I'm not starting a panic....

[DawgatAuburn]

Just bears watching. Jamie Dixon is leaving Pitt after 13 years to become the Head Coach at TCU and never be heard from again. He's been Pitt's HC since Howland left. Other than coaching there for four years, I don't think he has any affiliation to Pitt. Just wonder if they would make that call? Pitt's a Nike school FWIW, but I think they were adidas when Howland was there.

 

[johnson86-1]

Just bears watching. Jamie Dixon is leaving Pitt after 13 years to become the Head Coach at TCU and never be heard from again. He's been Pitt's HC since Howland left. Other than coaching there for four years, I don't think he has any affiliation to Pitt. Just wonder if they would make that call? Pitt's a Nike school FWIW, but I think they were adidas when Howland was there.

I would assume they would make that call to feel him out because that's just the minimum amount of due diligence, but I would be surprised if Howland were interested. I'm sure Pittsburgh is a nice enough place to live, but I don't think many people would just be dying to get back there. If Howland has intentions of leaving Starkville for another job, I'm thinking there would be other places higher on his list and that he's confident enough to think he'll get a shot at one of those places if he's patient.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Yeah, that's where I am. Courtesy call expecting to be told no but giving all options their just due.

I wonder if that's the kind of job that might be able to pry Archie Miller out of Dayton? Archie played at NC State but big brother was a star at Pitt.

 

[11thEagleFan]

I mean, TCU is a big step up from Pitt. Just a better job. Attendance, BCS bowls, etc... Wait, what's that? We're talking basketball? Yeah that doesn't make sense. As an outsider, I see the building blocks Howland has put together at State. I'd think he'd want to at least coach 4-5 years in Starkville and see if he can win there. He's put in a lot of work already.

 

[HD6]

Dixon is a TCU alum.

 

[ArcherSPS]

I think this is our JWS era of basketball. Kids are grown up, you're getting older, deciding to settle down in Starksville.

 

[MaroonNation]

Jackie Sherrill tried to return to Pitt as their coach before it was blocked by Pitts president.

 

[fishwater99]

Dixon was making over $3 million at Pitt. I hope they don't call...

 

[Joe Schmedlap]

Dixon was making over $3 million at Pitt. I hope they don't call...

What is State paying now? I would think we would go as high as 2.5 million soon if we aren't already and would go even higher should Ben take us to the big dance.

What is the women's basketball coach being paid? Vic deserves to be paid among the top 4 or 5 in the league. The ceiling will be limited though when girls hoops is not a revenue generating sport.

 

[RocketDawg]

Regarding Vic ... As a benchmark, I read an article (a couple of years old) that Geno Marianno at UConn signed a new contract that would have him making over $2M/year at some point soon (I think 2018), and he still makes less than the men's coach at the same school. Not sure how high we could go for women's BB.

 

[fishwater99]

Pitt is a Nike school. Howland will not be going to a Nike school....

 

[johnson86-1]

What is State paying now? I would think we would go as high as 2.5 million soon if we aren't already and would go even higher should Ben take us to the big dance.

What is the women's basketball coach being paid? Vic deserves to be paid among the top 4 or 5 in the league. The ceiling will be limited though when girls hoops is not a revenue generating sport.

Girls BB might be sort of a revenue generating sport at MSU. I'm not sure how much their broadcasting rights are worth (I'm thinking not much in terms of actual viewership), but ESPN wants content and they like to push girls BB because they think it's a way to expand their market by increasing the number of sports fans. I'm sure somebody could look at the SEC/ESPN contract and ratings for the different sports broadcast and the ad revenue pulled in during those breakouts and do a rough allocation of TV money to each sport. That might be enough to make girls BB a profitable, no clue.

But yes, there is definitely a cap on the salary of non-revenue sports. I think at one time before the SEC Network deal we were paying $600k to the womens BB coach (or maybe that was the staff?). Either way, kind of crazy to spend that much money on a sport that loses money. For non-revenue sports, it seems like salaries wouldn't be more than a couple of times higher than the higher paid high school coaches.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

Who is geno marianno?

 

[RocketDawg]

Who is geno marianno?

It's the phonetic spelling of Geno (or Luigi if you prefer) Auriemma when you go so far as to get the pronunciation wrong, and therefore phonetically spell it even more erroneously. I was too lazy to look him up.

BTW ... remember to capitalize peoples' names .... that's elementary school English.

 

[RocketDawg]

I wonder if there will ever come the day when Title IX ,or its successor, requires that women's coaches receive equal salaries to men's coaches ....

 

[coach66]

ESPN reporting Howland tells Pitt "Thanks but no Thanks"

Got work to do.

 

[patdog]

Good news. Not surprising, but still good to get confirmation.

 

[Kojak.sixpack]

THat is how you handle coaching vacancy speculation

Got work to do.

Looking at you, Dan

 

[coach66]

Exactly

Nm

 

[patdog]

Yep. Hoping Dan learned his lesson this year.

 

[BiscuitEater]

ESPN reporting Howland tells Pitt "Thanks but no Thanks"

Yea .. good to see Howland shutting down Pitt talk ..
Jeff Goodman
✔ ‎‎@GoodmanESPN
Been told that Pittsburgh (or a third-party) did reach out to Mississippi State coach Ben Howland - who said, “Thanks, but no thanks.”
9:53 AM - 23 Mar 2016

Jeff Goodman
✔ ‎‎@GoodmanESPN
Howland is happy in Starkville, doesn’t want to leave after a year — and has a highly regarded recruiting class coming in for next year.
9:54 AM - 23 Mar 2016

 

[JungRebel]

There were articles written about the disparity in men's and women's national teams durin the World Cups I believe. I am all for equal pay for equal work, but I think we only need to line the best women up against the best men once in a sport like soccer to see how equal they are.