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Interesting article, I had no idea how much a school budgeted for a recruiting year, etc. I'm sure all the major universities spend a comparable amount.
Another $1 million signing class; cost of recruiting has UT staying within budget for 2009-10
Travel expense reports by the Tennessee football coaching staff that were recently requested from the UT by the News Sentinel.
The emphasis of Tennessee's new coaching staff on recruiting has come with a price tag.
UT's 2009 signing class has cost $1,099,513.16 so far, according to records obtained by the News Sentinel.
Recruiting expenses are most often associated with coaches' travel and hosting official visitors. With 22 commitments, UT spent almost $50,000 per signee.
"The new staff had to play some catchup and will have a lot of expenses," said Tyler Johnson, UT's associate athletic director for business and internal affairs, in an e-mail to the News Sentinel.
The spending has brought early returns for UT. The staff under first-year UT coach Lane Kiffin was widely praised for assembling a class ranked in the top 10 nationally. Kiffin had a late start, taking over Dec. 1 after coach Phillip Fulmer was fired in November and then painstakingly putting together an all-star staff. Schools in such transitions often struggle to assemble a respectable recruiting class.
Under Kiffin's direction, UT spent $835,908.47 from Dec. 1 to National Signing Day on Feb. 4.
UT spent $263,604.69 under Fulmer before he was fired in early November. Subsequently, he and his staff were told they would not be allowed to travel nor bring in prospects for official visits, essentially putting spending on hold until Kiffin was hired.
UT's recruiting expenditures for the 2008-09 fiscal year are incomplete pending the tabulation of travel costs for the spring evaluation period.
However, even the expenses tabulated thus far show UT has spent more this fiscal year than it spent in 2007-08 ($1,081,249.72) and almost as much as it spent in 2006-07 ($1,311,893.99).
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Another $1 million signing class; cost of recruiting has UT staying within budget for 2009-10
Travel expense reports by the Tennessee football coaching staff that were recently requested from the UT by the News Sentinel.
The emphasis of Tennessee's new coaching staff on recruiting has come with a price tag.
UT's 2009 signing class has cost $1,099,513.16 so far, according to records obtained by the News Sentinel.
Recruiting expenses are most often associated with coaches' travel and hosting official visitors. With 22 commitments, UT spent almost $50,000 per signee.
"The new staff had to play some catchup and will have a lot of expenses," said Tyler Johnson, UT's associate athletic director for business and internal affairs, in an e-mail to the News Sentinel.
The spending has brought early returns for UT. The staff under first-year UT coach Lane Kiffin was widely praised for assembling a class ranked in the top 10 nationally. Kiffin had a late start, taking over Dec. 1 after coach Phillip Fulmer was fired in November and then painstakingly putting together an all-star staff. Schools in such transitions often struggle to assemble a respectable recruiting class.
Under Kiffin's direction, UT spent $835,908.47 from Dec. 1 to National Signing Day on Feb. 4.
UT spent $263,604.69 under Fulmer before he was fired in early November. Subsequently, he and his staff were told they would not be allowed to travel nor bring in prospects for official visits, essentially putting spending on hold until Kiffin was hired.
UT's recruiting expenditures for the 2008-09 fiscal year are incomplete pending the tabulation of travel costs for the spring evaluation period.
However, even the expenses tabulated thus far show UT has spent more this fiscal year than it spent in 2007-08 ($1,081,249.72) and almost as much as it spent in 2006-07 ($1,311,893.99).
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Entire article: Another $1 million signing class; cost of recruiting has UT staying within budget for 2009-10 : Football : GoVolsXtra.com
