Louisville needs to upgrade their salaries for women’s coaches there is a huge disparity between what we were paying DBK and what Nebraska is paying. After 8 years Louisville was paying DBK $400.000 per year plus bonuses and her starting salary at Nebraska will be $700.000 plus bonuses. Dan Meske will have a starting salary of $300,000 plus bonuses. We need to take better care of our women’s programs.
Salary disparity
- Thread starter KozmasAgain
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DBK is being paid based on her record at U of L and consistently in the conversation for a NC. She's also replacing a coach that has won several NC's. Although we fans believe Meske will not miss a beat, he doesn't get the same credit as DBK, at least not yet. He still has to earn that, DBK doesn't.
What I am pointing out is DBK has been our coach for 8 years and has elevated the program on the national level. They rewarded with a $400,000 dollar salary which they thought was good. She hasn’t done anything for Nebraska yet but they pay her $700,000 to start. How long do you have to have that much success before your salary is elevated to the other top programs.
I really don’t think they use stadium size and attendance numbers when paying a top notch coach. I think in all sports the salary is based on the success of the person being hired to do the job. Most of the SEC schools have small basketball arenas for their women’s and men’s basketball. Duke pays top dollars for their basketball coach but play in a medium size arena.
I’m just saying it comes down to revenue. SEC and Big10 have lots of revenue to spread around. If our MBB team can continue it’s upward trend, along with football…that can bring more money to the table to pay coaches.
