Kind of OT- Super Mario Cristobal Got Paid $22.7M in 2022

[Knight Shift]

That's a lot of money for mediocrity. Greg deserves another raise.

This is the largest-ever, single-year amount for an athletics department employee on a tax form by a private university, according to USA TODAY Sports research. The university did not go into further detail about why he was paid that much except that it paid “gross-up payments” to Cristobal and others — payments that cover income taxes so that the recipient receives a set amount of pay.

The $14.9 million in “other” pay for Cristobal also is believed to cover the $9 million buyout he owed to Oregon for breaking his coaching contract there to return to Miami, his alma mater.

Miami Hurricanes football coach Mario Cristobal got paid record amount in 2022

Miami football coach's pay in 2022 is the largest-ever, single-year amount for an athletics department employee on a tax form by a private university.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Mr_Twister]

Does Greg deserve it because you think Miami or another program would hire him?

 

[Knight Shift]

Does Greg deserve it because you think Miami or another program would hire him?

Not necessarily, just because that's what ADs tend to do- make sure their guy is paid competitively. da U is a private university, and they apparently have a huge donor bankrolling their mediocrity. Different story with Rutgers. Just thought it was an interesting story since we just beat da U in the bowl game. Perhaps at some level, since Greg is/was Mario's mentor, he may see the story and wonder if some big money is out there. But he seems happy back in NJ and at Rutgers.

 

[LotusAggressor]

Miami is paying a filet mignon price for scrapple.

 

[Caliknight]

Cristobal stinks. Said it before and I’ll say it again. He will never win there.

 

[BeantownKnight]

Not necessarily, just because that's what ADs tend to do- make sure their guy is paid competitively. da U is a private university, and they apparently have a huge donor bankrolling their mediocrity. Different story with Rutgers. Just thought it was an interesting story since we just beat da U in the bowl game. Perhaps at some level, since Greg is/was Mario's mentor, he may see the story and wonder if some big money is out there. But he seems happy back in NJ and at Rutgers.

You are right. That is what AD's do. Perhaps, the agent for some coach out there entering the final year of his contract is going to see this story, omit the details (like the payout to Oregon), and say "Well, from what I hear $$22M is what the big boys are paying these days. So you should pay my guy that!" and the AD's legs will tremble in fear and open up the checkbook without looking into it any further.

 

[RU-Kidding]

Does Greg deserve it because you think Miami or another program would hire him?

I didn't realize that Mario is just 4 year years younger than Schiano. Beyond that, Miami can't be too thrilled with Mario's 2 year record of being under 500 in the relatively weak ACC given the amount of home-grown football talent available in Florida and Miami's somewhat shady history of providing recruiting incentives to commit which far pre-dated the NIL era.

 

[LotusAggressor]

I didn't realize that Mario is just 4 year years younger than Schiano. Beyond that, Miami can't be too thrilled with Mario's 2 year record of being under 500 in the relatively weak ACC given the amount of home-grown football talent available in Florida and Miami's somewhat shady history of providing recruiting incentives to commit which far pre-dated the NIL era.

They also can't be too thrilled with losing a low level bowl game to a program that they used to hammer on a regular basis. I think that Mario will win there, but he won't win enough.

 

[NickRU714]

“Athletic departments lose money on sports…..”

Yet continually spend more and more money every year.

 

[Rutgers NJ]

I didn't realize that Mario is just 4 year years younger than Schiano. Beyond that, Miami can't be too thrilled with Mario's 2 year record of being under 500 in the relatively weak ACC given the amount of home-grown football talent available in Florida and Miami's somewhat shady history of providing recruiting incentives to commit which far pre-dated the NIL era.

Correct well said

 

[rutgersal]

That's a lot of money for mediocrity. Greg deserves another raise.

This is the largest-ever, single-year amount for an athletics department employee on a tax form by a private university, according to USA TODAY Sports research. The university did not go into further detail about why he was paid that much except that it paid “gross-up payments” to Cristobal and others — payments that cover income taxes so that the recipient receives a set amount of pay.

The $14.9 million in “other” pay for Cristobal also is believed to cover the $9 million buyout he owed to Oregon for breaking his coaching contract there to return to Miami, his alma mater.

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Miami Hurricanes football coach Mario Cristobal got paid record amount in 2022

Miami football coach's pay in 2022 is the largest-ever, single-year amount for an athletics department employee on a tax form by a private university.

www.usatoday.com

Mario is being fairly compensated for previously demonstrated results.

One of college football’s most highly regarded coaches, Cristobal returned to his alma mater after leading the University of Oregon to three straight Pac-12 Conference championship game appearances and two Pac-12 titles. He is the only coach in the nation whose team has played in a Power Five conference championship game in each of the past three seasons.

As with most things, things take time, but Miami is sparing no expense for success. Their boosters paid Cam Ward $2M for these season. He is the missing piece and should put Miami in contention for the ACC Championship and a playoff spot. If Miami wins an ACC Championship, he’d be totally worth it.

 

[Knight Shift]

Mario is being fairly compensated for previously demonstrated results.

One of college football’s most highly regarded coaches, Cristobal returned to his alma mater after leading the University of Oregon to three straight Pac-12 Conference championship game appearances and two Pac-12 titles. He is the only coach in the nation whose team has played in a Power Five conference championship game in each of the past three seasons.

As with most things, things take time, but Miami is sparing no expense for success. Their boosters paid Cam Ward $2M for these season. He is the missing piece and should put Miami in contention for the ACC Championship and a playoff spot. If Miami wins an ACC Championship, he’d be totally worth it.

Interesting perspective. Thanks!

Manny Diaz in 3 years was 21-15/16-9 (in conference).
Mark Richt in the 3 years before that was 26-13/16-8 in conference before retiting

Mario is 12-3/6-10 (in conference).

Miami's recruiting class ranks:
2017- #11 (20
2018- #6 (2)
2019- #35 (2)
2020- #13 (2)
2021-#12 (2)
2022-#24 (4)
2023- #8 (1)

IDK, with that type of recruiting and those results, Mario may be living on borrowed time, regardless of his results at Oregon, which may have been coasting off his predecessor's recruiting?

 

[LotusAggressor]

The expectation at Miami is National Championships. What the previous 2 coaches did was good, but not good enough. Schnellenberger, Johnson, and Erickson cast long shadows.

 

[rutgersal]

Interesting perspective. Thanks!

Manny Diaz in 3 years was 21-15/16-9 (in conference).
Mark Richt in the 3 years before that was 26-13/16-8 in conference before retiting

Mario is 12-3/6-10 (in conference).

Miami's recruiting class ranks:
2017- #11 (20
2018- #6 (2)
2019- #35 (2)
2020- #13 (2)
2021-#12 (2)
2022-#24 (4)
2023- #8 (1)

IDK, with that type of recruiting and those results, Mario may be living on borrowed time, regardless of his results at Oregon, which may have been coasting off his predecessor's recruiting?

The kids weren’t getting the job done in the weight room. He’s got a chance to win big this year, but even if he doesn’t, he has the security of a 10 year, $80M contract. I think he gets at least 5 years.

 

[Knight Shift]

The kids weren’t getting the job done in the weight room. He’s got a chance to win big this year, but even if he doesn’t, he has the security of a 10 year, $80M contract. I think he gets at least 5 years.

Miami has never been patient. We shall see.

 

[RU at the shore]

...and got beaten by GS. Nice !

 

[RUSK97]

What an idiot Cristobal was. He could have come to Rutgers back in 2012 and I’m sure we could have paid him $800k a year. Fast forward 12 years and we could be paying him $900k a year. Oh well, his loss.