Source: USA TODAY
Remaining games in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will help determine the distribution of big money to conferences, schools and coaching staffs.
The coaches’ payouts come in the form of myriad incentive bonuses. Below are the bonuses earned by, and still available, to head coaches of public-school teams that advanced to this week’s round of 16 games. In some cases, their assistant coaches have similar, albeit smaller, bonuses at stake.
Some schools’ athletics directors also are eligible for bonuses based on these teams’ NCAA tournament appearances and/or the team winning the national championship.
Arizona’s Sean Miller
Has:
— $20,000: 20 to 24 regular-season wins
— $75,000: NCAA tournament round of 16
Can get:
— $50,000: Make round of eight
— $175,000: Final Four
— $375,000: NCAA title
Florida’s Billy Donovan
Has:
$50,000: SEC regular-season champ
$37,500: NCAA tournament bid
$37,500: Round of 16
Can get:
$25,000: Make Final Four
$150,000: Win NCAA title
Florida Gulf Coast’s Andy Enfield
Has:
$5,000: NCAA tournament bid
$10,000: Round of 16
Can get:
$15,000: Make Final Four
$20,000: NCAA final
$25,000: NCAA title
Indiana’s Tom Crean
Has:
$125,000: Big Ten regular-season title
$25,000: NCAA tournament bid
$25,000: Round of 32
$35,000: Round of 16
Can get:
$50,000: Make round of eight
$125,000: Final Four
$250,000: NCAA title
Kansas’ Bill Self
Has:
$50,000: Big 12 regular-season title
$25,000: Big 12 tournament title
Can get:
$150,000: Make Final Four
$200,000: NCAA title
Louisville’s Rick Pitino
Has:
$50,000: Big East regular-season co-champion
$50,000: Big East tournament title
$50,000: NCAA tournament round of 16
Can get:
$50,000: Make round of eight
$75,000: Final Four
$150,000: NCAA title
Michigan’s John Beilein
Has:
$25,000: NCAA tournament bid
$50,000: Gets $25,000 for each NCAA tournament win
Can get:
$100,000: $25,000 for each NCAA tournament win
Michigan State’s Tom Izzo
Has:
$25,000: NCAA tournament bid
$25,000: Round of 16
Can get:
$125,000: Make Final Four, including $25,000 from Nike*
$200,000: NCAA title, including $50,000 from Nike*
Ohio State’s Thad Matta
Has:
$40,000, plus one-year contract extension worth at least $2.567 million: Big Ten tournament title
$40,000: NCAA tournament bid
Can get:
$20,000: Make round of eight
$20,000: Final Four
$100,000: NCAA title
Oregon’s Dana Altman
Has:
$15,000: Pac-12 second place
$30,000: Pac-12 tournament title
$20,000: NCAA tournament bid
$7,500: First NCAA tournament win
$10,000: Second win
Can get:
$12,500: Third NCAA tournament win
$25,000: Fourth win
$40,000: Fifth win
$200,000: Sixth win
Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall
Has:
$20,000: Winning conference record
$20,000: 20-plus regular-season wins
$108,000: Gets $36,000 for each NCAA tournament game played
$60,000: Additional for round of 16
Can get:
$108,000: $36,000 for each NCAA tournament game played
$100,000: Additional for Final Four
$200,000: Additional for NCAA title
Editors notes:
> Other coaches may have similar bonuses from shoe/apparel companies.
> Contracts from Duke, La Salle, Marquette, Miami (Fla.), Syracuse, all private schools, were unavailable.
> Does not take into account contingencies that could alter, or prevent payment of, these bonuses (i.e. academic achievement by players, coach’s departure). Does not include bonuses payable for coach-of-the-year honors, team academic performance, scheduling and ticket sales, or perks tied to NCAA tournament participation.
Sources: Individual schools
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