Talks with Mali began in February but had stalled over the former Togo coach's salary demands.

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The fact that the governing body of tennis in the UK was paying a very large salary to the coach of one of its players was controversial - as was the size of the salary.

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Points were then divided into the average salary a coach has earned since he's been with the team, producing a "dollars spent per point" figure used to determine which coaches provide the biggest bangs for the buck.

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Importantly for Chelsea, Hiddink already enjoys a close relationship with owner Roman Abramovich, who has been paying his salary as Russia coach.

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One measure in which the U.S. has unquestionably reached the big-time is in the salary of its national team coach, Jurgen Klinsmann.

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Perhaps Coach B felt that Wisconsin had reached a salary ceiling.

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Like corporate bonuses, the big-time college coach has far more to gain financially from the bonus than from the base salary.

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