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Alright, so today I’m gonna break down how I dug up some info on Coach K’s salary – you know, the Duke head coach gig. It wasn’t exactly a walk in the park, but I got there in the end.
First off, I started with the obvious: Google. Typed in “Duke head coach salary,” “Mike Krzyzewski salary,” the whole shebang. Got a bunch of news articles and sports sites popping up. Mostly just speculation and old numbers, though.
Next, I figured, “Okay, gotta get a bit more specific.” I remembered seeing something about university employee salaries being public record in some states. So I looked into North Carolina’s laws on that. Turns out, it is public record… kinda.
The trick is actually finding the data. Duke, being a private university, doesn’t just hand it out. But they DO have to file certain financial documents with the IRS. These are called Form 990s, and they’re basically non-profit orgs’ tax returns. They gotta report top employee compensation on those forms.
So, I went hunting for Duke University’s Form 990. You can usually find these on websites like Guidestar. It’s a pain to navigate sometimes, but I eventually found a few years’ worth.
Now, here’s where it got tedious. I had to actually download the PDFs, open them up, and sift through pages and pages of financial jargon. The good stuff is usually buried somewhere in Schedule J (Compensation Information). Looked for “officers, directors, trustees, key employees, highest compensated employees…”.
It’s not always super clear who’s the head coach just from the title listed. Sometimes it says “Head of Athletics” or something vague. You gotta cross-reference with news articles or Duke’s athletic website to be sure.
Finally, after digging through a few years of forms, I started getting a decent picture of the compensation range. It’s not just the base salary, either. You gotta look for bonuses, deferred compensation, and other perks to get the whole picture.
- Started with Google searches.
- Researched public record laws in North Carolina.
- Found Duke University’s Form 990s on Guidestar.
- Downloaded and analyzed the PDFs.
- Located compensation information in Schedule J.
- Cross-referenced with news sources to confirm roles.
- Compiled salary data over multiple years.
Was it easy? Nope. But did I get a reasonably good idea of the Duke head coach’s salary? Yep. And that’s how I did it.
