# Most overpaid men's college basketball coaches









Paul Myerberg

USA TODAY

The decision to promote Hubert Davis as Roy Williams’ successor seemed inspired after North Carolina went all the way to the national championship game in Davis’s debut, eventually losing to Kansas in a battle of college basketball blue bloods.

Since then, however, the Tar Heels’ results have come in short of expenses and expectations.

That UNC could miss the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years has raised serious questions about Davis’s ability to keep this program among the nation’s best. , Davis is the highest-paid coach at a public university in the ACC — without the recent results to show for this investment.

Hubert Davis, North Carolina

Winning twice in the ACC tournament could get UNC into the 68-team field and take some of the heat off Davis amid another forgettable season. But the administration and fan base expect much more, of course, and it’s hard not to compare Davis’s struggles to get things off the ground with the way ’s Jon Scheyer — hired one season after Davis — has the Blue Devils surging toward a No. 1 seed in this year’s bracket. Davis will be given the chance to turn things around. But at 80-108 overall and with just one tournament bid in his six seasons — and this year’s team finishing third from the bottom in the Big Ten — the returns on the program’s investment haven’t been there. Davis ranks fifth among Big Ten coaches in compensation at $4.75 million.

Jamie Dixon, Iowa

Iowa coach Fran McCaffrey is making $3.4 million this season.



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