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Originally Posted by displacedinMN
you should put that map into a different thread for a roll call identification
Minn-Has to be Tubby Smith (now fired) and Jerry Kill (both U of Minn)
Iowa is Kirk Ferentz.
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For Texas it's Mack Brown. The concept is kinda dumb though. In states with a big public university that has a successful athletic program (football or basketball), the head coach is very likely to be the highest paid person employed by that state. Of course that successful athletic program or team will generate a great deal of revenue for the University, so it's not like they are paying these coaches a lot of money for no reason. It's basic supply and demand. Good head coaches are hard to find, thus they get paid a lot.
But good head coaches bring in a ton of revenue, so they earn their pay. That's for sure the case with Mack Brown. When he took over, the football team was in the crapper and revenues were way down. Since he took over at Texas and went on a long run of football success, Texas has become the #1 revenue generating athletic dept in college athletics. I don't think the school minds paying him $5mill a year given how much money he has helped bring in.