Saturday, March 10, 2012
2012 Big West Tournament
Congratulations to Carlene Mitchell and her great staff, Courtney Locke, Heather Zurich, and Natalie Jarrett on winning the 2012 Big West Tournament Championship!!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
2010-11 CCAA Coach's Salaries
I'm interested in coaches' salaries, not because I'm a noisy busy body, but I want to see the advancement of women's basketball. One huge step to advancing women's basketball is to pay competitive coaches' salaries, not only to other professions-business, education, sales etc, but also to men's basketball. It's really stupid that a third assistant coach on a men's staff makes more than the top assistant coach on the women's staff. Believe me, there are more than a few cases, where this is true.
Another way to bring more attention to this issue is for coaches' salary to become public. This will only make coaches who aren't worth a damn, nervous. For coaches who are good, this can actually help them!! Just look at baseball. Albert Pujols signed a huge deal with the Angels. It's a good bet that Pujols used the contract Mark Texeria signed in 2009 for the basis of his contract! Then a couple months later Prince Fielder signed a bigger contract with the Tigers. Just a guess, but Prince used Pujol's contract as a basis for his contract!
So, I did a story about the 2008-09 CCAA Coaches' Salaries, and I was surprised by the low salaries. I believed it back then, and after meeting some of the great coaches in the CCAA, I believe it more today, the salaries are way too low for some coaches. So I decided to see if there have been any changes in CCAA salaries since the 08-09 season. The latest salary information is for the 2010-11 season.
The salary information is from the State of California Employee Salary date base. The state fiscal year runs from July 1st to June 30th.
For a quick reminder, here are the 2008-09 salaries:
1. Cal St Los Angeles $95,004
2. Cal St. Dominguez Hills $91,744
3. Cal St. San Bernandino $90,749
4. UC San Diego $82,000
5. CP Pomona $80,530
6. Cal St Stanislaus $80,889
7. Sonoma St. $79,912
8. Humbolt St. $76,912
9. Chico St. $70,340
10. San Francisco St. $58,744
11. Cal St East Bay $58,006
12. Cal St Monterey Bay $57,701
2010-11 Salaries
1. Cal St. Dominguez Hills $88,774.41
2. UC San Diego $88,539.90
3. Cal St. San Bernandino $88,370.41
4. Cal St Stanislaus $78,105.99
5. Sonoma St. $77,263.77
6. Humbolt St. $76,117.49
7. Chico St. $69,424.80
8. Cal St Monterey Bay $57,729.30
9. San Francisco St. $55,975.32
10. Cal St Los Angeles $41,677.00
11. Cal St East Bay $36,518.70
12. CP Pomona $26,781.23
A couple things stand out. One should be obvious, with the state of California in a budget crunch, all state employees are forced to take a pay cut and furlough days. That accounts for the roughly 10% cut in pay for the 2010-11 season.
The other thing that stands out is, the three biggest drops in pay at Cal St. LA, Cal St. Easy Bay, and Cal Poly Pomona! Relax, they aren't starting to cut back on women's basketball. Though, with an idiot AD, like Swanson at Cal Poly Pomona, you never know. Nice institutional control there Swanson. Cal Poly Pomona is on NCAA Probation for violations in their women's basketball program. But, that's another story and for another time. Getting back to salaries, it's stupid and naive to think the Cal St. East Bay coach would move from Washington, to an area with a very high cost of living, to earn $36,518.70. It's likely those listed salaries are prorated salaries for those three new coaches.
Remember these listed salaries are being paid by the state of California. Coach's salary can be funded by sources other than state money. That source is the school's foundation entity, which is a private entity, so their records aren't open to the public. But, usually the salaries from a school's foundation are meant as a supplemental pay, not doubling the coach's state salary.
There are some coaches in the CCAA who are clearly underpaid. There are some coaches who are clearly overpaid and are ripping off the taxpayers of California!! There needs to be and should be some coaching changes in the CCAA, after this season. Too bad some of them are a couple years too late!! Maybe it's time to do a story on Big West coaches' salaries!!
Another way to bring more attention to this issue is for coaches' salary to become public. This will only make coaches who aren't worth a damn, nervous. For coaches who are good, this can actually help them!! Just look at baseball. Albert Pujols signed a huge deal with the Angels. It's a good bet that Pujols used the contract Mark Texeria signed in 2009 for the basis of his contract! Then a couple months later Prince Fielder signed a bigger contract with the Tigers. Just a guess, but Prince used Pujol's contract as a basis for his contract!
So, I did a story about the 2008-09 CCAA Coaches' Salaries, and I was surprised by the low salaries. I believed it back then, and after meeting some of the great coaches in the CCAA, I believe it more today, the salaries are way too low for some coaches. So I decided to see if there have been any changes in CCAA salaries since the 08-09 season. The latest salary information is for the 2010-11 season.
The salary information is from the State of California Employee Salary date base. The state fiscal year runs from July 1st to June 30th.
For a quick reminder, here are the 2008-09 salaries:
1. Cal St Los Angeles $95,004
2. Cal St. Dominguez Hills $91,744
3. Cal St. San Bernandino $90,749
4. UC San Diego $82,000
5. CP Pomona $80,530
6. Cal St Stanislaus $80,889
7. Sonoma St. $79,912
8. Humbolt St. $76,912
9. Chico St. $70,340
10. San Francisco St. $58,744
11. Cal St East Bay $58,006
12. Cal St Monterey Bay $57,701
2010-11 Salaries
1. Cal St. Dominguez Hills $88,774.41
2. UC San Diego $88,539.90
3. Cal St. San Bernandino $88,370.41
4. Cal St Stanislaus $78,105.99
5. Sonoma St. $77,263.77
6. Humbolt St. $76,117.49
7. Chico St. $69,424.80
8. Cal St Monterey Bay $57,729.30
9. San Francisco St. $55,975.32
10. Cal St Los Angeles $41,677.00
11. Cal St East Bay $36,518.70
12. CP Pomona $26,781.23
A couple things stand out. One should be obvious, with the state of California in a budget crunch, all state employees are forced to take a pay cut and furlough days. That accounts for the roughly 10% cut in pay for the 2010-11 season.
The other thing that stands out is, the three biggest drops in pay at Cal St. LA, Cal St. Easy Bay, and Cal Poly Pomona! Relax, they aren't starting to cut back on women's basketball. Though, with an idiot AD, like Swanson at Cal Poly Pomona, you never know. Nice institutional control there Swanson. Cal Poly Pomona is on NCAA Probation for violations in their women's basketball program. But, that's another story and for another time. Getting back to salaries, it's stupid and naive to think the Cal St. East Bay coach would move from Washington, to an area with a very high cost of living, to earn $36,518.70. It's likely those listed salaries are prorated salaries for those three new coaches.
Remember these listed salaries are being paid by the state of California. Coach's salary can be funded by sources other than state money. That source is the school's foundation entity, which is a private entity, so their records aren't open to the public. But, usually the salaries from a school's foundation are meant as a supplemental pay, not doubling the coach's state salary.
There are some coaches in the CCAA who are clearly underpaid. There are some coaches who are clearly overpaid and are ripping off the taxpayers of California!! There needs to be and should be some coaching changes in the CCAA, after this season. Too bad some of them are a couple years too late!! Maybe it's time to do a story on Big West coaches' salaries!!
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