Is your state's highest paid employee a coach? Here is an article about the fact that many states have a coach as their highest paid employee. If you look at the map, the colors show that the majority of the United States is covered in colors that represent coaches as being the highest paid. It's worth taking a look at.…

When college coach contracts are released people spend a lot of time looking at the salary amount and the duration of the deal but there is another figure that often remains ignored. The buyout amount for a coach often has a big impact on whether a University can even begin to examine the idea of bringing in a new coach. The Fred Hoiberg contract buyout article below is pretty good example of the other dollar amount that goes into hiring and/or firing process of a college basketball…

Many big coaching moves have already been made this off-season. This article grades the new hires that have happened in 2013. What do you think of these grades? Share opinions about whether you agree or disagree.…

There is a proposed change regarding practice in NCAA basketball that would allow teams to start practice as early as the last week of September. If the change goes through, it will allow teams to practice 30 times before the first game of the season. In this article Tom Izzo and John Calipari talk about how this new practice plan could allow teams to ease into the season, protecting the health of players.…

Looks like Minnesota coach Richard Pitino's new assistants are getting a sharp increase in salary from fomer coach Tubby Smith's assistants.  Per NBC College Basketball Talk

Dan McHale, formerly of Seton Hall, will be the highest-paid assistant coach on staff at $215,000. The lowest-salaried coaches, Ben Johnson and…