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Hauck Salary

GrizGeneral

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Looks like he made between $200,000-$209,000 last year. Stitt, with no FCS experience, was making $179,000 + $5,000 for non-conference wins over teams who made the playoffs the year before ($184,000 year 1 with the win over NDSU). That's not a huge gap, plus perks like "The Bobby Hauck Show" and other HC opportunities could probably get him close to what he's currently making. Ceiling is a lot lower, but then again, he's already done the whole leaving for a bigger program thing once, he may be looking to just be 'the guy' again back home.

Point is, I doubt salary would be much of a deterring factor.

Sources:
http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/football/assistant
http://missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/brawl-victory-nets-bobcats-coach-choate-k-in-contract-incentives/article_a0fada73-626c-5a01-896e-16e66e4f2816.html
 
Let's not overlook the substantial difference in cost of living ... starting with taxes. According to rates posted at web sites like Forbes, California is in the top-ten for overall tax burden, while Montana is in the bottom ten. In California, cumulative taxes on $200,000 would run about $19,000. In Montana, that drops to about $15,000 -- not a huge difference, but $4,000 to the good right off the top.

Suppose we postulate a $300,000 "housing allowance" (quick check of real estate listings).
In the San Diego area that will get you 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, squeezed into about 1000-1100 square feet. The only homes with decent-sized (0.15-0.2 acre) lots were old dumps in absolute dump neighborhoods. Saw some newer and nicer ones in better neighborhoods, but the lots did not look much bigger than the house footprint. (The listings didn't bother to even tell you the lot size.)
In Missoula, the same money could get you 4 bedrooms, 2.5 to 3 baths in 2000-2400 square feet on a 0.25-0.3 acre lot. All I saw were in nice neighborhoods and seemed to be newer construction.

As a rule, other costs are more or less in proportion (California is an expensive place to live!). So $200,000 in Missoula would surely provide a much better lifestyle than it would in San Diego.
 
Idaho did the same thing with Erickson, remember? Then Lisa Love called and he was off to Arizona State. I'd like to think there's enough lawyers in Missoula that could construct a contract were Hauck to receive a better offer and bail that the buyout could correct the current budget shortfall and then some.
 
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