College Football Coaching Salaries: Spaziani Near The Bottom Of ACC
by A.J Black on Nov 16, 2011 8:28 PM EST
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PrintEver wonder what your favorite college football coach is making? Look no further, USA Today has released a very comprehensive spreadsheet that lays out how much almost any coach is making. Until this year Boston College has only released how much their coach made once (Tom O'Brien in 2006). For reasons unknown to this writer, BC released how much Frank Spaziani is making this season. What does three wins cost Boston College? Why, only $1,079,410 ... or roughly $359,803 a win. What a deal!
But before we jump all over BC for paying Spaziani so much, let's put a few things in perspective. Comparative to what other coaches make in the ACC, Spaziani is a relative steal. As you can see below Spaz doesn't make anywhere near the amount anyone who is a head coach the ACC (who didn't start the season as a coordinator).
| Program | Coach | School Pay | Other Pay | Total Pay | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida St. Seminoles | Jimbo Fisher | $2,750,000 | $0 | $2,750,000 | $725,000 |
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Paul Johnson | $2,369,000 | $0 | $2,369,000 | $1,125,000 |
| Virginia Tech Hokies | Frank Beamer | $2,243,000 | $85,000 | $2,328,000 | $407,500 |
| Maryland Terrapins | Randy Edsall | $2,013,440 | $0 | $2,013,440 | $875,000 |
| N.C. State Wolfpack | Tom O'Brien | $932,950 | $945,000 | $1,877,950 | $750,000 |
| Clemson Tigers | Dabo Swinney | $1,833,333 | $13,000 | $1,846,333 | $775,000 |
| Virginia Cavaliers | Mike London | $1,780,000 | $14,679 | $1,794,679 | $715,000 |
| Duke Blue Devils | David Cutcliffe | $1,762,895 | N/A | $1,762,895 | N/A |
| Boston College Eagles | Frank Spaziani | $1,079,410 | N/A | $1,079,410 | N/A |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | Everett Withers | $500,000 | N/A | $500,000 | $100,000 |
| Miami Hurricanes | Al Golden | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
In terms of looking at what Spaziani makes in a grand scale it's also interesting to note that he is near the bottom of all coaches in AQ conferences. The only other AQ coaches that make less than Spaz are Doug Marrone of Syracuse, Jon Embree of Colorado and Joe Paterno of Penn State (before he was fired). Kind of stunning to see that Nick Saban is making $4.9 mil a year, and Mack Brown is taking in $5.1 million.
Because BC is a private school we may never know what / if they are still paying Jeff Jagodzinski when they fired him three years ago. At this point you have to assume the settlement isn't affecting the current budget, but with the amount they are paying Spaz in comparison to other ACC coaches it isn't out of the question. Say what you will about Spaz but how is he making $700,000 less than David Cutcliffe?
If BC decides to fire Spaziani, it may handcuff BC from finding a solid replacement even from smaller conferences. Some of the names that have been floated around for fun include Houston's Kevin Sumlin ($1.2 mil) or Navy's Ken Niumatalolo ($1.5 mil).
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Why the hell did Edsall get a bonus?
2nd highest bonus in the ACC?
Edsall took a discount so he could coach his #dreamjob
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by A.J Black on Nov 16, 2011 9:54 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, when I was at BC man I couldn’t picture this. #notoriousTOB
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by A.J Black on Nov 16, 2011 9:57 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I can't coach either...
…can you pay me $1,000,000?
He's making about $1,079,410 too much
Soaring to Glory: On the #FireSpaz bandwagon before it was cool
by SoaringtoGlory on Nov 16, 2011 9:22 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
the fire-Spaz agenda
C’mon, this is just getting ridiculous and over-the-top. Look, without even getting into the Spaz debate, I really think at this point that BCI is being hurt by this constant Spaz bashing. I’d say 70% of the content, if not the comments by BCI writers, is on the anti-Spaz spectrum.
Look, we got it, you’d like to see a new football coach, but this mantra is detracting from writing good content about other stuff. Whether it be more insight into the program, more analysis, more about other BC sports, more anything but “fire Spaz, he’s an idiot.”
I started reading BCI because it had that, but now… – again, it’s the vast majority of what is written here. And frankly, as I’ve commented before, it is ridiculous to think 99%, or 90%, or whatever percent of BC fans, are in total agreement with you. Sure, those writing/posting here are, but those who are most vocal are not necessarily the vast majority. Does the “Occupy” movement represent the views of 90+% of the Country? Of course not, they’re just the most vocal and the flavor of the week (and they’re mostly unemployed, so they have nothing else to do and nowhere else to go).
Can you get back to some semblance of journalism and write other content?
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This is how the Paul Hewitt Era ended, my friend. There’s nothing more important news-wise than a hoops or football coach at the end of his rope. Do you want BCI to talk about their aspiring ping pong team or resounding 3 point victory over New Hampshire?
I write stuff From the Rumble Seat.
No no no ...
No varsity ping pong, but quidditch FTW!
http://www.bc.edu/schools/stm/community/news/quidditch.html
Editor, BC Interruption
Spaz is a bum.
Look, Spaz is the story. (And that AD guy). Sad but true. But that is the depth to which the program has plunged. I came here for the same reason—to learn about the program. And I have. There is alot of stuff here besides the “fire Spaz” stuff. Is what you read here representative? Doubtful. I’m not up there but my guess is most people don’t give a shit. That, too, is indicative of a program that has fallen. As far as the quality of the journalism is concerned, certainly I don’t expect the same quality as seen in the BC beat writers in the big papers. They’re pros and have developed sources, even if they can’t always attribute stories to them. There is alot of stuff about other BC sports, also. (One thing I don’t come to BCI for, though, is politics/current events. Plenty of other blogs for that.) GO EAGLES!
wrong
No, Spaz isn’t the story – at least he isn’t the story the BCI beat-writers want him to be. The fact of the matter is Spaziani is not “at the end of his rope.” That is the incessant drumbeat at BCI, but most concede it probably isn’t even the case. He’s going to get at least one more year, and since his team is going to be that much older/stronger/more experienced, and he’s going to probably be getting some key people back (Harris, Momah, KPL, Jones), we’re likely to have a better record and possibly return to the bowl picture. That isn’t going to get him fired, so he’s likely back again in 2013. The FACT of the matter is he’s building a program after a 2+ yr hole was blasted through it. But that’s not even the point.
The point was how this agenda has dominated BCI’s coverage from late Sep on. Just coming back here this faternoon and Favat writes a story on attendance and he throws this zinger in at the beginning… >>With just 33,712 attending last Saturday’s home finale against N.C. State, Spaz and the Eagles posted the worst per-game home attendance average of the last 18 seasons. <<
Give me a break. Favat can’t write a sentence w/o zinging Spaz. Oh, this isn’t "BC"s" attendance figures, or “the Eagles’” attendance figures, it’s Spaz’s attendance figures. Whoa, great journalism – a mediocre home schedule and an unsuccessful season leads to diminished attendance. Whoa, call the Pulitzer committee. I’m just asking if we can’t get back to some other things happening athletically at BC. No, not the “aspiring ping-pong team,” but men’s soccer (4th overall seed – that might deserve more than a mention), women’s soccer, both hockey teams are top-4. Plenty to write about folks.
Apparently you read what you want to read, rcmbc81
BCI Posts, all from the last week.
- Men’s soccer – http://www.bcinterruption.com/2011/11/15/2562514/2011-ncaa-division-i-mens-soccer-championship-tournament-bracket-boston-college
- Women’s soccer – http://www.bcinterruption.com/2011/11/14/2559751/2011-ncaa-womens-soccer-tournament-boston-college-marist-stanford-south-carolina-cal
- Weekend hockey recap – http://www.bcinterruption.com/2011/11/14/2560153/bu-hockey-hands-bc-their-third-loss-of-the-season-and-it-was-pretty
- Hockey rankings – http://www.bcinterruption.com/2011/11/14/2561338/college-hockey-rankings-boston-college-hockey-uscho-poll
- Basketball season opener – http://www.bcinterruption.com/2011/11/15/2562788/boston-college-basketball-new-hampshire-recap-
- Football recruiting – http://www.bcinterruption.com/2011/11/15/2564297/boston-college-recruiting-class-2012-bobby-wolford
Give me a break.
Editor, BC Interruption
news, not insight
Yup, saw them all. But I can get that, i.e. results, rankings, recruiting, from the newspaper or BC’s athletic site. I’d expect something beyond the obvious from a full-time blog dedicated to all BC sports.
It’s not that BCI doesn’t publish ANYTHING else, it’s that all football content has your “fire Spaz” angle featured prominently.
In actuality, this is a part-time blog. None of the writers are full-time. None of us claim to be journalists by profession.
We all have other jobs but spend an inordinate amount of time covering the sports programs for our alma mater.
If you don’t enjoy the coverage of BC sports here, you don’t have to read this site. Move along. It takes ZERO guts to attempt to tear down and/or discredit this blog as an anonymous commenter.
You aren’t welcome here anymore.
Editor, BC Interruption
by Brian Favat on Nov 17, 2011 6:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
But by all means, please keep pushing the myth that Fire Spaz is exclusive to BC Interruption or call our journalistic integrity into question. Be sure to gloss over the fact that every other BC blogger on the internet, former players and the school paper have all called for Spaz’s head. See also:
We never had a chance. We came out with an ultra conservative gameplan and didn’t adjust when it was pretty clear we would need to do something different. That’s on Spaz. We lost to another young, inconsistent team at home. That’s on Spaz.
With the loss, BC will officially have a losing season for the first time since 1998. Our bowl streak — which at times seemed hollow and at times seemed like a nice benchmark — is over.
We suffered another blowout and had another game where we couldn’t score. That’s on Spaz.
The storyline coming out of the game will be using two QBs or going to a new offense with Bordner. I appreciate trying something new but the problem is not QB. It’s coaching and head coaching.
I think these final few games have the chance to really embarrass BC. There is plenty of blame to go around, but we need to focus on how to rebuild. It’s not with Frank Spaziani.
So this is what makes me upset about the idea that BC might keep Spaz for another year. There’s no doubt that nine of the ten guys on this list are better coaches than Spaz, and you could probably quibble about Beckman. You’re telling me that we couldn’t land any of the nine? I just flat out don’t believe it. We have a good opportunity to upgrade at head coach, and we might not do it.
Spaz has shown, time and again, that he is outmatched and in over his head at his current job. He clearly does not believe that his team can win. What kind of coach believes that? Part of a coach’s job is to make his athletes believe they can beat anyone at anytime. I once heard Mike Leach say, about coaching athletes, “Don’t remind them that they’re young. Don’t tell them what they can’t do, tell them what they can.” We do have a young, inexperienced team, that fact is used constantly by the coaching staff and the Athletic Director to explain away our football woes, but what a real coach does, what a coach who believes in his team and their ability does is play to their strengths and make sure that those athletes believe that they can beat anyone. Whether, in reality, they can or can’t is irrelevant. What is important is having a coach who wills his athletes to believe they are invincible.
Coach, thank you for all of your year as a Defensive Coordinator and we appreciate you stepping up and taking thereigns when we needed some consistency at the head of our table. We hope you thoroughly enjoy retirement and visit Alumni Stadium often.
Since Spaz will be gone in a couple weeks, let’s focus our attention on who will be replacing the mustachioed one at the Head Coaching spot.
BC is still paying for the mistake of hiring an unqualified head coach. The Eagles are one of four BCS conference teams without a win over a Division 1 team. They might be touchdown-plus underdogs against all but two of their remaining opponents (Maryland and NC State). Their current recruiting class ranks outside the top 50, according to Rivals.
If the cupboard was bare before, it’s about to become barren.
Frank Spaziani must be fired immediately.
Not at the end of the season, and certainly not at the end of next season. Immediately. Why delay the inevitable, and why delay what will doubtlessly be a long and painful restoration of our football program? As it stands, I figure we are years away from being relevant once again if we changed course right now. The longer we wait, the harder it will be and the longer it will take to rehabilitate our failed football team. You may disagree with that assessment, sirs, but it most certainly is a failed football team. Fans are booing you, empty seats are showing up on the TV screen, and confidence in our boys is the lowest I have seen it in my eight years of watching this program. This school is 1-4 after having gone through the easiest part of its schedule, and is well on its way to losing double-digit games. Make no mistake, this team is a disaster.
All I can say here is, Great coaches win games, build programs, and don’t make constant excuses. So do great athletic directors. Much of the blogosphere has turned on Spaziani as have most of the fans, but time has come to turn our attention to the source of the problems in our program, and #FireGeneD must be the rallying call. I respected his leadership in the ACC moves, and I stood behind him even when he fired Jags. That being said, his hiring of Spaz without a “national search”, after passing him up the first time, and his defense of Spaz and what many believe is constant micromanagement throughout our athletic programs has brought our football team to its lowest of lows, and it is unacceptable. GeneD must go.
Matt Tennant, former football captain under Spaz:
“Spaz is defeated. Going to a low-tier bowl is not acceptable. And this year they get nothing. Things need to change.”
Feel free to take your pro-Spaz agenda over to these fine corners of the internet as well.
Editor, BC Interruption
show me
Brian – show me where I said the anti-Spaz stuff was “exclusive to BCI.” On the contrary, I’ve made references to it being a blogosphere phenomena. I’m familiar with the other sites (since you all link one another). Citing other clueless clowns doesn’t bolster your argument. So if everyone else is jumping off the cliff like lemmings, does that make it a good idea?
As for me being “pro-Spaz,” like many youngsters who can only think/speak in hyperbole and only discern black v. white, you are wrong. I am not “pro-Spaz.” I am pro-BC anything and that includes pro-BC football. I am only reacting and commenting to your viewpoint which I believe is misguided and wrong. Doesn’t mean I’m right, I may not be. But have you stopped to consider for one second in the last 8 weeks that you may not be right? If so, it doesn’t appear so, at least not at BCI.
So what’s wrong Brian with someone disagreeing with you and commenting and saying so? I’ve done nothing but state my case. So you’re not convinced – so what. How/why is that a reason for vitriol?
Finally, why not respond to my arguments, rather than just cite your fellow bloggers as “proof” you’re right? There is a general consensus that Spaz is NOT going to be fired this year. So do you see the circumstances changing and improving next year such that we get better? If not, why not? If so, then I imagine you would expect him to stay on for 2013. And I’d expect with a senior QB, and a full complement of mature 4th and 5th yr players, we’d be better again in 2013. See where this is going Brian? Spaziani is the coach for at least the next few years, more if he wants it (age, grandchildren, etc. being a factor). So I see your diatribes to the contrary to be a waste of energy – energy that could be devoted to better coverage of other things BC.
Clearly when a dozen bloggers, current students and former players all independently reach the same conclusions that it was COMPLETELY THE WRONG ONE AND WE ARE ALL UNINFORMED CLOWNS.
Editor, BC Interruption
by Brian Favat on Nov 17, 2011 5:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Spaz-Retire/Depart/Get Fired
Enough is enough….can’t go thru another season like this one. Looks to me like all he is interested in doing is collecting a paycheck. This is the worst offense I have ever seen at BC… that alone should justify saying bye-bye.
there are reasons for the record this year...
why can’t people understand that? CFB programs don’t exist in a vacuum each seasons. They are a continuing, living amalgamation (sp?) of many preceding years. That’s why the Univ at Buffalo stinks and the University of Oklahoma is good. College sports programs are reliant on recruiting and continuity. 3 coaches in 4 years, the middle 2 yrs where the coach completely abdicated his responsibility to maintain the integrity of the program by meaningful, aggressive recruiting, will nearly kill ANY program, much less BC. So it takes time to recover. You can’t just comment of the season – we suck – and not consider the whys and wherefores. And then you have to analyze the alternative. 4 coaches in 7 years isn’t good either, and guess what? The available coaches out there no it.
See if you can answer this. Name me the coach who took over a perennial, national top-10 program, who had ONLY LOSING SEASONS his first 3 years, with his 3rd yr being WORSE than the previous season? Should he have been fired?
“the middle 2 yrs where the coach completely abdicated his responsibility to maintain the integrity of the program by meaningful, aggressive recruiting, will nearly kill ANY program, much less BC.”
The real tragedy here is you’ve absolutely bought into this GDF spin that Jagodzinski abdicated his responsibilities as coach by making back-to-back ACC Championship Game appearances.
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by Brian Favat on Nov 17, 2011 5:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I think...
this should be settled with a dance-off or the newest form score settling: a bro down.
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