Oh, I know rumors fly around these things, but this was from guy at UNI that I really trust, so just wanted to throw it out for you guys! Iowa State should be good. I hope you find the right guy. Schwab is a really good fit at UNI, just needs to figure out how to make it happen consistently at nationals.
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Oh, I know rumors fly around these things, but this was from guy at UNI that I really trust, so just wanted to throw it out for you guys! Iowa State should be good. I hope you find the right guy. Schwab is a really good fit at UNI, just needs to figure out how to make it happen consistently at nationals.
I find it hard to believe that Pollard wants to hire any wrestling coach at a salary of $120,000. I'll bet any hire will get at minimum what KJ was making.
Sorry, don't buy it. JP pays an assistant women's BB coach, Billy Fennelly, who came here with ZERO basketball coaching experience, $113,300 a year. And that's the lowest paid women's BB assistant.
There is no way JP talks to ANY head wrestling coach candidate and offers a salary as low as $120,000. No way.
According to the Des Moines Register Schwab signed a 7 year extension in 2014 with a salary of 115,000 a year and a buyout of 100,000 if he leaves before the contract is up . Even though this was a trusted source to some, he has the salary wrong. I agree with Tornado Man, no way he offered anyone 120,000 http://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...schwab-signs-year-contract-extension/8632267/
http://db.press-citizen.com/state-salaries/page=21579&ordercol=col3&orderdir=asc
Another source for Schwab's salary in 2016
Another source for Schwab's salary in 2016
Good question. My answer would be that I personally know a couple of hard core wrestling fans with deep pockets who would be willing to step up and financially support the funding of a "Home Run" hire. Doesn't this happen all the time in FB & MBB with buy-outs and new contracts, facilities, etc? New contributions wouldn't create a cut of funding anywhere else. Increased season ticket sales would provide the long-term budget fix anyway.
In this situation, and assuming most of this support is towards the head coaches salary, do you have any idea how much further the support would push up that salary?
I was listening to @ChrisMWilliams and @AdamJGray talking about wrestling and track on the most recent CFTV-Live podcast and being a ISU XC alum and avid follower of the sport i thought i could offer some insight into the salaries of the current and former staff. FYI, all state of Iowa employee salaries are published online.
Iowa State pays Martin Smith $210,000 to coach mens XC and be the director of mens and womens track & field. They also pay Andrea Grove-Mcdonough $95,000 to coach womens XC and be an assistant track coach.
When Corey Ihmels left ISU for Boise State in 2013 ISU was paying him $127,000 to be the director of mens and womens track & field and be the head mens and womens XC coach.
For comparison, Oklahoma State pays Dave Smith $248,000 to be the director of mens and womens track & field and coach mens and womens cross country. Dave Smith is one of the best coaches in the country with 3 national championships in last 7 years and has coached over 100 all americans at OSU.
Iowa State paid Kevin Jackson $155,000 to coach wrestling and from reading the posts in this thread, that seems to be Jamies budget for this coaching search.
Neither sport makes money for Iowa State and while both wrestling and track/xc have rich traditions at ISU, Jamie Pollard is currently investing more money into the track/xc programs at Iowa State. I would even venture to say that ISU’s financial investments into its Track/XC programs are top 10 in the nation.
Iowa State pays Martin Smith $210,000 to coach mens XC and be the director of mens and womens track & field. They also pay Andrea Grove-Mcdonough $95,000 to coach womens XC and be an assistant track coach.
When Corey Ihmels left ISU for Boise State in 2013 ISU was paying him $127,000 to be the director of mens and womens track & field and be the head mens and womens XC coach.
For comparison, Oklahoma State pays Dave Smith $248,000 to be the director of mens and womens track & field and coach mens and womens cross country. Dave Smith is one of the best coaches in the country with 3 national championships in last 7 years and has coached over 100 all americans at OSU.
Iowa State paid Kevin Jackson $155,000 to coach wrestling and from reading the posts in this thread, that seems to be Jamies budget for this coaching search.
Neither sport makes money for Iowa State and while both wrestling and track/xc have rich traditions at ISU, Jamie Pollard is currently investing more money into the track/xc programs at Iowa State. I would even venture to say that ISU’s financial investments into its Track/XC programs are top 10 in the nation.
No idea. I would assume it would be like any other executive search were JP or a search firm would arrange for a interview and ask the candidate what it would take to lure him away. To many factors to speculate on but I would guess even the Cael Sanderson would have a number. His total numbers would be much higher because I'm sure he would want to take care of his assistants in a big way too.
Then again I've heard a story that Oklahoma made a run at Gable early in his career and he wouldn't even listen or consider leaving. Not everyone can be bought.
So Im just thinking out loud because I obviously know Pollards son is in XC, but how do you justify spending over $200k on a XC coach and a sport that has almost 0 history at ISU but people are ******** when us wrestling supporters are asking to pay a good salary for a homerun hire in a sport that we have a history of being one of the top programs in the country?
You think track and cross country don't have a history at Iowa State?
My thoughts are if you invest in the program and make a good hire people will support ISU wrestling. Crowds when Cael was hear were decent to great. Also we are not talking about million dollars here. I say 250k and go big and throw support to the program or say **** it.
*At least one competitor in every summer Olympics from 1976 to 2016 (plus qualifiers in 1980)
*Track: 43 individual national champions, over 320 All-Americans, 31 conf team titles
*Men's XC: 2 NCAA team titles, 13 conf team titles, 2 individual NCAA champs, 11 individual conf champs, 37 All-Americans
*Women's XC: 8 national team titles (U.S. Fed and AIAW), 12 conf team titles, 3 individual national champs, 9 individual conf champs, 34 All-Americans
