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Chris Beard’s new deal tops Bill Self’s by one measurement, but not in average value

Despite rumors that he could coach in the NBA, KU basketball coach Bill Self stated Tuesday, April 16, 2019 that he will be coaching the Jayhawks next year. By

Texas Tech has made Chris Beard one of the nation’s top-paid coaches in college basketball after he led the Red Raiders to their first national championship game, as he received a new contract Monday that will pay him an average of $4.575 million annually through the 2024-25 season.

Beard’s $4.2 million salary for next season, according to the Dallas Morning News, would appear to be the third-richest among college basketball coaches, according to USA Today’s database, and ahead of current Kansas coach Bill Self, who made $4,066,857 in 2018-19.