As John Thelin, Research Professor of History of Higher Education & Public Policy at the University of Kentucky, explained, “paying salaries to players will increase [athletic] program expenditures without necessarily increasing revenues… [and] a handful of powerful programs will stand to gain in...
There’s more money than ever invested in college football, with programs operating with historic NIL and staff budgets for football. As a result, the salaries for the highest-paid college football coaches in 2024 have exploded. One important thing to keep in mind when examining the highest-pai...
But he expects staffs to shrink and salaries to be reexamined due to COVID-19 cutbacks. Likewise, Southall expects that colleges may reconsider their national reach. "Looking at Division I, I think it makes a lot of sense for athletic departments to examine whether you need to have...
The “Ivy League” collegiate athletic conference (NCAA Division I) was actually officially established in 1954. It comprises these eight powerhouse universities, all located in the northeastern United States. However, the term “Ivy League” dates back farther than that, though its exact ...
rights deals and coaching salaries and athletic director salaries, and sort of embrace the criticism that we've heard for years now that there's lots of folks in college sports that are getting paid, but not the student athletes and wow, that completely ignores the value of athle...
For example, some campuses offer only dining hall and athletic center jobs while others include work-study doing research for faculty as a way for students to gain experience in their chosen field. “Understand that you can negotiate with universities over financial aid packages,” says All...
That will happen naturally over the coming months and years. Figures like NCAA president Charlie Baker or Smart’s own boss—Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks, who is on a host of key football committees—are doing what they can to bring about change sooner rather than later. ...
head coaches also have to meet with local and national media at least once or twice a week, they have fundraisers to attend, charity speeches to give, meetings with boosters, meetings with their bosses (usually the Athletic Director or the President of the school they work for), sitting dow...
Athletic director Ross Bjork, who formerly worked at Missouri from 1997 to 2003, said he was frequently asked about A&M and the SEC when conference realignment was in full swing while he was athletic director at Western Michigan. "Wow, that's perfect," he said. "The reason why is the ...
Seven of the top 10 executives on this list are either coaches or (in one case) the athletic director. For the second year in a row, Nido Quebein of High Point University is the highest-paid college president. His salary tops $2 million. Right behind him is Linda Livingstone of Baylor...