The money ain't bad, either.
The University of Kentucky continues to set the bar high for coaching salaries, giving John Calipari an eight-year deal reportedly worth an average $4,000,000 annually... and laden with enough extras to make the Federal budget look lean and mean.
Calipari's deal tops the contract signed by Florida's Billy Donovan by approximately $500,000. Donovan signed that deal last year, after a brief flirtation with the NBA.
To illustrate how salaries have grown: in 2002, according to a report in Sports Illustrated, there were relatively few basketball coaches making "CEO money." SI's list at the time put just three coaches over the $1 million mark in salary, with Kentucky's Tubby Smith the highest-paid at $2.4 million a year.
Here's a look at some of the top reported salaries in Division I men's college basketball. Bear in mind, this is not a straight applies-to-apples comparison... some schools include apparel deals with sneaker companies as part of the reported compensation package (Florida is one), others do not. Public Universities -- most of the schools on this list -- have to be more forthcoming about the salaries they are paying, while private institutions like Duke and Syracuse can play things a bit closer to the vest.
| Coach | Team | Average Salary (Millions) | Source |
| John Calipari | Kentucky | 4 | ESPN.com |
| Billy Donovan | Florida | 3.5 | Orlandosentinel.com |
| Bill Self | Kansas | 3 | ESPN.com |
| Thad Matta | Ohio State | 2.5 | Diverseeducation.com |
| Rick Pitino | Louisville | 2.25 | ESPN.com |
| Roy Williams | North Carolina | 2.11 | ESPN.com |
| Rick Barnes | Texas | 2 | USAToday.com |
| Tom Izzo | Michigan State | 1.735 | MSUSpartans.cstv.com |
| Jim Calhoun | Connecticut | 1.6 | ESPN.com |
| Ben Howland | UCLA | 1.5 | LATimes.com |
| Tom Crean | Indiana | 1.48 | Insidethehall.com |
| Mike Krzyzewski | Duke | 1.2 | charitynavigator.org |
| Jim Boeheim | Syracuse | 1.00 plus | Syracuse.com |
