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Coach K makes $5M a year

Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski’s pay has reached the $5 million-a-year level, cementing his status as one of the highest paid coaches in college sports.

New tax filings provided by Duke University to The News & Observer show that Krzyzewski’s pay from the private university in Durham topped $4.95 million in 2009, the latest year covered by a required tax filing.

A review of tax records shows that Krzyzewski’s pay almost quadrupled in the five years after he was courted by the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers.

Krzyzewski, who is three wins away from becoming the all-time winningest Division I college basketball coach, has steadily moved up in the pay ranks of college basketball coaches. Only Louisville’s Rick Pitino, who is paid a base salary of more than $6 million per year, earns more, according to publicly available records.

In football, Alabama coach Nick Saban and Texas coach Mack Brown are both paid more than $5 million a year.

The latest pay figure from Duke does not cover Krzyzewski’s pay in 2010 -- a year in which Duke won its fourth national title under his coaching tenure.

While Krzyzewski’s contract is not public, his compensation as the highest-paid employee at Duke is a required part of a public tax filing.

The tax filing provided is for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, but university officials said Duke reported calendar year 2009 compensation in keeping with IRS regulations. The coach’s 2010 compensation will not be available until next year, Duke spokesman Michael Schoenfeld said.

Krzyzewski, who has won 78.7 percent of his games at Duke, declined to comment. Schoenfeld said no other university leaders will comment on the pay, in keeping with longstanding practice.

Million-dollar contracts for coaches have drawn scrutiny at other programs as states and private schools trim expenses. Duke offered buyouts to university employees in 2009.

At last year’s Final Four, the coach told reporters he’s paid what the market bears and acknowledged his role as the university’s public face to national and worldwide audiences.

“If you’re at a program for a long time, if you’re at a school a long time, you become much more than just a basketball coach at the school,” he said. “You become an ambassador for the school.

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2009 - a new year, and a whole new cycle of Regulatory requirements .  We wrote last week about the potential for changes in regulations that may be forthcoming but, like death and taxes, there are certain regulatory dates each year that broadcasters need to note and certain deadlines that must be met.  Those dates are set out in our advisory - Important Dates For Broadcasters in 2009 - a calendar of the year's regulatory filings.  Dates include the deadlines for routine FCC filings - ownership reports , children's television reports , quarterly issues programs lists , EEO Public File reports , etc.  Dates for the payment of royalties for Internet radio streaming operations are also included, as well as the lowest unit rate windows for upcoming gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia.  And the all-important DTV deadlines are also listed.  So, to keep track of your regulatory obligations, check out our broadcaster's calendar, here .