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K-State Just Saved a Ton of Money on Head Coaching Salary by Switching to Prince

The Wildcats will paid their new head coach Ron Prince (Purple Reign--There, we said it. Now it's been done, it's old, let's move on!) about half of what Bill Snyder earned before retiring last month. Before Snyder retired, 8 of the Big 12 head coaches were making over 1 million.

Prince's $750k will place him just above what Central Florida pays and in the bottom quartile of all BCS conference coaches.

Prince's new deal is worth just 3/4 of what Jim Leavitt just agreed to in choosing to stay at South Florida. Leavitt was long rumored to be KSU's first choice to replace Snyder, who coached as KSU since 1989 and lead them to their only Conference title in 2003. However in Snyder's final 2 seasons, KSU's conference record was just 4-12 with the Wildcats anchored in last place in the Big 12 North.