to coach college basketball. Quin tied for 7th highest paid coach in the nation.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/2001-08-03-coaches-cover.htm
A school knows that if it doesn't pay, opponents and professional teams will. As Missouri athletic director Mike Alden said last week after handing 34-year-old basketball coach Quin Snyder a new 5-year contract that could pay as much as $1.127 million in a given season, "The price of poker in college athletics is going up."
$2.2 million : Rick Pitino ( Louisville )
$1.6 million : Mike Krzyzewski ( Duke )
$1.5 million : Tubby Smith ( Kentucky )
$1.2 million : Billy Donovan ( Florida )
$1.2 million : Matt Doherty ( North Carolina )
$1.2 million : Bob Huggins ( Cincinnati )
$1.125+ million : Roy Williams ( Kansas )
$1.125 million : Quin Snyder ( Missouri )
$1.1 million : Tom Izzo ( Michigan State )
$1.1 million : Larry Eustachy ( Iowa State )
$1.1 million : Steve Alford ( Iowa )
$1+ million : Nolan Richardson ( Arkansas )
$1+ million : Kelvin Sampson ( Oklahoma )
$1 million : John Calipari ( Memphis )
$1 million : Gary Williams ( Maryland )
$1 million : Rick Majerus ( Utah )
$1 million : Rick Barnes ( Texas )