Mike Chambers has an article today in the Denver Post about the highest paid coaches at the University of Denver. There's a few surprises at the top of the list.Needless to say, the article is sure to ruffle a few feathers. What the article doesn't mention is if DU supporters compensate or underwrite any of the salaries.
Another unanswered question is the role that Title IX plays, if any, in the salaries of female coaches or women's athletic teams.
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It's a given that DU's former women's hoops coach, whose teams played mostly in front of 500 friends and family, was overpaid. I am sure her successor (Erij Johnson) makes far less than Tanner did, and I guess they were likely upping Tanner's salary to offset the money they needed to pay Gwoz and Joe Scott for Gender Equity/Title IX purposes.
I almost fell off my chair this morning reading Tanner's salary figure. How in the world was she making more than Gwoz??? Is that solely due to Title IX?
I can't imagine that DU wanted this info floating out to the Denver Post.
It raises issues in regards to budgets of each team in the Athletic Department and make you wonder why Chambers is on the trail?
ESPN broke the story about Tierney's salary, which probably got the ball rolling. I believe that DU found the cash for Tierney outside of the Athletic Department either from the Chancellor or maybe some sort of Alumni donation.
Either way, these are trying financial times for DU and yet some teams at DU are on the verge of greatness. W-Golf, skiing & hockey are national powers. Lax may be there soon.
While Tanner and Scott's salaries sound like big numbers to many of us, both of those salaries are likely in the lower half of D-I coaching salaries in hoops, where NCAA tourney coaches average $800k or more.
Gwoz is likely in the top 5 salaries of his sport, refelctive oif his status.
Denver is also an expensive city to live in compared to many college towns.
Top NCAA football coaches make $3-5 million & top assistant coaches can make over $1 million.
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