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UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:04 am
by Col Hogan
UMass Head Football Coach Kevin Morris has a pretty standard list of incentives in his five year contract to coach the Minutemen...incentices that pay for a conference championship...making the playoffs...winning a National Championship...
Morris also can earn a $5,000 bonus each year his team scores 975 or higher on the NCAA’s annual Academic Progress Report. He can pick up an additional $2,500 bonus every year his team’s APR improves from the previous year, based on the NCAA’s most recent report in 2009.
The UMass football team scored a 927 in the ’09 report, slightly below the 935 average in the Football Championship Subdivision. The first chance for the Minutemen to improve the mark under Morris will come with the release of the 2010 report in May.
http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/a ... st/?page=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Morris has a base salary of $200k per year, which is slightly above the CAA average...
Do any other coaches have a similar academic incentive???
Re: UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:10 am
by Skjellyfetti
I think it's fairly common.
Re: UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:22 am
by Col Hogan
Skjellyfetti wrote:I think it's fairly common.
I hope so...but I've never followed coaching contracts close enough to have heard about this prior to this story...
Re: UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:22 am
by JMU DJ
Skjellyfetti wrote:I think it's fairly common.
Yeah, I know of a couple of coaches who get bonuses based off of graduation rates, GPA, APR, etc.
Re: UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:45 am
by YoUDeeMan
That is a nice gesture.
However, if they were serious, the bonus amount would be a bigger portion of the contract.
Re: UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:22 am
by 93henfan
Col Hogan wrote:
Morris has a base salary of $200k per year, which is slightly above the CAA average...
What is the CAA average? If it's published, it must be based on the average of releasable figures. I know of at least one school (my alma mater) that does not release coaching salaries.
Re: UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:25 am
by Rob Iola
Col Hogan wrote:UMass Head Football Coach Kevin Morris has a pretty standard list of incentives in his five year contract to coach the Minutemen...incentices that pay for a conference championship...making the playoffs...winning a National Championship...
Morris also can earn a $5,000 bonus each year his team scores 975 or higher on the NCAA’s annual Academic Progress Report. He can pick up an additional $2,500 bonus every year his team’s APR improves from the previous year, based on the NCAA’s most recent report in 2009.
The UMass football team scored a 927 in the ’09 report, slightly below the 935 average in the Football Championship Subdivision. The first chance for the Minutemen to improve the mark under Morris will come with the release of the 2010 report in May.
http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/a ... st/?page=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Morris has a base salary of $200k per year, which is slightly above the CAA average...
Do any other coaches have a similar academic incentive???
So in other words Morris makes $200k per year.
Re: UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:27 am
by 93henfan
Rob Iola wrote:
So in other words Morris makes $200k per year.
Re: UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:29 pm
by SuperHornet
What sucks about these incentive clauses is that there is a temptation for coaches to steer recruits into underwater basketweaving when they have the ability and interest to do things like engineering just for the sake of keeping the overall GPA up.
I hope none of our coaches actually do this. But with a sizeable fiduciary incentive, the temptation would be sky high.
Re: UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:33 pm
by Rob Iola
SuperHornet wrote:What sucks about these incentive clauses is that there is a temptation for coaches to steer recruits into underwater basketweaving when they have the ability and interest to do things like engineering just for the sake of keeping the overall GPA up.
I hope none of our coaches actually do this. But with a sizeable fiduciary incentive, the temptation would be sky high.
Have you actually ever
tried underwater basketweaving? It ain't easy, lemme tell you - the fibers get all mushy and clingy when they're wet and then the whole thing's just impossible to work with - so don't knock it until you major in it...
Re: UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:50 pm
by Col Hogan
Rob Iola wrote:Col Hogan wrote:UMass Head Football Coach Kevin Morris has a pretty standard list of incentives in his five year contract to coach the Minutemen...incentices that pay for a conference championship...making the playoffs...winning a National Championship...
http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/a ... st/?page=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Morris has a base salary of $200k per year, which is slightly above the CAA average...
Do any other coaches have a similar academic incentive???
So in other words Morris makes $200k per year.
For his first year...yes...
But he may just get a pay raise this year...
Re: UMass HC has Academic Incentives in Contract
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:20 pm
by KAUMASS
Morris could have a 100% Grad rate and pick up his 5k bonus, but if doesn't win next year he won't be around. He may or may not have a guarantee clause if he is fired or not, not sure. I will give him some slack for his first year with qb and turnover woes, but I wasn't crazy about his hiring in the first place.