Comments on: At Georgetown, salaries for coaches of male sports teams double salaries for coaches of female teams

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By: Sport Picks

Sport Picks — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:14:16 +0000

I understand everyone’s sentiments but unfortunately reality is different from our ideals. A big revolution may be needed to change the current state of things.

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:13:00 +0000

Why is it female coaches are required to teach classes while all the male coaches are not in a particular school and they make more money. This is not right

By: Racheal

Racheal — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:01:30 +0000

This is far to common in the workplace. This is sad. There are female coaches that work just as hard, if not harder then male coaches. Hopefully over time things will take a turn for the better.

By: Mexican Futbol

Mexican Futbol — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:37:10 +0000

If they do equal work one would assume equal pay. The salaries are comparative to the money the sports bring in. Its a good topic to disuss.

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By: Molly Redden

Molly Redden — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:31:23 +0000

Hmm… I don’t know if it’s safe to assume that coaches necessarily do equal work.

Per Will’s comment, if something like, say, women’s soccer out-earns men’s soccer, it’s possible that with that popularity comes extra recruiting hours for the coaches or FTEs of the female soccer team, for example, in which case they should earn more.

I’m trying to find numbers for individual coach/FTE compensation, but I’m having a hard time. Anyone?

By: Equal Pay for Equal Work

Equal Pay for Equal Work — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:23:22 +0000

The media exposure or popularity of the sport should have nothing to do with the pay of the coach. Neither should the earnings. The female atheletes work just as hard as the male athletes, and the female coaches work just as hard as the male coaches.

Outside of JTIII, this is just good old Catholic values and plain old sexism rearing its head again.

By: Mac

Mac — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:28:02 +0000

I think the pay disparity may have to do with Georgetown’s talent in high-profile sports more than anything else. According to the Washington Times, JTIII’s new contract earns him about $900,000 per year (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/sep/28/hoyas-reward-thompson-iii/). I was unable to find David Urick’s pay, but the fact that he has been at Georgetown for a substantial amount of time and has had great success as a head coach leads me to believe that his pay is on the higher side of the scale. Though Ricky Fried probably is compensated well for his work with women’s lacrosse, there is no counterweight to JTIII’s salary on the women’s side of the ledger.

(Of course, my speculation on lacrosse contracts is just that, speculation)

This lack of balance is probably due to the preference for men’s sports. For instance, there are only two millionaire coaches in women’s basketball (Pat Summit of UT and Geno Auriemma of UConn), while I can name at least five in men’s off the top of my head (Coach K at Duke, Roy Williams of UNC, Bill Self at Kansas, Jim Boeheim of Syracuse, and of course Jim ‘Not a dime back’ Calhoun of UConn). The greater revenue for men’s sports as compared to women’s sports allows for the Athletic Departments to funnel more money back to the coaches of those sports.