I would like to clarify DJ's article recently about Matta ranking #7 in salary.  I saw the same article as DJ and was confused about coaches missing from the list.  Then I read more closely and the list was only for those coaches whose team was in the tourney.

For instance, I had remembered Donovan at Florida getting a huge increase when he agreed to stay and not take the NBA offer.  Also there was a mention of Ollie at UConn getting a big raise to north of $3M.  Matta still ranks very high but there are a few coaches whose team must have underperformed based upon their salary since they did not even get into the tourney.

Bottom line, he is probably top 10 but not number 7.