You’re suggesting tenured professors at Purdue don’t make $50K/year? Really?
Callaway retiring, but, Williams returning?
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The John Purdue Club funds the athletic scholarships of Purdue student athletes. Some of the money also goes to improvement of facilities, although major improvements are funded in other manners.
The funding of coaches salaries comes from athletic department general funding.
You can make the argument that all that money is fungible, and that would be correct, but the purpose of the John Purdue Club has nothing to do with coaches, and everything to do with the student athlete.
A large portion of coaching salaries comes from donations that are earmarked for that purpose.
Also, lets not forget the massive check the BTN writes to Purdue every year. Football is far and away the biggest reason for the size of that check.
Yeah man me too. Hope it’s not just the Williams show even if he stays on for recruiting
the last part is 100% correct.
Unless you have public information, the first part has been conjecture, as to how much JPC $ does not go to the SA.
Again... to my point... money is fungible.
Public information, no. I do know commitments were made by boosters in 2018 up to a certain amount that would go to brohm and the assistant pool.
Got it.
boosters give money in different ways. They give to JPC, they give to capital improvements, etc.
That SHOULD have no bearing on JPC funds.
I'm not naïve. I would expect that the JPC, if they wish to continue to be a viable fundraising organization for the Purdue student athletes, would keep things on the up and up. If donors want to fund salaries for coaches, there are avenues to do that.
How is it that a certain coach of football in Indy has five state titles and is still coaching HS?
If you want the job, you've got to apply.
You've also got to be willing to put in the hours (which are substantially greater than HS).
You've also got to be willing to move. Sometimes frequently.
There's a lot more that's not so desirable, not the least of which is swallowing your pride and doing some things you might think are "beneath" you.
There are also some guys that just want to coach high school and teach. Chuck Kyle at st ignatius in Cleveland is a prime example
I don't know what Painter is paid, but let's say $2 million per year. The endowment to cover that would have to be $50 million.
Now someone may have given money to cover a few years, which is not an endowment, or endowed part of his yearly stipend.
Correct, and this is found all throughout every level of athletics.
I know people who just love working with kids in Jr. sports (little league, for example).
I've also know highly successful BB, FB, and baseball coaches that live for the game at different levels.
Not long ago I had the chance to spend some time talking with the coach of a prominent DIII baseball program in OH, and he wouldn't do anything else, in spite of the frequent phone calls.
Grand Valley State University, in Michigan... head coach has been there 12 years and is highly successful. There ain't no "club" keeping him out of moving up. Lots of programs would love to have him.
The list goes on.
My dad turned down a chance to be an assistant basketball coach in college because my mom didn’t want to move. P*ssy is undefeated
Yup... I can relate.
Turned down a job (not in college athletics) because of lifestyle, which is what we're talking about. Would've made lot, LOT, LOT more money!
Family stability (and making sure Mama is happy) is worth a LOT of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Looking back now, I wouldn't change a thing.
Mama was right, and I make sure she hears that frequently.
What's more, if Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
My buddy is one of the better basketball coaches in Illinois relative to the talent he gets (his school has never had a high major yet advances in the playoffs every year and gives big time teams a run for their money .. led AJ Casey in the 4th quarter before falling apart)… and just due to his personal life I can’t imagine him coaching college or wanting to at all.
He’d basically be trading most of what’s good in his life for stature and money
I’m saying a lot of the instructors at Purdue are not tenured! And the vast majority of the Purdue staff that are researchers are grossly underpaid in comparison to what athletic coaches receive! Unfortunately research doesn’t generate revenue
"vast majority"
"grossly underpaid"
"Compared to what athletic coaches receive!"
Well, bring them out and have them coach and bring in the revenue.
Good grief. If they can't differentiate themselves from the gaggle of other PER-FESSERS, they haven't earned the pay of Michael Jordan.
Here you go, Bigs. This Per-fesser could use some financial assistance from you.
Likely needs some psych help and counseling, but, hey... no judgement, right?!
*warning... language*
That’s not what you said originally, or if you tried to say that you did it very poorly. Let me know when these researchers bring in $60-$70M of revenue per year. There’s a reason these coaches get paid what do. They get paid what the market bears.
JR researchers also get paid what the market bears.
And grants and contracts. Probably generates 7 times the money that athletics does.
Just saw where Kirk Barron had moved to West Virginia as a OL Graduate Assistant...sure seems like that might have been an opportunity for the same at Purdue, and, seems like a guy that would have been great in that role as well.
Couldn’t agree more with the exception of Gerry Faust and ND. Seriously I think we are on the verge of seeing a major change in CFB. These no name bowls we just experienced may be history in the near future. IMO the solution is expand the CFP’s in such a way to incorporate some of these bowls. Otherwise you’ll start seeing more players opting out to avoid getting injured in a meaningless bowl. Even then you’ll still have some skipping out
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