The New York Times: Binghamton Coach Gets $1.2 Million to Resign
The tumultuous tenure of Kevin Broadus, the coach who oversaw the Binghamton basketball program’s first N.C.A.A. tournament berth and also its subsequent implosion, has ended.
On Thursday, the university announced that Broadus had received a $1.2 million settlement to resign from the university. Binghamton’s president, C. Peter Magrath, said that Broadus would receive $819,115 from the Binghamton athletic department and that $380,884 would be paid by the State University of New York.
Take that Jim Calhoun!
The Chronicle Review: March Money Madness: The Coaches vs. the Professors
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Thomas Cottle: In March Money Madness, It’s Coaches vs. Professors
College basketball’s March Madness has come at a time when one prominent coach’s salary has been held up for inspection. Apparently, the fact that the $1.6-million annual income of the University of Connecticut’s Jim Calhoun makes him the highest-paid public employee in his state has rankled some people. Or are they more upset that he was caught off guard at a postgame news conference and appeared somewhat haughty?
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