The current poll on the upper right hand corner of the Fight On State website asks whether coaches are well compensated or not. On of the posters filled in the salaries for all of the ISU coaches. Meggs is getting $80,000. Herbst (pitching coach) is getting just $30,000 and Merritt (assistant coach) is getting just $23,660. To keep Meggs, I hope he has some merit raises built into his contract. As for Herbst, that is a key position that really needs more money, don't you think?
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Coaches' Pay Seem Low!
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SycamoreFan317
The Renn Level
Beginning teachers make more money than either one of the assistants, a lot more. This is embarassing.
Ouch!
Thanks for posting this thread. We were wondering this on our way home from Wichita. I certainly do not want to lose Meggs so I hope his contract has some performance based incentives built in. Would that be standard in NCAA baseball coaching contracts?
How does our coaching salaries compare to other schools the MVC conference? What do coaches with bigger D1 baseball programs make?
You can't live off of the assistant coaches salaries. At this pay level I now have very little confidence that ISU could ever add a true "pitching coach" the the staff for the boys.
I'm honestly shocked.
Thanks for posting this thread. We were wondering this on our way home from Wichita. I certainly do not want to lose Meggs so I hope his contract has some performance based incentives built in. Would that be standard in NCAA baseball coaching contracts?
How does our coaching salaries compare to other schools the MVC conference? What do coaches with bigger D1 baseball programs make?
You can't live off of the assistant coaches salaries. At this pay level I now have very little confidence that ISU could ever add a true "pitching coach" the the staff for the boys.
I'm honestly shocked.
Too bad ISU is a lilly pad for good coaches. We almost lost Meggs a year ago to a California D1 or at least he was in serious discussions. What's to say he won't jump this Summer or next if the right D1 offer out West comes along. I believe this coming season will be a big feather in his cap as the new stadium opens and hopefully the team talent is bumped up another notch!
SycamoreFan317
The Renn Level
I have long believed that any coach we get that is young or in their prime has any success they will be gone to greener opportunities. That was the one plus we had with Royce Waltman, he was too old for any D1 to consider. I wonder how our salaries stack up to Ball State, Butler or Southern Indiana.
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BankShot
The Kleuh Level
I'm sure that there are a few coaches out their in Div I ya-ya World that if truth be known, would attest that the "pasture is not always greener on the other side of the fence."
Also, has anyone been paying attention lately to State/National tax revenue forecasts? Do you really think that "collegiate sports" has immunity from this trend? We've not come close to hitting bottom on this thing, as the Chrysler/GM bankruptcies have yet to "trickle down" and peripheral industries impacted.
Recently, a school system in S. Indiana across from Louisville w/ 11,000 student enrollment hired a new Superintendent for $235,000 yr., thought to be the highest in the State of Indiana. Do you think that a competent candidate was not available for half the price?
ISU has always been a "stepping stone" for coaches, and until Terre Haute becomes the Boca Raton of Indiana, I don't see thing$ changing. Thankfully, we're in the hands of a A.D. that's got an excellent sense for gauging Div I coaching talent, which is essential to the inherent "nature" of ISU sport dynamics.
We've already seen the byproduct of "less than visionary" leadership and it's long-term, crippling impact upon a program, haven't we?
Also, has anyone been paying attention lately to State/National tax revenue forecasts? Do you really think that "collegiate sports" has immunity from this trend? We've not come close to hitting bottom on this thing, as the Chrysler/GM bankruptcies have yet to "trickle down" and peripheral industries impacted.
Recently, a school system in S. Indiana across from Louisville w/ 11,000 student enrollment hired a new Superintendent for $235,000 yr., thought to be the highest in the State of Indiana. Do you think that a competent candidate was not available for half the price?
ISU has always been a "stepping stone" for coaches, and until Terre Haute becomes the Boca Raton of Indiana, I don't see thing$ changing. Thankfully, we're in the hands of a A.D. that's got an excellent sense for gauging Div I coaching talent, which is essential to the inherent "nature" of ISU sport dynamics.
We've already seen the byproduct of "less than visionary" leadership and it's long-term, crippling impact upon a program, haven't we?
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Winning solves many problems
Win -- easier to recruit; alumni increase donations, higher attendance, etc
Will we always be able to keep talented coaches?!
I tend to reflect but I'm often surprised by the State of Indiana decisions regarding higher education considering cost, state population; bottom line too much money spread too thin across the number of colleges
Win -- easier to recruit; alumni increase donations, higher attendance, etc
Will we always be able to keep talented coaches?!
I tend to reflect but I'm often surprised by the State of Indiana decisions regarding higher education considering cost, state population; bottom line too much money spread too thin across the number of colleges