While I was looking around at the different stats/numbers the game generates, I became curious about how Villanova's facilities and budget stack up to the rest of the Big East.
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TEAM FAC BUDGET STAFF RECRUITING
Cincinnati 79 $543,875 $350,325 $193,550
Connecticut 100 $547,219 $242,963 $242,963
DePaul 68 $539,906 $275,270 $264,636
Georgetown 100 $765,000 $479,555 $285,445
Louisville 85 $602,062 $400,131 $201,931
Marquette 67 $568,750 $221,554 $347,206
Notre Dame 74 $703,219 $459,712 $243,507
Pittsburgh 100 $747,500 $498,333 $249,167
Providence 57 $594,750 $396,500 $198,250
Rutgers 54 $633,750 $406,492 $227,258
Seton Hall 53 $538,750 $359,167 $179,583
South Florida 77 $568,750 $375,080 $193,670
St. John's 85 $561,844 $244,913 $316,931
Syracuse 93 $613,719 $326,971 $286,749
Villanova 94 $721,250 $445,000 $276,250
West Virginia 95 $686,250 $369,059 $317,191
We have the third largest budget in the conference, behind Georgetown and Pitt, just ahead of Notre Dame. Those four schools also spend more than we do on staff salaries.
Our facilities rank fifth, behind the perfect scores achieved by UConn, Georgetown, and Pitt, and just a notch behind West Virginia.
Who's the highest-paid assistant coach in the Big East?
Pitt is paying two of their assistants salaries in the $200,000/year range. Both of them rate out at a perfect 100 in their specialties.
The Panthers' lead scout,
Carl Drummond, earns $197,763/year. Coach Drummond spent six years as an assistant at North Carolina before he was hired for the head job at Grambling State. He was fired in 2022 after four years, and Pitt hired him for his current position in 2025.
Recruiting coordinator
John Abney earns even more, pulling in $203,450/year. Coach Abney was the lead recruiter for 4 years at Kentucky, and after the Wildcats fired him in 2026 he was out of work until the Panthers hired him in 2022.
Zane Lockhart is our highest-paid assistant, earning $170,000/year for his work as
Graham Sims' recruiting specialist.