Per Wilner: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2015/12/09/cal-football-dykes-contract/
"At that salary, Dykes was 10th in the league’s hierarchy, ahead of Oregon’s Mark Helfrich and Oregon State’s Mike Riley but also … and this is crucial to the larger point … within $100,000 of the four coaches directly ahead of him: Utah’s Kyle Whittingham, ASU’s Todd Graham, Arizona’s Rich Rodriguez and Colorado’s Mike MacIntyre.
The spring ’13 numbers (with Pac-12 rank):
6. Rodriguez: $2.025 million
7. Whittingham: $2 million
7. Graham: $2 million
7. MacIntyre: $2 million
10. Dykes: $1.94 million
11. Helfrich: $1.8 million
12. Riley $1.3 million
From RichRod to Helfrich, the difference was a pittance (for those guys).
Now, let’s consider what has transpired in the three seasons since Dykes signed:
Graham won a division title in ’13.
RichRod won a division title in ’14.
Whittingham won nine games in ’14 (and ’15).
Helfrich won a conference title in ’14."
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"Does Dykes deserve a raise? Given how the salary world works these days, yes. He deserves an incremental raise and a few more years added to his contract (for recruiting purposes).
Does he deserve to be paid like one of the league’s top coaches? Nope. He hasn’t even finished in third place, much less won a division."
"At that salary, Dykes was 10th in the league’s hierarchy, ahead of Oregon’s Mark Helfrich and Oregon State’s Mike Riley but also … and this is crucial to the larger point … within $100,000 of the four coaches directly ahead of him: Utah’s Kyle Whittingham, ASU’s Todd Graham, Arizona’s Rich Rodriguez and Colorado’s Mike MacIntyre.
The spring ’13 numbers (with Pac-12 rank):
6. Rodriguez: $2.025 million
7. Whittingham: $2 million
7. Graham: $2 million
7. MacIntyre: $2 million
10. Dykes: $1.94 million
11. Helfrich: $1.8 million
12. Riley $1.3 million
From RichRod to Helfrich, the difference was a pittance (for those guys).
Now, let’s consider what has transpired in the three seasons since Dykes signed:
Graham won a division title in ’13.
RichRod won a division title in ’14.
Whittingham won nine games in ’14 (and ’15).
Helfrich won a conference title in ’14."
.........
"Does Dykes deserve a raise? Given how the salary world works these days, yes. He deserves an incremental raise and a few more years added to his contract (for recruiting purposes).
Does he deserve to be paid like one of the league’s top coaches? Nope. He hasn’t even finished in third place, much less won a division."
