One of the biggest challenges facing the Texas Tech athletics program is the financial constraints under which the department must operate. Annually, Texas Tech struggles to pay its head coaches a salary anywhere in the neighborhood of the top coaches in the country, regardless of sport. That is even more true of what Tech pays its assistant coaches and support staff.
But there is one area where Texas Tech is paying top price, Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt’s salary. According to a new report, the Texas Tech AD is the fifth-highest paid athletic’s director in the NCAA earning $1.