First-year coaches Jim Schlossnagle ($1.41 million at Texas A&M) and Jay Johnson ($1.2 million at LSU) are giving their programs immediate returns. The bigger deals aren’t only going to tenured coaches such as Corbin. 1 overall seed to win is met by financial pressure. For a program without a national championship, the expectation as the No. Tennessee is paying Tony Vitello $1.5 million, second only to Vanderbilt’s Tim Corbin who earned $1.668 million in 2020.
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But that came after a national championship, perhaps giving some leeway with what he cost MSU this season.īEST OF THE BEST: Tennessee baseball dominates USA TODAY Sports Network All-SEC team Chris Lemonis ($1.25 million) is the fifth-highest paid coach after an extension and raise last July. However, Ole Miss paying Mike Bianco $1.2 million after squeaking in as the final team in the field puts pressure on the coach to deliver an unexpected run.Īcross the Magnolia State, Mississippi State saw its season end without an appearance in the SEC Tournament. Between the 14 schools, more than $14 million are dished out for the current fiscal year to baseball coaches, according to records obtained by the USA TODAY Sports Network.īut that doesn’t mean every school's return on investment is equal.įor a school such as Georgia paying Scott Stricklin $650,000 – fifth-lowest in the SEC – being a two seed in the Chapel Hill Regional is worth the price. For athletics directors, that means their checkbooks are opening wider for coaches.īase salaries of SEC coaches are rising. SEC baseball is growing financially as TV contracts are met with an increased interest in the sport.
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