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Post by redincolorado on Jun 16, 2007 9:37:31 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]"Coach Cook has been able to combine all of the principles we value in our volleyball program," Pederson said. "His teams have been champions in the classroom, on the court, and in the way they have carried themselves off the court. This is our way of showing how much we appreciate the work he has done and secures his future with Nebraska. This is a well deserved contract."[/glow] www.theindependent.com/stories/061607/hus_cook16.shtml |
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Post by Phaedrus on Jun 16, 2007 16:11:47 GMT -5
The article wasn't clear, does this include the university presidency or was it the governorship? And is this a better deal than the one that football coach has?
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Post by bigfan on Jun 16, 2007 19:16:50 GMT -5
The article wasn't clear, does this include the university presidency or was it the governorship? And is this a better deal than the one that football coach has? Don't ask me...ask Sarah Pavan. |
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Post by Keystonekid on Jun 17, 2007 18:59:57 GMT -5
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Post by holidayhusker on Jun 17, 2007 21:09:22 GMT -5
Enlighten me !! Why does a Girls Basketball Coach who has had minimal success make more than a National Championship Coach with Cooks success. That seems just ridiculous.
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Post by Ye Olde Dawg on Jun 18, 2007 1:47:05 GMT -5
I would think that would buy more than a nice lawn mower. On the one hand, it does seem goofy that the coach of a volleyball team that is looking at its third straight year of contending for the national championship was not until now the highest-paid women's team athletic coach at the school -- especially at Nebraska, where volleyball sells out on a regular basis. On the other hand, the market that Cook is in is for volleyball coaches, not basketball coaches. While women's basketball isn't a megasport, it's still bigger than volleyball. A basketball coach at Cook's level probably makes more than he does, but any A.D. worth their salt is going to keep the salaries for volleyball coaches in mind when negotiating Cook's contract. Things may change if volleyball starts to get the kind of attention that basketball does, but until then...  But that's the dark side of the athletics business. I'd really rather think in terms of congratulating all concerned. Cook is a good fir for the school and vice versa; they should keep him for as long as they can. |
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Post by Keystonekid on Jun 18, 2007 8:52:26 GMT -5
The market dictates. There are many college coaches who are twice as successful as their hoop counterparts, yet make half as much. Womens basketball is the direct beneficiary of mens basketball salaries. Also, on the whole womens hoops draws better, more revenue, more compensation.
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Post by Phaedrus on Jun 18, 2007 9:15:15 GMT -5
The only general statement that can be made about women's hoops is that it has been partnered with men's hoops so it gets much more support than the women's hoops revenues would warrant.
Otherwise, there are great women's hoops programs where the financial resources and coaches salaries warrant comparison with the men's hoops program and there are sad excuses for women's hoops programs that will never reach the same level as men's hoops on the court. So the market works for some programs and it allows others to swim along as parasites on the men's program. One problem with women's volleyball is that in 100% of the schools, there are no equivalence in the men's side, so no real financial reference to hang the sport. In the case of a number of schools: Stanford, Nebraska, Penn State, UCLA, USC, the volleyball program has seen the same if not greater success than football but does not draw the same crowds as football by the nature of the sheer numbers.
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Post by learning on Jun 18, 2007 12:15:25 GMT -5
I am not at all impressed with Cook's base salary. For a two time winner and third time contender for the national championship, this base is pitiful. PITIFUL.
On the other hand, the incentives are not listed (or did I miss them?) and he does live in Nebraska, where this kind of money can stretch very nicely. So not only is he smart enough to Win but he picked a program where the going rate is a nice sum to live on.
This is your average living wage (for mature family people) in San Fran, Chicago, etc. There have to be volleyball coaches who are better paid.
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Post by Murina on Jun 18, 2007 13:01:14 GMT -5
There have to be volleyball coaches who are better paid. He must be close to the highest paid NCAA coach. Maybe the UCLA coach who has been there forever could make more. Cook's reported salary is significantly higher the the salary USA women's coach Lang Ping is reported to be making. |
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Post by Keystonekid on Jun 18, 2007 14:34:19 GMT -5
actually it is slightly lless than Lang Ping, but with bonuses, camps, television, radio, shoe deal, etc.. its much better. I would imagine in base salary it is higher than anyones maybe other than Mick and Gimillaro. They paid Lang Ping more than they offered the top college coaches for the USA job, nice move Beal!
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Post by Murina on Jun 18, 2007 14:50:08 GMT -5
Then you heard different numbers on Lang Ping's salary than I did. I thought I remember reading $600K over 4 years which is $150k/year.
Why would you offer any college coach more than you would offer Lang? Dunphy is the only NCAA coach who has the resume' to be offered as much as Lang.
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Post by Keystonekid on Jun 18, 2007 15:55:24 GMT -5
Well for one, they would be invested in it. Do you need a second reason?
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Post by Murina on Jun 18, 2007 16:53:59 GMT -5
If that's how salaries were decided, we'd both be millionaires!
Your comment implies that JLP isn't taking the job seriously. If you aren't there, that's a pretty wild assumption regardless of what anyone hears from the players who were there over the summer. You don't accomplish the things that she has by half assing things.
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Post by OverAndUnder on Jun 18, 2007 18:51:00 GMT -5
I am not at all impressed with Cook's base salary. For a two time winner and third time contender for the national championship, this base is pitiful. PITIFUL. On the other hand, the incentives are not listed (or did I miss them?) and he does live in Nebraska, where this kind of money can stretch very nicely. So not only is he smart enough to Win but he picked a program where the going rate is a nice sum to live on. This is your average living wage (for mature family people) in San Fran, Chicago, etc. There have to be volleyball coaches who are better paid. I seriously doubt two hundred thousand dollars is the average living wage for people anywhere in the United States, even in highly inflationary markets like SF. I know for a fact that in SF the median income, at least, is somewhere in the 60K-70K range. |
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