Friday, May 19, 2017

Efficiency of NCAAF Coaching Salaries, I.E. How Bad Charlie Weis Was

With Notre Dame just now finishing paying out Charlie Weis to NOT coach their football team, much has been made the past few days about how he was ultimately paid $1.6 million per win he achieved between Notre Dame and Kansas. That's $64.5m total for a record of 41-49.

That's really bad! Is it historically bad? I compiled this past year's head coach salaries (gathered from USA Today) and win/loss records to gauge some context.

Weis would have been right at the top of the list of worst pay per win coaches in FBS:


Most Inefficient
SCHOOLCONFCOACHWinsPay/WinRank
VirginiaACCBronco Mendenhall2$1,637,5001
Fresno StateMt. WestTim DeRuyter1$1,518,4802
Michigan StateBig TenMark Dantonio3$1,433,3333
TexasBig 12Charlie Strong5$1,040,0004
RutgersBig TenChris Ash2$1,000,0005
MississippiSECHugh Freeze5$940,0006
MichiganBig TenJim Harbaugh10$900,4007
UCLAPac-12Jim Mora4$862,5008
ArizonaPac-12Rich Rodriguez3$833,3339
OregonPac-12Mark Helfrich4$825,00010

The most inefficient coach, Bronco Mendenhall of Virginia, is almost four times worse than the most efficient coach, Paul Petrino of Idaho:

Most Efficient
SCHOOLCONFCOACHWinsPay/WinRank
IdahoSun BeltPaul Petrino9$46,3451
Appalachian StateSun BeltScott Satterfield10$52,5002
Old DominionC-USABobby Wilder10$55,4593
Louisiana TechC-USASkip Holtz9$55,5564
HawaiiMt. WestNick Rolovich7$57,1445
Eastern MichiganMACChris Creighton7$62,1206
Western MichiganMACP.J. Fleck13$62,7977
TroySun BeltNeal Brown10$66,0008
Southern MississippiC-USAJay Hopson7$71,4299
OhioMACFrank Solich8$71,58910
There aren't any Power 5 conference coaches on this "most efficient" list though. Restricting to these conferences crowns Mike MacIntyre of Colorado as #1:

SCHOOLCONFCOACHWinsPay/WinRank
ColoradoPac-12Mike MacIntyre10$201,1051
WisconsinBig TenPaul Chryst11$245,4552
North CarolinaACCLarry Fedora8$248,2833
West VirginiaBig 12Dana Holgorsen10$298,0004
WashingtonPac-12Chris Petersen12$300,0005
Wake ForestACCDave Clawson7$301,8816
NebraskaBig TenMike Riley9$311,1117
North Carolina StateACCDave Doeren7$314,2868
ClemsonACCDabo Swinney14$315,5369
Virginia TechACCJustin Fuente10$320,00010

A lot of ACC on this list, so you can a lot of mediocrity for your dollar here. For those curious, here's how the top 25 highest paid coaches fair:

SalarySCHOOLCONFCOACHWinsPay/WinRank
1MichiganBig TenJim Harbaugh10$900,400113
2AlabamaSECNick Saban14$495,67186
3Ohio StateBig TenUrban Meyer11$545,72792
4OklahomaBig 12Bob Stoops11$504,54589
5Florida StateACCJimbo Fisher10$525,00090
6TexasBig 12Charlie Strong5$1,040,000116
7Texas A&MSECKevin Sumlin8$625,000103
8AuburnSECGus Malzahn8$590,625100
9MississippiSECHugh Freeze5$940,000114
10IowaBig TenKirk Ferentz8$562,50094
11Penn StateBig TenJames Franklin11$409,09179
12ClemsonACCDabo Swinney14$315,53663
13LSUSECLes Miles8$537,50091
14Michigan StateBig TenMark Dantonio3$1,433,333117
15FloridaSECJim McElwain9$474,25884
16Mississippi StateSECDan Mullen6$700,000108
17ArkansasSECBret Bielema7$585,71498
18TennesseeSECButch Jones9$456,66782
19StanfordPac-12David Shaw10$406,72278
20Texas ChristianBig 12Gary Patterson6$669,121107
21LouisvilleACCBobby Petrino9$431,15981
22Oklahoma StateBig 12Mike Gundy10$377,50072
23GeorgiaSECKirby Smart8$469,20083
24UtahPac-12Kyle Whittingham9$405,55676
25WashingtonPac-12Chris Petersen12$300,00058

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