Coaching Salaries - Pruitt from FSU to UGa

[javadoc]

From Maisel's most recent 3-point stance:

"1. With raises to head coach Dabo Swinney and his staff, Clemson now will pay its football coaches $7.6 million, the sixth-highest amount in the FBS and tops in the ACC. The most impressive aspect of this commitment is that Clemson’s annual athletic revenue of $70 million is dwarfed by the five programs ahead of it (Alabama, LSU, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma), which average $126 million in annual revenue.

2. Swinney’s staff still is the highest paid ($4.48 million) in the FBS, receiving about $1.1 million more than Florida State pays the staff of Jimbo Fisher. The Seminoles won the FBS at the lower price point. But what resonated with me about defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt leaving for Georgia is the Seminoles being several steps behind the top of the market in coaching salaries. Florida State tried to match Georgia’s offer to Pruitt ($850,000 per year), but still lost Pruitt. Will Florida State try to close the gap?"

Yikes all around. How much are we paying in toto? I would guess somewhere around $2.5M.

National champion and flagship ACC program, Florida State, can't retain a coordinator when a middling SEC team comes calling with that coin.

 

[longislandcuse]

From Maisel's most recent 3-point stance:

"1. With raises to head coach Dabo Swinney and his staff, Clemson now will pay its football coaches $7.6 million, the sixth-highest amount in the FBS and tops in the ACC. The most impressive aspect of this commitment is that Clemson’s annual athletic revenue of $70 million is dwarfed by the five programs ahead of it (Alabama, LSU, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma), which average $126 million in annual revenue.

2. Swinney’s staff still is the highest paid ($4.48 million) in the FBS, receiving about $1.1 million more than Florida State pays the staff of Jimbo Fisher. The Seminoles won the FBS at the lower price point. But what resonated with me about defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt leaving for Georgia is the Seminoles being several steps behind the top of the market in coaching salaries. Florida State tried to match Georgia’s offer to Pruitt ($850,000 per year), but still lost Pruitt. Will Florida State try to close the gap?"

Yikes all around. How much are we paying in toto? I would guess somewhere around $2.5M.

National champion and flagship ACC program, Florida State, can't retain a coordinator when a middling SEC team comes calling with that coin.

UGA is not a "middling" SEC team.

 

[TheCusian]

UGA is not a "middling" SEC team.

By record and BCS appearances in the last 10 years they are middle of the pack.

 

[OrangeMojo]

From Maisel's most recent 3-point stance:

National champion and flagship ACC program, Florida State, can't retain a coordinator when a middling SEC team comes calling with that coin.

believe I heard on the radio that his best friend and former college roommate is on the UGA staff. Add the fact that Athens GA is a pretty cool little town (I know nothing about Tallahassee) and it could explain why he would switch even if FSU matched the salary. :noidea: