Calipari Becomes 2nd Richest Coach In NCAA With $52.5M Extension

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 3:44 pm

John Calipari reached a new deal with Kentucky, becoming the second-highest paid coach in college basketball.

Calipari's deal runs through March of 2021 and he would make $52.5 million in guaranteed compensation.

Calipari made $5.2 million annually under the old deal and will average $7.5 million under the new one.

According to USA Today's salary database, he passed Louisville's Rick Pitino ($5.76 million) and trails only Duke's Mike Krzyzewski ($9.68 million) on the highest-paid list.

Calipari has also been linked to NBA coaching jobs in recent seasons.

Via Kyle Tucker/Courier-Journal

Rated T By CBRA · Post #2 » by **Rated T By CBRA** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 5:01 pm

Contract until 2021? At least he doesn't have to worry about a job for the next "little while"

BarnabyJones · Post #3 » by **BarnabyJones** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 5:43 pm

Coach K makes $10 million a year?

Yikes.

Gannet · Post #4 » by **Gannet** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 7:44 pm

BarnabyJones wrote:Coach K makes $10 million a year?

Yikes.

Duke can afford it.

Sn0wman · Post #5 » by **Sn0wman** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 8:54 pm

NCAA...stealth slavery smh!!!

VC-INJURY · Post #6 » by **VC-INJURY** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 11:36 pm

lol @ people who say players shouldn't get paid. These coaches are only as good as the players they can get.

Even if NCAA wants to maintain the amateur status of its athletes, just have players paid retroactively after graduation; once they're done and out of school, pay them the money they are owed.

ndnow · Post #7 » by **ndnow** » Sat Jun 7, 2014 7:21 am

Anyone carrying a large US College debt?

jlokine · Post #8 » by **jlokine** » Sat Jun 7, 2014 2:10 pm

the NCAA is the modern day railroad construction... whites dominate the management positions, blacks dominate the product in which the work gets done.. and yet the whites all profit from it.. and in exchange they get "education" and "living expenses"

TonyMontana · Post #9 » by **TonyMontana** » Sat Jun 7, 2014 5:03 pm

And how much are the players getting?? Oh wait, they get nothing.

dautjazz · Post #10 » by **dautjazz** » Sat Jun 7, 2014 7:36 pm

That's pretty damn messed up, they make a killing and the players merely get sports scholarships. Yes education is great, but lets be real here.

thinktellectual · Post #11 » by **thinktellectual** » Sun Jun 8, 2014 10:54 am

Gannet wrote:
BarnabyJones wrote:Coach K makes $10 million a year?

Yikes.

Duke can afford it.

Yeah, because they don't give players ****.

Well, there's the scholarship. Too bad players can't really take advantage of that education because they have to spend most of their time practicing and playing.

thinktellectual · Post #12 » by **thinktellectual** » Sun Jun 8, 2014 11:13 am

VC-INJURY wrote:Even if NCAA wants to maintain the amateur status of its athletes, just have players paid retroactively after graduation; once they're done and out of school, pay them the money they are owed.

If it's an amateur league, shouldn't the coaches be amateurs, too ?
Why should they get paid ?