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Report: Minnesota AD, highest paid coaches to take significant paycuts during 2021 fiscal year
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In an effort to combat the monetary losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, a handful of coaches and members of Minnesota’s Athletics Department will take a significant paycut.
According to Andy Greder of the Pioneer Press, University of Minnesota Athletic Director Mark Coyle, as well as the five highest-paid coaches in the department, will take a 10 percent paycut through the first six months of the 2021 fiscal year. It will begin in July.
Those five coaches include:
- P.J. Fleck — Football
- Richard Pitino — Men’s Basketball
- Lindsay Whalen — Women’s Basketball
- Bob Motzko — Men’s Hockey
- Hugh McCutcheon — Volleyball
Minnesota is not the first university to take such measures, as Wisconsin recently announced a similar plan. Other head coaches and athletic directors across the country have taken similar measures, due to the pandemic.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB