Hokies’ football staff will make $4.93 million in 2012
I got an update on Virginia Tech’s coaching salaries for 2012, which I wrote about in today’s paper.
Essentially, by virtue of the Hokies’ appearance in a BCS bowl game, the assistants got an 8 percent raise across the board (except for Curt Newsome, whose raise was 13.4 percent).
Frank Beamer‘s compensation went up by $100,000 in the final year before his new contact kicks in on Jan. 1, 2013. He’ll make $2.288 million before bonuses.
All in all, the Hokies’ staff — which includes Beamer, his nine on-field assistants and, for these purposes, former assistants Jim Cavanaugh and Billy Hite, who were reassigned to administrative positions last year — will make $4.93 million in 2012.
Because Cavanaugh and Hite’s salaries were reduced to $150,000 apiece, that’s only a modest increase from the $4.87 million the school paid prior to bonuses in 2011. Here’s a breakdown:
Frank Beamer 2012 compensation
- Total: $2,288,204
- Salary: $272,328
- Retention: $1,820,672
- Courtesy car: $6,720
- Country club: $3,484
- ISP and Nike: $185,000
Assistant coach salaries for 2012
- Bud Foster: $471,762
- Bryan Stinespring: $349,980
- Mike O’Cain: $252,776
- Charley Wiles: $244,554
- Curt Newsome: $212,653
- Shane Beamer: $202,527
- Cornell Brown: $202,527
- Torrian Gray: $202,527
- Kevin Sherman: $202,490
How does that compare in the ACC? It’s hard to know exact figures for 2012, but here is the USA Today database for 2011 salaries.
Virginia Tech’s $2,341,796 spent on its nine on-field assistants would rank third on last year’s list of ACC schools, behind Florida State ($2.894 million) and Clemson (2.874 million).
The Tigers’ figure will shoot up to $4.185 million in 2012 after the school renegotiated a contract with offensive coordinator Chad Morris ($1.3 million) and brought in defensive coordinator Brent Venables ($800,000).
March 8, 2012 - 12:19 AM
Interesting – Mickey Matthews, JMU head football coach – makes $222,000 annually. Shane Beamer, after bonuses for bowl game, etc. will make more than the head coach at an instate FCS team that beat VT in Lane Stadium in 2010. So will every other assistant on the VT team. Stinespring and Bud Foster make more than almost any FCS coach in the nation, by a pretty good amount.
In comparison to Clemson’s OC pay, our OC is wildly overpaid for what we get out of him.
I wonder why Kevin Sherman makes $37.00 less than the other position
coaches.
# Bryan Stinespring: $349,980
# Mike O’Cain: $252,776
That is a lot of money for a lot of bad plays called. I hope both these coaches spent the off season learning new offensive plays.
Bud Foster is way underpaid.
Don’t forget the pro-rated portion of Bud Foster’s annuity.
abdnva – Not to sound like an elitest but Matthews has a 96-63 career record at JMU, a FCS school. He beat one FBS school in his tenure. Why does that warrant a higher salary? I mean, it’s not a shabby record and he has made the playoffs 6 of 13 seasons but it’s not FBS quality coaching.
Rob T, I wondered the same thing. Wouldn’t it make economic, bookkeeping, and social sense to set his salary the same as the others? Unless this year happened to be a syzygy for salaries, I don’t see why that’s not the case.
As for Bud Foster’s salary, now folks can understand why Bud only wants to interview for upper level BCS jobs. The man is NOT gonna take a pay cut, even for the long run picture!
I love money talk…Money money money, I love the sound of money, that wonderful nickel hitting the bottom of a jar. Beamer is underpaid at only 190k a month, how do you live off that? Shane fell into the money tree and shook down some good looking fruit. Makes my high school coach look like a schmuck. I think Danny Coale would be smarter to not worry about the NFL but get him an assistant job in the SEC, pay his dues and then come back to Tech in a few years as Shanes OC. He will get 35 years of good money instead of bad knees and five years of great money.
That big raise for Curt Newsome is a big fat JOKE !!! Coaches now a days complain about job security, but at those salaries, who needs job security ??? In four or five years, all thoses assistants will make more than lots of us make in a lifetime. And do not let me hear about the long hours and time away from family, when was the last time they checked on traveling professionals and the time they spend on the road, almost every week of the year, not just recruiting weeks.
Meghan, I never said Mickey Matthews deserved a raise. I just said that he is essentially paid less, or at least roughly equal to the lowest assistants on the VT staff. You can be hypersensitive about that if you wish, I was just pointing out the numbers.
While all of these guys make pretty good money, I find it ashamed that Gray is near the bottom (granted, several are all the same). Seems to me he has been one of the better performers.
At least Mickey’s Trophy case isn’t empty…
#14 You’re right, 4 ACC Championships and 3 BE Championships sure leave the Trophy Case empty…
abdnva- From what I can tell you’re probably a fan from a rival school (UVA?) and you think badmouthing Beamer and other VT coaches on the internet is going to get one or all of them fired. It’s not going to work. You’re just going to have to wait for Beamer to retire for UVA to even have a chance
I don’t know how these salaries compare to other coaches around the country but if they’re high, then it’s probably because they consistently produce a good team and they’ve been at the same school a while and accumulated bonuses
#1 I’m sure you’ll agree comparing Div I to to Div IAA (FBS to FCS) financially is apples to oranges. Stadium size alone is a huge factor. Lane holds 66,500+ whereas JMU’s stadium through last year held roughly 16,000 and a major expansion this year will put it at 25,000. TV exposure is huge. Think of all the nationally televised games VT has been as well as something like 18 consecutive bowl games. VT has 30,000+ students and JMU just under 19,000. The 2010 game sucked of course but I understand that was the current HC’s only W against a Div I school. I’m not sure the 2010 game has a whole lot of relevance unless it translated into more $$ for JMU, though they did get $$$ from VT for playing. That year JMU went on to lose 5 games to Div IAA schools whereas VT went undefeated in the ACC including the ACC Championship and went on to play in Orange Bowl. I love football but I just for the life of me cannot remember watching anything other than Div I football on TV. I know the other Division Championship games are televised but I cannot imagine they draw many curious viewers.
#16 I think abdnva is a VT fan but not a Beamer fan. I’ll let him elaborate…
Andy I got a question- How much would a students tuition be if the coaches did not make this unreal money? How much do we as tax payers pay for this? Has anybody ever asked this question. I could care less when I see folks hanging by a thread to survive.
Look forward to your answer as to what we pay for them to have this type of salary.
Eagle, the Virginia Tech athletic department does not receive state money to operate. It had $56 million in revenue on its own last year from ticket sales, donations, TV revenue, bowl revenue, etc., and only $55 million in expenses.
In fact, the Hokies were one of 22 athletic programs in the country to stay in the black last year, according to the USA Today.
http://businessofcollegesports.com/2011/06/16/self-sustaining-athletic-departments-more-than-what-meets-the-eye/
Oddly, though, some student fees still go toward the athletic department, according to that story, even though it made more money that it spent last year.
Thanks Andy. Just wanted to know. Have a good one.