Reported Salary for Marshall; $620K to $800k WOW

[USFan]

Marshall Mulling USF's Offer

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By BRETT McMURPHY The Tampa Tribune

Published: Mar 21, 2007

TAMPA - Winthrop's Gregg Marshall, who led the Eagles to seven NCAA Tournaments in nine seasons, has emerged as the leading candidate to become coach at the University of South Florida.

Marshall met with USF athletic director Doug Woolard Tuesday night in Rock Hill, S.C. As of late Wednesday night, Marshall was deciding whether to come to Tampa or accept a $400,000 a year offer to stay at Winthrop, which would be nearly half of what USF would offer.

On Tuesday night, Woolard flew to Charlotte, N.C., and made the 20-minute drive to Marshall's home in Rock Hill. Marshall is the third candidate Woolard has interviewed.

Woolard also interviewed South Alabama coach John Pelphrey in Atlanta Saturday and spoke with former Virginia coach Pete Gillen last week, but neither one received a job offer.

Winthrop assistant athletic director Jack Frost said former Kentucky athletic director C.M. Newton, who is assisting Woolard as a consultant on USF's search, asked and received permission Tuesday for Woolard to speak with Marshall.

Winthrop president Anthony Joseph DiGiorgio and Athletic Director Tom Hickman met with Marshall on Wednesday to discuss increasing his salary, Frost said. They have been working on increasing Marshall's salary since before the NCAA Tournament, Frost said.

Marshall has eight years remaining on his current contract worth $270,000 a year, but was offered $400,000 a year by Winthrop officials.

New Mexico also asked for permission to speak with Marshall, Frost said. However, ESPN reported Wednesday night that New Mexico is reportedly working on a deal to hire Iowa's Steve Alford.

That means Marshall must chose between USF and Winthrop. Woolard had said previously he would make a significant investment and commitment for a new coach, meaning the Bulls likely would offer at least double the $310,000 salary that former coach Robert McCullum received.

This year was Marshall's most impressive season as Winthrop upset Notre Dame 74-64 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before losing to Oregon 75-61 in the second round.

All of Winthrop's losses this season were to NCAA Tournament teams -- North Carolina (73-66), Maryland (71-60), Wisconsin (82-79 in overtime) and Texas A&M (71-51).

The Eagles (29-5) also set a school record for victories, earned the school's first Associated Press Top 25 ranking (No. 24) and had the first unbeaten season (14-0) in Big South history.

Marshall has been named Big South coach of the year four times.

He is 1-7 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, but as a No. 15 seed nearly upset No. 2 seed Tennessee last year, losing 63-61 on a last-second 3-pointer.

Last June, Marshall accepted the College of Charleston job and was introduced as Charleston's coach at a news conference on June 28, only to change his mind the next day and return as Winthrop's coach.

UMass coach Travis Ford, who was scheduled to meet with Woolard Monday but canceled, is no longer interested in the position and expected to receive a new deal at UMass.

http://www.tbo.com/sports/bulls/MGBHVZTPKZE.html

USF hit the lottery  

[Matt]

lets just hope that who ever we get that its money well spent.

for that price though, i think we should be getting someone better then the head coach at winthrop

[USFan]

Am I reading this right?

Isn't CJL making $1M  

[Matt]

yea, lets hope USF isnt slitting their throat despite their face.

what do you think CJL's reaction would be if a bball coach got 800K?

although, CJL has more chances to make money in other areas, like tv show deal is worth more, he can get more endorsement deals, etc.

[Guest BasketBull.]

Am I reading this right?

Isn't CJL making $1M  

It's South Florida football, not Duke football.   ;D  Sorry, I couldn't resist --forgive me!  ;D

[USFan]

Am I reading this right?

Isn't CJL making $1M  

It's South Florida football, not Duke football.   ;D  Sorry, I couldn't resist --forgive me!  ;D

Go right ahead.  As long as people don't make jokes about USF, then I'm OK with it.  

But let's check things out a bit.

Leavitt was making about 400k (if not a bit more) a little over a year ago and Mac was hired at about 250k.

See a trend?

Still, where did we get all this money?

[Brad]

Funny, I was going to be a smart ass in a thread earlier tonight about Marshall and ask this:

Winthrop to Marshall 400K * 10 years = $4 million

USF to Marshal 800K * 5 years = $4 million

Of course Marshall would take that.

Then I thought.."No way we offer 800K to a Big South coach." And erased the words before clicking the "Post" button...

Funny.

[Brad]

Maybe not that funny though...

[Bull Matrix]

This just goes to show you that USF is starting to become big time now that they are in the BIG EAST. BIG EAST has been very good for USF. Also, maybe those angry boosters from last year are stepping up to make sure USF gets a good coach.  This just will help USF in the long run even if the new coach does not do well because the salary bar has been raised. It will be hard for a lot of up and coming coaches to turn that kind of money down in the future. Who would?? Living in nice sunny tampa and making between 600k to 800k. Doug Woolard is serious about getting USF basketball up to par. He is a basketball guy.

[JoeBulls]

CJL is going to be making about 2.5 million with sponsors and such -- when he takes that team to a BCS Championship game.

Money is the least of his worries.  He runs the entire Athletic Department.

He isn't worried about some basektball program that hasn't won in 2 decades.

CJL is trying to get in the national title hunt.  Our basketball program is trying to make the big east tourny.

night and day.