Head Coach Salaries and Athletic Department Revenue: Hokies About Where You Would Expect

By: Chris Coleman | Lead Analyst and Columnist
Whit Babcock is slowly raising Virginia Tech’s revenue. (Photo by Ivan Morozov)

The USA Today released its updated database of NCAA football coaches salaries yesterday.  Justin Fuente ranks No. 33 in the country, which is about where you would expect him to rank when you consider where the Hokies rank in total athletic revenue. 

For this article, I’m using these two links as references…

2017 Coaches Salaries
2015-16 Athletic Department Revenue

Revenue vs. Salary

Let’s take a look at each ACC public school and see how they are paying their head football coach in comparison to total athletic revenue.  Note that these numbers are slightly flawed, as the salaries are for the 2017 season, whereas the revenue numbers come from the 2015-16 fiscal year.  Still, I think you’ll get my overall point once you see the numbers.

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