Interesting, for some reason I thought K's salary was more. Maybe closer to $9M? His salary is consistent with other best-of-the-best coach salaries, regardless of sport (Nick Saban, Dabo Swinney, etc) which is the appropriate market benchmark, IMO. Duke Mens BB generates something like $30M in profit annually and the brand equity he's created for the university through a successful basketball program, his Olympic work, and other university commitments is substantial. I'd be interested in seeing a swing at a valuation for Duke Men's Basketball ---
I do wish we could figure out a way to better value/reward professions that delivered societal value. There are several positions on that chart that deliver far more societal worth than coach of Duke Men's Basketball, which may deliver the most value to Duke (maybe, I don't know...) So, there's a quibble with relative valuations but ain't solving that problem tonight!