UNLV2001

USF swiped a UNLV coach that wasn't hired !!

Not sure Beard even signed the contract at UNLV

My thinking is the buyout should go up the longer the coach stays - which means he's having some success & more exposed to being poached This contract allows Pastner to go: 12-19 = Biggest buyout 15-14 = Buyout reduced some 19-11 + Buyout more discounted 25-6 = Buyout becoming a bargain 29-1 = Buy out so cheap he ripe for the poaching at a major discount

One little positive is that NIL $$ could entice players to stick around for all 4/5/6/ years now since they will probably make more $$ playing college ball than trying to go pro or overseas Especially on the FB side - Why risk an NFL drat spot or free agent singing when you know some college will plop down $300k to $2M to play for their team

Schools can buy a roster every season - Takes the pressure off high school recruiting since landing a HS player is probably a one year proposition anymore

Think this will be the case - A combo of OSU joining the MWC was best option - would have created a single western centric conference outside the B10 & ACC western teams - many weeks these teams are playing in the central & eastern time zones leaving pacific time zone slots available - The MWC+2 could have had a lock on Tv from Thursday night thru Saturday night n

Some of the old-timers who can't graps this isn't 1990 anymore still cling to anything he says and of course there's those clamoring for one of the 1990 team to be given the job

Seems so -- And it's totally bassackwards Who's stealing your coach in years one or two except in come rare situations ?!?!

Fear not folks !!!! The Sun Belt Conference is stepping up for the nPAC !!!

Odd aspect to this contract is the BUYOUT amount decreasing over the term of the contract Wouldn't it make better sense to have it the opposite way...........if Pastner last longer, that probably means he's winning which bring more value to UNLV Plus it's doubtful any coach will be poached inside the first 2 or 3 years, especially when taking over a program that is probably a full roster rebuild

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/mar/25/josh-pastner-contract-pays-nearly-1-million-per-ye/ Josh Pastner contract pays nearly $1 million per year at UNLV Josh Pastner will earn nearly $1 million per year for the next five years at UNLV, according to the contract he signed on Monday to become the new basketball coach for the university. The university announced the hiring on Tuesday. The Sun acquired details of the contract, which includes an escalating salary structure and a wide range of bonuses and incentives. Pastner will make a base salary of $500,000 this year, which is lower than the $775,000 that Kevin Kruger made in 2024-25, but Pastner’s pay will quickly jump to $1 million for the second and third years of his contract and then go up again to $1.15 million for the final two years. That averages out to $960,000 per year, placing Pastner somewhere in the middle of the pack in relation to other Mountain West coaches. Brian Dutcher makes an average of $2.5 million at San Diego State, while UNR's Steve Alford is at $1.5 million and New Mexico's Richard Pitino made $1.2 million this season. Niko Medved made $1.7 million at Colorado State this season before leaving for Minnesota, and Jerrod Calhoun made $1 million at Utah State before reportedly signing an extension on Tuesday that figures to give him a significant raise. The man who preceded Kruger at UNLV, current Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger, was paid $1.3 million per year. There are plenty of perks included in Pastner's deal. The 47-year-old receives a signing bonus of $30,000, and the contract calls for him to be provided two cars (one for him and his spouse), a membership at a local country club, a suite at the Thomas & Mack Center for every home game and four tickets to every UNLV football home game. There are also performance-based incentives, starting with $50,000 bonuses for reaching the Final Four and winning the national championship. A Mountain West regular-season title will earn Pastner $25,000, as will a conference tournament crown. An at-large NCAA bid nets $25,000. A season that sees UNLV win 14 or more conference games will put another $10,000 in Pastner’s pocket, and he would get $25,000 for winning Mountain West Coach of the Year and $50,000 for a national coach of the year award. If Pastner is poached by another school, UNLV will receive a significant buyout. It would cost Pastner (or the poaching school) $3 million in the first year, with that number decreasing by $250,000 each offseason. If UNLV wants to fire Pastner before the deal expires, it will owe him 75% of his remaining salary for the length of the contract.

Sadly it's going to be an every year full roster free agency with players looking for more NIL $$ if they have any kind of a decent season

Odds are that UNLV will get better chances at getting to the NCAA's in this depleted MWC -- Outside of UNM & NEVADA the door is open for UNLV to be at the top of the MWC & be in play for the NCAA Auto-bid

GT also had the gauntlet that is the ACC - This is the MWC & soon to be depleted MWC