In case you were wondering, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski will head into retirement with a nice cushion: in 2020, Coach K made $13.7 million.
The breakdown is partly salary, partly bonus, partly various stuff and partly deferred income from previous years.
Any way you look at it, it’s good money.
And in a competitive market, Duke has to keep to compete. And not just with other college programs either - Quite a few NBA teams have made (unsuccessful) runs at Krzyzewski over the years.
Here’s what Duke spokesman Michael Schoenfeld said: “Mike Krzyzewski is the most successful college basketball coach in history whose record and accomplishments will probably never be matched.