[NU Sports] Cardiac Cats!!!!! (fwd)

[Jonathan Hodges]

I believe that in the 2001 time frame Walker fought to get raises for the
assistants on his staff as apparently NU didn't pay the football assistants
much relative to other Big Ten teams as of that point.  Not sure if that was
because Walker brought on a fairly new staff or if it had been that way for
a while.

In any case I couldn't imagine NU will have to find a ton of money to get a
new DC since I believe the assistants are only on one year contracts as it
is (e.g. no buyout) and I don't think the coordinators are being paid that
poorly.  Obviously if NU went after a big name the price would go up, but
then again I couldn't see Fitz attracting a big name to coach under him
given his youth (I may be wrong, just a guess).

In terms of getting an assistant with ties to NU/Fitz, yes Colby didn't have
much of a tie to Walker at the time he was hired.  But the fact is that
typically, coaches hire guys they are familiar with - look at all of the
former NU guys over at EMU that we'll be facing this Friday.  I'm sure when
a coach starts his search he either starts close to home or goes after a big
name, but just like in virtually every other job field if you already know
the guy who's hiring it puts you above the rest of the competition.

Jonathan

On 10/16/07, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:
>
> > I haven't seen any data that suggests that the salaries paid our coaches
> are
> > low.  Maybe I missed something.
> >
> > If so, please fill me in.
> >
> > Last time I recall looking at this, there was some data available on
> what NU
> > paid RW, and it was more than many coaches in the BT, though the total
> > compensation package for some of the high profile coaches is going to be
> > significantly higher because of endorsements, appearance fees, camps,
> etc.
>
> Yes, RW was solidly in the middle of the ranks in the conference pay
> sheet, though the relative rankings change every year or two.  Most
> schools wind up paying more for their new coach than they did for their
> old coach, as Michigan is about to find out.  (Les Miles will cost them
> a minimum of $3 million a year, IMHO, more like $4 million.)
>
> Of course for the head coach the lion's share of the money comes from
> 3rd party sources, such as shoes and uniforms.  (That's part of what made
> Franny's $1200 'private newsletter' deal so dumb.)  The absence of a
> coaches show probably cost Walker $50K or so a year, plus the attendant
> visibility for the program.  But that's one area where being in one of
> the top 3 media markets hurts the Cats.  The stations can make more
> money selling ads for I Love Lucy reruns at 1AM, and probably get better
> ratings too.
>
> I have no direct sources on this, but I'm fairly sure Northwestern's
> assistant coaches are getting deals comparable with most of the other
> schools in the conference, which is to say they're probably getting
> between $80K and $160K, plus a share of the camp revenue.  (A long-time
> assistant does better at a school like Penn State, but NU doesn't have
> those long-timers yet, nor do any of our assistants have the track record
> to justify such a deal.)
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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