Mack Gets 2 Year Extension

X Factor · 08-05-2016, 04:18 PM

I don't care how these contracts are structured. If you believe the UD athletic director, and I don't know why you wouldn't, Archie is making probably around 1.8 million per year or more.

That is total compensation, and that's more than Xavier is paying Mack as far as I know.

UD would not reveal Miller’s current total compensation, but outgoing UD President Dan Curran indicated that the popular coach has received two raises since his pay was bumped to $1.16 million two years ago, after the Flyers advanced to the Elite Eight in the 2014 tournament.

“It’s been increased appropriately,” Curran said. “He is where Shaka was.”

Curran was referring to former VCU coach Shaka Smart, who was the A-10’s highest-paid coach before he took the University of Texas job in April 2015. ESPN reported at the time that Smart made $1.8 million in his last year at VCU.

UD wants to keep Miller the highest-paid coach in the A-10, Curran said. The Flyers have a 78-28 record over the past three seasons and are 115-55 in Miller’s first five seasons.

“We want him at the top of the A-10,” Curran said. “We want to make it so he financially isn’t questioning marginal jobs in some of the larger conferences.”

Kudos to UD for trying to keep Archie.

**X-man** · 08-05-2016, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by LA Muskie

Or at least they did a few years ago. I have no personal knowledge about Archie's deal. Nor have I ever claimed otherwise.

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Thanks. That post from me you are referring to was directed to X Factor, not to you.

kmcrawfo · 08-06-2016, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by LA Muskie

The endowment money (of which very little goes directly to Chris) is absolutely reportable on the 990.

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As far as I am informed The Sedler donation, which was substantial, but not as large as I think some of you may be thinking did not allow a significant raise in Chris Mack's salary as much as it allowed reallocation of funds that were previously going towards Chris Mack's salary into other areas of need. Thus, Chris Mack's salary is kept stable/grows as it would have otherwise but we can pay the assistants more or invest in other areas. This is good since stability of the assistant coaching staff is vital for recruiting, etc.

Things are very tight in the athletic department budget-wise. Donations are very specifically used for specific projects and there aren't really excess funds laying around for increases in salary, etc. There is a new project I am supporting in the next phase of Cintas Renovations and Xavier literally couldn't even start on architectural drawings until the funds for the entire cost of the project were received. This is why increased support from alumni and fans is so important for the advancement of our program. We are pulling from a much smaller base/number of fans than our peers/competition and what Xavier has done with the resources it has is incredible, but we need more $$$ to maintain our upward trajectory. Every little bit helps.

As always, please take everything I say with a grain of salt as it is just my understanding of things and not meant to be a "promise" or "guarantee" of any sort.

have a nice weekend.

LA Muskie · 08-06-2016, 12:26 PM

KM is, as you would expect, 100% correct about all of this.

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**GIMMFD** · 08-07-2016, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by LA Muskie

KM is, as you would expect, 100% correct about all of this.

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Sooo I should use the $40,000 in loan money that I'm receiving for school and just send it to the alumni association???

XUGRAD80 · 08-08-2016, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by GIMMFD

Sooo I should use the $40,000 in loan money that I'm receiving for school and just send it to the alumni association???

You could skip the association and just send it to me........:)

**Muskie** · 08-08-2016, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by kmcrawfo

As far as I am informed The Sedler donation, which was substantial, but not as large as I think some of you may be thinking did not allow a significant raise in Chris Mack's salary as much as it allowed reallocation of funds that were previously going towards Chris Mack's salary into other areas of need. Thus, Chris Mack's salary is kept stable/grows as it would have otherwise but we can pay the assistants more or invest in other areas. This is good since stability of the assistant coaching staff is vital for recruiting, etc.

Things are very tight in the athletic department budget-wise. Donations are very specifically used for specific projects and there aren't really excess funds laying around for increases in salary, etc. There is a new project I am supporting in the next phase of Cintas Renovations and Xavier literally couldn't even start on architectural drawings until the funds for the entire cost of the project were received. This is why increased support from alumni and fans is so important for the advancement of our program. We are pulling from a much smaller base/number of fans than our peers/competition and what Xavier has done with the resources it has is incredible, but we need more $$$ to maintain our upward trajectory. Every little bit helps.

As always, please take everything I say with a grain of salt as it is just my understanding of things and not meant to be a "promise" or "guarantee" of any sort.

have a nice weekend.

+1000

**GuyFawkes38** · 08-08-2016, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by LA Muskie

Dayton is about twice the size of Xavier (probably even more if graduate programs are considered), with an endowment nearly 4x ours. Now obviously coaches aren't paid out of the endowment, but from a financial perspective Dayton is in a much better position than us. Our basketball program prominence notwithstanding.

I think this is a big part of the reason why X should do everything in it's power to block Dayton's access to the Big East. That's one big advantage that X does have now.