MSU’s new AD wasted no time in locking in one of the best hockey coaches in the nation. Adam Nightingale has signed a new deal, even after a new one last year, that almost guarantees him staying a Spartan for the duration.
The new deal is a 5 year contract that gives him 1.3 million annually. This contract is no joke. According to the research I was able to dig up, this puts Nightingale at the top. Private universities numbers are tougher to come by but the likely top ten nation wide with Nightingale would be: Rand Pecknold (Quinnipiac), Greg Carvel (UMass), Mike Cavanaugh (UConn), Tony Granato (Wisconsin), David Carle (Denver), Jason Rohlik (Minnesota Duluth), Ben Barr (Maine), Greg Brown (BC), and Dane Jackson (North Dakota).