5 universities
I understand the economics of it. It’s just wrong IMO. No different than a surgeon making less than a coach. And almost every schools acceptance rate is lower today than in 80’s. Cal poly is damn near impossible to get into today and I can tell you it’s not because of there so
Powerhouse football program!! International students, population growth , and more people attending college are big factors. Sports is only one small piece.
I get it and I respect your position. It makes sense. But I do think some schools (not all) have had enrollment increases and lower admittance rates due to athletics.
Gonzaga is around 70% acceptance rate as is St. Mary’s. Not sure where you got 19%. It for sure got popular, but I have 2 in college right now so the info and process is freshly imprinted on my mind. The WCC schools average about 60%. A better example is Villanova at around 23%. It got very popular during their hoops run.
Jeff Cammon is the new head coach at St Mary’s. He was the head coach at Long Beach State for the past six seasons.
Jeff Cammon Leaving Long Beach State Women’s Basketball For New Position - Long Beach State University Athletics
LONG BEACH, Calif. – After six years at the head of the Long Beach State Women's Basketball program, Jeff Cammon has accepted the position of Head Coach with Saint
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Hmm...Is SMC a better find than Long Beach State? They're both Mid-Majors who knows about how much recruiting budget is different. Looks like a solid coach but could this just be a stepping stone? I wonder if they tried to go after Morris?
