> Until he left to coach the Nets, John Calipari was the highest paid public
> employee in Masschusetts. I'd guess that in most states the highest paid
> public employee is the coach of the flagship university's basketball or
> football team. Compared to basketball coaches, hockey coaches probably
make
> a dime on the dollar. For sure, Parker and Blais are exeptions to that.
>
> Of course as Babe Ruth said when it was pointed out to him that he made
more
> than the President of the US, "I had a better year than he did."
>
> Clay
I'm trying to keep up with the traffic, I'm pretty sure nobody has mentioned
this:
FWIW, Dean Blais's contract will be partially paid through private donations
made to the UND Foundation. I do not know if this is common. (Didn't
Wisconsin get in trouble for incorrectly reporting this kind of thing?)
Kirk
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