Are college basketball head coaches paid more if they reach NCAA tournament?
There are 69 NCAA Men’s Basketball head coaches making more than one million dollars each year.
According to a recently published “Viz of the Week” — a weekly curated, interactive, big data analysis of top trends by @davisdataviz only 50% of NCAA Men’s basketball head coaches earning at least $1 million dollars made the 2019 NCAA March Madness.
Kentucky Wildcats John Calipari (SEC) tops the list with a $9.28 million dollars followed by Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski (ACC) — not far behind with $7.05 million. Rounding out the top five are Tom Izzo ($4.16M/BIG10), Tony Bennett ($4.07M/ACC) and Kansas’ Bill Self r the Big 12 with $4.01M.
By conference, the ACC occupies four out of the top ten spots of highest-paid coaches.
Despite being a NCAA tournament mainstay Gonzaga’s Mark Few standouts as the 61st ranked earner.
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