Most underpaid men’s college basketball coaches

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T.J. Otzelberger of Iowa State, Kelvin Sampson of Houston, and Brad Brownell of Clemson.

Let’s do some math.

For the cost of one Bill Self — at $8.8 million the highest-paid coach in college basketball for the second year in a row — you could pay the combined salaries of Iowa State’s T.J. Otzelberger ($3.5 million) and Houston’s Kelvin Sampson ($4.6 million) and have enough left over for Vermont’s John Becker ($387,198) and Montana State’s Kevin Logie ($304,882).

Not to say Self hasn’t earned his paycheck despite Kansas’s two-year swoon out of the Big 12 catbird seat; after all, the Jayhawks are just three years removed from another national championship.

But it just goes to show: There are some extremely good deals to be found on the highest levels of college coaching.

USA TODAY Sports compiled pay information from each school in the Power Four conferences and from each school outside those conferences whose team has appeared in at least three of the past five NCAA tournaments.

In terms of getting bang for your buck, it’s hard to top the regular-season and postseason success Otzelberger and Sampson have brought to the table for two of the top programs in the Big 12.

T.J. Otzelberger, Iowa State

Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger earned $3.5 million in total pay, which ranks eighth in the Big 12 among public schools, though his $29 million buyout leads the conference.

The former UNLV coach has been a smashing success in Ames, reaching the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament twice in his first three years with another team this season capable of advancing deep into March. That has made Otzelberger, 47, the first coach in program history to make multiple trips to the tournament’s second weekend and just the second to reach the tournament in each of his first three seasons. Otzelberger is a huge bargain at $3.5 million in total pay, which ranks eighth in the Big 12 among public schools, though his $29 million buyout leads the conference.

Kelvin Sampson, Houston

The Cougars…

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Publish date : 2025-03-13 10:50:00

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