Coach K and $5 Million

I read in the Charlotte Observer today that Coach K was paid $5 Million in the year 2009 making him the highest paid employee at Duke University. I am sure he is the highest paid by employee by leaps and bounds. I wonder how much the president of the university makes?

Coach K declined comment on the article. I find his silence amusing because He has become a Public Relations machine over the past 10 years or so. If something can make him look good or he is cashing a check, his face is out in front of it or he is hawking it. I don't guess a polish sausage company could come up with enough money. I am guessing he declined comment on the article because it cast him in a negative light.

I am sure the $5 Million doesn't include all of his endorsement deals. His salary is only topped by his ego. The only reason that figure was made public was because Duke University had to report it.