Duke Basketball Report · Mar 1, 2018
USA Today: Coach K Tops In Coach’s Income
Every year USA Today has a list of the highest paid coaches in college basketball and every year, as far as we can remember, Coach K is on top of the list.
He’s making close to $9 million. Since Duke is private we don’t know the exact breakdown and have no idea about income from Nike, other endorsements and speaking fees.
We’re sure some people read that and thought well why not the players? And that’s a secondary argument that’s worth having.
The main point here though is this: is he worth that much to Duke? And the question, put that way, leads us to this conclusion: he’s probably underpaid.