s, Urbana-Champaign$29,406$80,803$54,465$125,825Vanderbilt U$29,777$76,321$65,829$154,126U of Wisconsin, Madison$33,291$75,543$58,599$127,081Rutgers U, New Brunswick$16,425$74,204$36,181$85,834U of Connecticut$28,742$73,872$42,194$160,845(Welch) The second highest paid coach is at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Pat Summit makes 133,515$ as the head coach of the women’s basketball team. In 26 seasons at Tennessee, she has led teams to a 728-150 record (second active winningest coach in the NCAA) and 26 consecutive post-season berths (16 Final Fours and 11 title games). She has led UT to six NCAA titles (1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998) and trails only UCLA's John Wooden for the most-ever NCAA titles. She also was Named Naismith Women's Coach of the Century. Yet, the head coach of the men’s team, Buzz Peterson has lead Tulsa to a NIT title, but has yet led Tennessee to an NCAA title, but makes about 170,00$ more than Pat Summit. Yet, Geno Auriemma, the head coach of the University of Connecticut, whose won numerous NCAA championships just makes 73,872$. Women’s salaries aren’t just short changed in the sports world, it also happens in the real world. In 1999, the weekly pay of American women with full time jobs was 76.5% of what men got, which is up from 61% in 1974 (Whalen). The U.S. Bureau of the census also pays women only 73 cents for every dollar men make, according to a study of 1999 wages. Statistics from the first quarter of 2001 indicate that full-time female workers age 55 to 64 make a median of $549 per week and men have a median earning of $743 per week (Whalen). The needs as far as income have changed for most women. Years ago the number of stay at home mothers out weighed the working ones. One-income families could survive the economy and single mothers were a low percentage of the population. Now it is unusual for both man and the woman of a family not to work. The need for a second inco...
