Best Value Basketball Coaches in Division I
By Bruce Gibson
Rules of the chase:
To have value the coach must have a formula for winning that works most years,so one good year doesn’t make the list. Hence, in order to qualify for the list a coach had to make the big dance in both of the last two seasons. This leaves us with 33 coaches that have value. Out of this group we simply divided wins into salary to get the coaches pay per win and generate the best values in college basketball coaching.
Name (School ) Cost per win
1. Will Brown (Albany) – $15,350
2. Marvin Menzies (New Mexico State) – $16,303
3. Tad Boyle (Colorado) – $25,709
4. Steve Fisher (SDSU) – $27,097*
5. Gregg Marshall (Wichita St.) – $33,000
6. Fred Hoiberg (Iowa St.) – $42,857*
7. Mick Cronin (Cincinnati)- $50,000
8. Greg McDermott (Creighton) – $50,738
9. Josh Pastner (Memphis) – $50,833
10. Shaka Smart (VCU) – $52,692
11. Mark Few (Gonzaga) – $54,201
12. Sean Miller (Arizona) – $65,625*
13. Jim Boeheim ( Syracuse) – $68,056
14. Jaime Dixon (Pittsburgh) – $70,391
15. John Beilein (Michigan) – $72,000
16. Roy Williams(North Carolina) – $73,914
17. Bo Ryan (Wisconsin) – $75,000*
18. Bruce Weber (Kansas St.) – $75,000
19. Dana Altman (Oregon) – $75,000
20. Jay Wright (Villanova) – $78,977
21. Lon Kruger (Oklahoma) – $91,304
22. Mark Gottfried (North Carolina St.) – $92,857
23. Travis Ford (Oklahoma St.) – $108,333
24. Billy Donovan ( Florida) – $108,505*
25. Tom Izzo (Michigan St.)- $115,027*
26. Thad Motta (Ohio St.) – $123,480
27. Rick Pitino (Louisville) – $131,559*
28. Bill Self (Kansas) – $197,948
29. Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) – $278,230
*Still in the NCAA tournament so more wins could move him up the list.
Harvard and St Louis do not release payroll numbers hence Tommy Amaker, and Jim Crews are not on the list.
Bruce Gibson is a freelance writer. Bruce can be followed on Facebook at “Sports Top Ten and Beyond”. Bruce can be contacted at [email protected]
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