USA Today released its annual database of assistant coach salaries. If you look at where Mizzou falls in the SEC, you might conclude it's dire. But MU is 19th nationally in staff pay. Compensation for its staff is ahead of nine ACC schools, 12 schools in the Big Ten, eight Big 12 programs and every Pac 12 school with the exception of UCLA. Here's the list:
I've seen people carp about how MU has been cheap with its head coaching hires. Well, it certainly tried to give Barry a competitive salary pool to build a staff. It has raised almost $70 million for a new football facility. And it completed an addition three years ago. And it took Pinkel to nearly $4 million. The gist: Mizzou will spend money. Is it LSU, Bama, or A&M? No. But it's not pinching pennies, either.
- LSU: $5.78 million
- Alabama: $5.32 million
- Texas A&M: $4.81 million
- Georgia: $4.68 million
- Tennessee: $4.55 million
- Florida: $4.53 million
- Auburn: $4.46 million
- Ole Miss: $4.26 million
- South Carolina: $3.92 million
- Arkansas: 3.89 million
- Missouri: 3.80 million
- Kentucky: $3.40 million
- Mississippi State: $3.29 million
I've seen people carp about how MU has been cheap with its head coaching hires. Well, it certainly tried to give Barry a competitive salary pool to build a staff. It has raised almost $70 million for a new football facility. And it completed an addition three years ago. And it took Pinkel to nearly $4 million. The gist: Mizzou will spend money. Is it LSU, Bama, or A&M? No. But it's not pinching pennies, either.
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