Look at Butler basketball though. The last two years that they were in the Horizon, they paid (was it Holt back then?) 900k and $990k. Now they are at 1.7mil (salary only) in the Big East. We cannot touch any of those figures; but if we could, we would win as they do.
For football ...$325 is an excellent HC salary. I would push the OC & DC up to $125k and then go $200k-$225k for HC. We could be well-staffed and save $25k-$50k. Certainly in our range. This is why I did not understand why everyone was so negative on Dean Hood. He has a tremendous DC background & good regional contacts. Was very successful in a traditional mid-level program. Priced where we need him to be.