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These are the schools that spend over 2 million dollars a year on college baseball. In alphabetical order, compiled as of 2013 here: Best College Baseball Programs of the Past Decade
Thanks Old Timer.
Arizona - 2.2 million
Arkansas - 2.48
Auburn - 2.46
Baylor - 2.08
Florida - 2.45
LSU - 4.32
Miami - 2.67
Ole Miss - 2.11
Oklahoma - 2.29
Oregon - 2.39
Rice - 2.49
South Carolina - 3.37
TCU - 2.40
Texas - 3.53
Texas A&M - 2.40
Vanderbilt - 3.62
Virginia - 2.21
17 schools. All of them have football, and most of them are "football schools"
8 or nearly half the list, are SEC schools.
In 2014, 14 of the 17 made the NCAA tournament, 9 of them, over half, were 1 SEEDS.
In 2015, 14 of the 17 made the NCAA tournament, 6 of them were 1 SEEDS.
In the 2016 projections from D1 Baseball on May 11th, 11 of the 17 are likely in, 7 of them are likely 1 SEEDS.
In the last 3 years only two teams on the list have not made the tournament at least once, Baylor and Oklahoma.
Meantime, Florida, LSU, Miami, TCU, and Vandy have made the tourney as 1 SEEDS for three straight years.
How about The CWS? In 2014, 5 of the 8 teams in Omaha were off the above list. In 2015 7 of the 8 teams in Omaha were from that list. Guess who the 8th team was...Cal State Fullerton you say? Correct.
Bruin and I had a discussion around, "what's the difference between us and South Carolina?" a while back. This is in no way calling Bruin out, but I think we could pose that question again.
Chad Holbrook makes $50,000 dollars LESS than Dave Serrano. Far as I can tell, they have roughly the same assistants/staffing, though Serrano lists an administrative assistant and Holbrook doesn't (that doesn't mean he doesn't have one, bet he does).
South Carolina spends almost twice what we do on baseball.
For what? Why? How Come?
Do they travel better?
Does some of that money go to the players creatively?
Do they televise all the games?
Recruiting?
Do they spend more money promoting the sport?
Because, it's not going to salaries alone.
This is not a pro Dave Serrano post or an anti-Serrano post. This is a "are we giving a coach enough ammo to play ball with these other teams" post.
Notice that of the 17 teams on the list, only 2 are from the ACC. In other words, it's a much more level playing field...Miami and UVA aren't ridiculously out spending Clemson, FSU...but poor ole Pittsburgh, spending the same as South Alabama...good luck with that.
LSU flew a charter to Notre Dame, played 2 games on a Wednesday, flew home and then flew into Knoxville. That's what first class looks like and until our administration wants to get in that game, we are going to have a hard time attracting the best of the best here, no matter who the coach is.
That is not to say we aren't spending enough to keep up with Missouri, and Kentucky and Georgia...we're about where they are and we have been for the last five years.
Thanks Old Timer.
Arizona - 2.2 million
Arkansas - 2.48
Auburn - 2.46
Baylor - 2.08
Florida - 2.45
LSU - 4.32
Miami - 2.67
Ole Miss - 2.11
Oklahoma - 2.29
Oregon - 2.39
Rice - 2.49
South Carolina - 3.37
TCU - 2.40
Texas - 3.53
Texas A&M - 2.40
Vanderbilt - 3.62
Virginia - 2.21
17 schools. All of them have football, and most of them are "football schools"
8 or nearly half the list, are SEC schools.
In 2014, 14 of the 17 made the NCAA tournament, 9 of them, over half, were 1 SEEDS.
In 2015, 14 of the 17 made the NCAA tournament, 6 of them were 1 SEEDS.
In the 2016 projections from D1 Baseball on May 11th, 11 of the 17 are likely in, 7 of them are likely 1 SEEDS.
In the last 3 years only two teams on the list have not made the tournament at least once, Baylor and Oklahoma.
Meantime, Florida, LSU, Miami, TCU, and Vandy have made the tourney as 1 SEEDS for three straight years.
How about The CWS? In 2014, 5 of the 8 teams in Omaha were off the above list. In 2015 7 of the 8 teams in Omaha were from that list. Guess who the 8th team was...Cal State Fullerton you say? Correct.
Bruin and I had a discussion around, "what's the difference between us and South Carolina?" a while back. This is in no way calling Bruin out, but I think we could pose that question again.
Chad Holbrook makes $50,000 dollars LESS than Dave Serrano. Far as I can tell, they have roughly the same assistants/staffing, though Serrano lists an administrative assistant and Holbrook doesn't (that doesn't mean he doesn't have one, bet he does).
South Carolina spends almost twice what we do on baseball.
For what? Why? How Come?
Do they travel better?
Does some of that money go to the players creatively?
Do they televise all the games?
Recruiting?
Do they spend more money promoting the sport?
Because, it's not going to salaries alone.
This is not a pro Dave Serrano post or an anti-Serrano post. This is a "are we giving a coach enough ammo to play ball with these other teams" post.
Notice that of the 17 teams on the list, only 2 are from the ACC. In other words, it's a much more level playing field...Miami and UVA aren't ridiculously out spending Clemson, FSU...but poor ole Pittsburgh, spending the same as South Alabama...good luck with that.
LSU flew a charter to Notre Dame, played 2 games on a Wednesday, flew home and then flew into Knoxville. That's what first class looks like and until our administration wants to get in that game, we are going to have a hard time attracting the best of the best here, no matter who the coach is.
That is not to say we aren't spending enough to keep up with Missouri, and Kentucky and Georgia...we're about where they are and we have been for the last five years.