Where does Texas basketball's Rodney Terry rank in pay for coaches in Big 12, SEC?
When it comes to Big 12 basketball, Texas coach Rodney Terry lands right in the middle of salaries and other compensation for coaches, based on reporting by USA Today.
But he’ll rank near the bottom of the SEC once Texas joins its new conference July 1.
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Terry ranks 40th in the nation and seventh in the Big 12 for the 2023-24 academic year with a total compensation of $3.05 million, USA Today reported. That includes bonuses totaling $350,000 earned during the Longhorns’ run to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in the 2022-23 season.
Terry was hired as the permanent head coach after last year’s NCAA run. He had been serving on an interim basis because of the suspension and then firing of Chris Beard in January 2023. Terry signed a five-year, $15.3 million contract with a buyout of $7.2 million in March 2023.
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Kansas’ Bill Self is the highest-paid coach in the nation with a total compensation of $9.63 million. Baylor’s Scott Drew (sixth, $5.13 million) and Houston’s Kelvin Sampson (ninth, $4.61 million) join Self in the top 10. TCU’s Jamie Dixon, Kansas State’s Jerome Tang and Oklahoma’s Porter Moser also rank above Terry.
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The UT coach would rank 13th in the SEC, based on this year’s report. Kentucky’s John Calipari (second, $8.54 million), Auburn’s Bruce Pearl (fourth, $5.72 million) and Tennessee’s Rick Barnes (fifth, $5.7 million) pace the SEC in coaching compensation.
Beard, now at Ole Miss, ranks 32nd at $3.25 million a year.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas basketball's Rodney Terry ranks in middle of Big 12 for pay
