A couple articles about coaching: The Sioux Falls Argus Leader writes about how women coaches are still in the minority.

Quite often, we see a greater number of men actively seeking coaching positions than women, especially in (non-revenue) sports," says University of South Dakota athletic director Joel Nielsen. "It's a responsibility of mine and others to make sure we do as much recruiting as possible."The issue has urgency for theCoyotes, who are in the market for a women's basketball coach now that Chad Lavin is retiring after the 2007-08 campaign.

Which begs the question: Does an athletic director have a responsibility to boost female coaching numbers by any means necessary?

In Austin, the Statesman looks at salaries at UT.

The biggest single item in the University of Texas athletics department budget is salaries, wages and benefits, which, at $32 million (plus another $900,000 set aside for anticipated incentive payments) represent almost a third of total expenses. Collectively, athletics department pay has risen 50 percent since 2000-01.

They then apply a business model to the salaries: Athletics directors and supporters say successful coaches more than pay for themselves by attracting fans, donors and sponsors. UT football will bring in $63 million this year. That means Brown's compensation equals about 5 percent of the Longhorn football program's total revenue. At that rate, computer magnate Michael Dell would earn about $2.8 billion a year. (His actual pay was 5 percent of that last year, according to Forbes.)

This is one of a series of articles they're running on sports and money in Texas:

• The Longhorn effect: As UT competes in the college sports stratosphere, schools like North Texas also pursue big athletics dreams — although with much smaller budgets.
• Some question tax breaks that help fill coffersCritics, including members of Congress, are again asking whether gifts for athletics should be tax-deductible.
• A Texas-sized building boomUniversities to spend nearly $1 billion on athletic facilities.
• Two Texas universities weigh pros, cons of starting football programs