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#10: Sportico lists the highest-paid coaches – both pro and college – in 2024, and while the top 10 is made up of NFL and NBA coaches, “11 through 50 is dominated by college coaches, including 21 from NCAA football and two in basketball (Kansas’ Bill Self, UConn’s Dan Hurley). Georgia’s Kirby Smart ranks 11th overall with an AAV of $13M, followed by Clemson’s Dabo Swinney ($11.5M) and USC’s Lincoln Riley ($11M). A trio of coaches received pay raises in 2024 that were tied to the retirement of [Nick] Saban at Alabama after six national championships there. Steve Sarkisian ($10.64M) and Mike Norvell ($10.52M) were both considered Saban successors but stayed at Texas and Florida State under enriched contracts. … [Alabama HC Kalen] DeBoer’s eight-year, $87M contract has an AAV of $10.875M and is 90% guaranteed if he is fired without cause. Jedd Fisch replaced DeBoer at Washington under a contract with a $7.75 AAV after three years at Arizona, where the team’s win total climbed from one to 10.” Also from Sportico’s Kurt Badenhausen: “The college coaching carousal—and bigger contracts with high-profile openings—previously played out in 2021 when USC, LSU and Florida were hiring. Riley ($11M), Brian Kelly ($10M) and Billy Napier ($7.4M) nabbed those jobs, respectively, and a slew of coaches received raises at their current schools, including Ole Miss’ Lane Kiffin ($9M), Kentucky’s Mark Stoops ($9M) and Penn State’s James Franklin ($8.5M). At the start of the 2021 college season, there were three coaches making at least $8M a year and 15 months later, it had increased to 14.” At $20M per year, Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid tops all coaches. (link)
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#9: Teamworks has acquired NIL operations company Basepath, and “The best of Basepath’s products will be incorporated into Teamworks’ suite of products, including General Manager, Influencer, and Wallet.” Teamworks Founder/CEO Zach Maurides: “Conferences and Athletic Departments are quickly transforming their operations and hiring new roles to make roster and compensation decisions they’ve never had to make. The union of Teamworks and Basepath means they'll have an enterprise-grade platform, developed by the most trusted names in NIL tech, to help them confidently build their best team and manage payments. […] Often, technology is a market disruptor. But in the case of collegiate athletics today, ever-changing legislation has been the driver. Technology has the opportunity to be a stabilizing force. We believe we have a responsibility to help our industry mature, inject a degree of certainty, and arm people with the technology that helps them serve the student-athlete.” Basepath Co-Founder/CEO Thomas Thomas Jr.: “Athletic Departments have to evolve quickly – but the technology must innovate even faster to stay ahead of the curve. By joining Teamworks, we’re positioned to build category-defining products to power the next era of collegiate athletics.” (link)
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#8: Notre Dame Assoc. AD/Creative Director Emma Schneider shares how the Fighting Irish created branding for its football matchup against Army at Yankee Stadium last weekend. “The story of the game was the 100 year anniversary of Notre Dame vs. Army at the Polo Grounds in 1924 – right across the river from current Yankee Stadium. That game inspired the famous Four Horsemen article by Grantland Rice, and one of College Football’s most iconic photos. The logo centers on the reimagined four horsemen, dynamically leaping into Yankee Stadium. There are a number of easter eggs in the mark, including the shape of the original Polo Grounds. … In the leadup to the game, we took advantage of the opportunity to highlight four current Notre Dame football players (a new generation of ‘four horsemen’) with graphics inside and out of the Sheraton Hotel Times Square – honoring 1924 but with a modern energy. And last but certainly not least, we got the opportunity to work with the amazing Tracie Ching to illustrate a one-of-a-kind screen-printed game poster of the Four Horsemen. Her incredible work featured throughout the event.” Photos inside. (link)
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#7: CBS’ Dennis Dodd observes that “clarity on how and whether” to distribute revenue-sharing “is slowly coming into focus: if fully funded, football would get the overwhelming share of that $20.5M at a particular school – between $10-15M annually for the next 10 years; men's basketball would get between $2-4M; the remainder – a fraction, really – would go to women's basketball” and other sports. Therefore, it wouldn’t make sense to offer a men’s basketball player $4M, the reported offer BYU was willing to make to top 2025 recruit AJ Dybantsa. Kennyhertz Perry attorney Mit Winter: "Coaches who have been talking to [NIL] agents don't even understand. The agents don't even understand the House settlement at all, that it's going to have a cap. They're going to have to temper some expectations on how much guys are going to be paid. Definitely [in] basketball but maybe overall, too." Dodd submits that as revenue-sharing plays out, “it will be hard to argue against the SEC and Big Ten consolidating their power. The implications of the overwhelming majority – if not all – of those 34 schools being able to afford an extra $20.5M annually are more than about monopolizing recruiting. The two super leagues no doubt will use revenue sharing to make the case for increased influence, be it policy making in everything from NCAA rules to the size of the College Football Playoff.” One Power 4 AD tells Dodd: "This will be a separator. Maybe a national separation that we need. I don't know." To that point, one ACC administrator says: "Why are we going to spend $20M that we didn't spend last year? It really doesn't make sense that we're doing that. Spending [millions] on an average football player just because the SEC's going to do it? I don't pay our coaches the same that SEC coaches get." More from Dodd, including how commercial NIL activity might factor into the equation. (link)
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#6: Monetary fines for rushing the field are clearly doing very little to keep students & fans in the stands after big wins, but rushing before the game is actually over is another challenge to tackle (no pun intended). Saturday's bizarre finish at Arizona State (over BYU), as well as Oklahoma’s big win (over Alabama) highlighted the risks involved. (link)
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#5: Congratulations to Northwestern on capturing this year’s field hockey national championship. (link)
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#4: The FCS Playoff field is set. The top 16 seeded teams are Montana State, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, South Dakota, UC Davis, Incarnate Word, Mercer, Idaho, Richmond, Rhode Island, Villanova, Illinois State, Tarleton State, Montana, Abilene Christian and New Hampshire. Full bracket. (link)
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#3: UIC Senior Deputy AD/Chief Revenue Officer Sherard Clinkscales has exited the Flames department. (link)
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#2: Michigan State Head Football Equipment Manager Andrew Kolpacki over the summer reached out to the MSU College of Engineering about constructing a helmet insert that could help dampen crowd noise and allow players with helmet communications to better hear their coaches. The result was a 3D-printed solution developed by engineering professor Tamara Reid Bush and her students. Have a look. (link)
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#1: New Mexico names Texas Executive Senior Assoc. AD for Operations Fernando Lovo as its next AD. UNM President Garnett S. Stokes: “We are excited to welcome Fernando Lovo to the University of New Mexico. His extensive experience and dynamic leadership style make him an exceptional choice for this pivotal role. Fernando’s commitment to fostering an environment where our student-athletes can thrive academically and athletically is genuinely inspiring. His track record of success and dedication to student-athlete well-being aligns perfectly with our university’s values. I am confident that under his leadership, our athletic programs will continue to excel and positively impact our community.” Lovo: “This opportunity means a great deal to me, and I am excited to work alongside the talented student-athletes, coaches, and staff at UNM and the entire New Mexico community to achieve new levels of success, both on and off the field. My commitment is to foster an environment where our programs can thrive, and our student-athletes can excel in all aspects of their lives. I look forward to engaging with the Lobo community, building strong relationships, and ensuring our athletics align with the university’s mission and values.” Parker Executive Search assisted with the process. (link)
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