The State Board is meeting in Lewiston today and they will consider contract extensions for Idaho football Coach Paul Petrino and basketball Coach Don Verlin. Some interesting detail:
--Petrino will be, by far, the highest paid football coach in the Big Sky, and perhaps in all of FCS. The new contract will run through 2020 and pay him a base salary of $191K with an annual "media payment" of $255 K. If he hits all of his incentives, his maximum annual compensation would be about $696 K.
I would expect Petrino to be on the lookout for FBS head coaching opportunities, but he will be very handsomely compensated as an FCS coach in the interim. (By way of comparison, I believe Mike Kramer is making about $164 K not to Coach this year for ISU and Rob Phoenicie is at a base salary of about $85 K. Don't know what their media payout or incentives include).
--Verlin's contract extension would run through 2021 and would include a base salary ranging from $185k in the first year, gradually rising to $208 K in 2020-2021. He also gets an annual media payout of $60 K. According to the info Idaho provided to the SBOE, Weber State's Randy Rahe is currently the highest paid coach in the league with a base salary of $192 K. ISU's Bill Evans is the lowest at $108K. Again, I don't know what kind of media or incentive packages they get.
--Petrino will be, by far, the highest paid football coach in the Big Sky, and perhaps in all of FCS. The new contract will run through 2020 and pay him a base salary of $191K with an annual "media payment" of $255 K. If he hits all of his incentives, his maximum annual compensation would be about $696 K.
I would expect Petrino to be on the lookout for FBS head coaching opportunities, but he will be very handsomely compensated as an FCS coach in the interim. (By way of comparison, I believe Mike Kramer is making about $164 K not to Coach this year for ISU and Rob Phoenicie is at a base salary of about $85 K. Don't know what their media payout or incentives include).
--Verlin's contract extension would run through 2021 and would include a base salary ranging from $185k in the first year, gradually rising to $208 K in 2020-2021. He also gets an annual media payout of $60 K. According to the info Idaho provided to the SBOE, Weber State's Randy Rahe is currently the highest paid coach in the league with a base salary of $192 K. ISU's Bill Evans is the lowest at $108K. Again, I don't know what kind of media or incentive packages they get.
