The red football field everyone saw on yahoo news........

[Masherbrum]

Our football coaches make about twice as much as the the teachers.

It speaks volumes.

[1sum41]

Our football coaches make about twice as much as the the teachers.

Its the same thing at our school.

[Shifty]

That is Texas for you. 

Hmm

El Dorado, Kansas track is blue.  Ugly at best to described it.  

The quality of writing you regularly display must make the teachers in the state of Kansas very proud.

[Shuffler]

Any field that is not green should never have TV cameras there.

[Banshee7]

Any field that is not green should never have TV cameras there.

I agree! 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Eye of Sauron

[Vudak]

Our football coaches make about twice as much as the the teachers.

And how much more revenue do they bring in than teachers?

[Tupac]

And how much more revenue do they bring in than teachers?

One of my neighbors is a teacher there, with them for five years and she makes 46,000 a year. The football coach is new this year, and he makes 100k a year.

[Reschke]

Revenue at a high school is WAY more insignificant than at a college/university. There is only so much dollars that are available in small towns. However its not just limited to Texas where the coaches make tremendous amounts of money. We had a coach here in Alabama that was "released" from his job at Spain Park (a 6A high school) and got another job at Pell City (a 5A high school) making the same amount of money that he did at the 6A school.

As for the others I can honestly say that if it wasn't for a guy from a whole different community that we in our town wouldn't have the turf field at Vestavia Hills high school football and baseball field or the super cool surface at the track around the football field. This guy donated with matching funds to track and sports programs all over the Birmingham metro area to upgrade facilities. Also at my son's school he goes to next year the coaches are all teachers first and foremost and yes they also coach. Our AD/head coach has been here for probably 40 years now and just a few years ago was bumped up in pay to over 100k. It was a significant bump from what I was told but it was done because of time in the positions and the level of academic and athletic success that we have had with our players in all sports.

[Vudak]

One of my neighbors is a teacher there, with them for five years and she makes 46,000 a year. The football coach is new this year, and he makes 100k a year.

No offense, but I think you're doing a pretty good job of proving your point

(You seem to have misread my question).

Reschke - obviously it will be less than college, but in a town where football is king, it can still get a lot of money moving.  It is an excuse for people to go out on the town, rather than stay in.  Local establishments likely see an uptick on game nights, concession sales, hell, gas stations, etc...

[Tupac]

You asked how much money they made? I don't think I misread it.

[Dichotomy]

It's MUCH uglier IRL (Kinda like girls on the internet)

   

Makes me mad, the only thing people care about in Texas is football.

WHOA!!! tap on the brakes Tup.

We care about beer, guns, wimmen, and horses too. 

[Vudak]

You asked how much money they made? I don't think I misread it.

No, I asked this:

"And how much more revenue do they bring in than teachers?"

As in how much more money do they bring into the community than the teachers bring into the community?

[whiteman]

No, I asked this:

"And how much more revenue do they bring in than teachers?"

As in how much more money do they bring into the community than the teachers bring into the community?

And that would be why smal town football coaches can make money.

And if that makes you cry how about this for Allen High School near Dallas. $60 Million for a Stadium.
http://www.wvmetronews.com/sports.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=45226&type=Chip

[Tupac]

If you are asking how much money they spend inside the community, then they definitely bring more than the teachers. A smithson valley ASSISTANT coach just moved in right next to us in a house that was listed for 400,000. A teacher couldn't afford a house that expensive.