Monty Williams Climbs Up ND's Highest Paid List

This past week the Detroit Pistons made the decision to let Notre Dame alum Monty Williams go while still owing him $65 million for the remaining years of his contract.  Williams made $7.9 million during his NBA playing career.  

 Add on his years as a NBA coach -- with three head coaching stints in New Orleans, Phoenix and Detroit -- Monty did quite well.

NBA head coaching salaries are rarely made public.  Monty was a head coach for nine seasons, before signing his huge contract with the Pistons.  Let's assume that Williams made on average $4 million per year (conservative assumption) over those nine seasons as a head coach and $500,000 per season (conservative assumption) during his 7 seasons as an NBA assistant coach.   This would total $39.5 million.

Williams' Detroit Pistons contract totaled $78.5 million -- add up all of his compensation in professional sports and you have:  $125,900,000 -- which places him FIRST on the all-time list of former Notre Dame student-athletes:

• Monty Williams:  $125,900,000 
• Harrison Smith:  $122,735,243 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026 
• Quenton Nelson:  $118,010,393 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
• Mike McGlinchey:  $116,981,966 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2026
• Jeff Samardzija:  $116,341,666
  
• Zack Martin:  $113,240,531 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2025
• Ronnie Stanley:  $108,645,183 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2024
  
• AJ Pollock:  $78,498,337
• Anders Lee:  $66,044,038 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
  
• Troy Murphy:  $66,000,000 
• Kyle Rudolph:  $59,936,853 
• Cole Kmet:  $59,161,763 -- not guaranteed, contract to 2027
  
• Golden Tate:  $56,421,672
  
• Stephon Tuitt:  $55,710,551
  
• Brad Lidge:  $55,335,000 
• Pat Connaughton:  $50,727,479 -- guaranteed contract to 2026
  
• Kyle Palmieri:  $50,192,154 -- guaranteed contract to 2025
  
• Bryan Rust:  $46,670,000 -- guaranteed contract to 2028 
• Bryant Young:  $44,000,000
• Justin Tuck:  $43,248,463 
• Romeo Okwara:  $36,855,601
  
• John Sullivan:  $35,800,027
• Jerome Bettis:  $35,122,500
• Jeff Faine:  $34,456,892 
• Will Fuller:  $34,246,582
  
• Jaylon Smith:  $33,316,297 -- free agent
• Joe Alt:  $33,160,944 -- guaranteed contract to 2027
  
• Ian Cole:  $31,949,694 -- free agent
• Matt Carroll:  $29,537,032 
• Tim Brown:  $28,432,686
• Laphonso Ellis:  $27,939,000
• Rocket Ismail:  $27,885,021
  
• Tyler Eifert:  $26,310,317
  
• Joe Montana:  $26,000,000 
• Nick Martin:  $25,185,579 -- free agent
  
• Steve Beuerlein:  $22,238,265
  

Domer Chris Guiliano Wins 100 Free Olympic Trials!

Skip Holtz & Players w/ Media As UFL Champs!!!

Ian Book's Wedding Photos from Notre Dame's Campus

 

 

Former Notre Dame QB Ian Book returned "home" this weekend to get married to Kendall Moore on campus at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

 

Domer Skip Holtz's "Personal Three-Peat" Champs!!!

 

Skip Holtz just won his third straight USFL / United Football League Championship!

 Congrats Skip! 

 

Skip Holtz shares a special Father's Day message after receiving the UFL Championship Trophy 🏆❤️ pic.twitter.com/13wRypeqFX

— United Football League (@TheUFL) June 17, 2024

Top Non-Conference Games in College Football - 2024

 

There is only one team who falls on this list THREE TIMES...

Fast forward the video to the 15:47 mark to see where Notre Dame falls on the list for the first time.

A Couple of On3 Guys Talk Notre Dame Football

Future Domer "Deuce" Playing in 7on7 Tournament

 

Deuce Knight's team just beat "the #1 ranked 7-on-7 team in the world" to advance to the Championship game -- which will be televised at 5 PM ET on NFL NETWORK.  Be sure to tune in!!!

Advance the video to the 3:03:18 mark to see his most recent game.

Bralan Womack -- who camped at Notre Dame this past week, and received a scholarship offer, is a teammate of Deuce's on the Coastal Stars.

Domer Pat Connaughton Wins Celebrity Pro-AM

 

Top photo is Pat with Andy North.  Their -6 score won the AmFam Championship Celebrity Pro-AM this week in Madison, WI.  The bottom photo is Pat with his fiance Ryan Gareis (Houston Dash) and their son Crew Leo Connaughton who was born on May 3rd.

LINK:  CONNAUGHTON / GAREIS ENGAGEMENT

 

 

Greg McIlroy Talks "Low Ceiling / High Floor" for Irish

 

The Notre Dame talks at the 20:11 mark -- fast forward to this spot.

ND Fan Joe DeLeone Gives His Thoughts on Our Irish!

Big Ten Preview: Notre Dame vs Pudue

College Football Addiction: "Notre Dame's Sneaky..."

Josh Pate Opines: "Is Notre Dame Good or Elite"

Colin Cowherd Still Questioning "Why USC vs. ND?"

The University of Notre Dame's New Team Leader!

The eighteenth president of the University of Notre Dame started his duties on Saturday!  Fr. Bob Dowd,  C.S.C. -- who I've been fortunate to get to know -- is a wonderful man with an interesting back story.  

Here''s a great look into Notre Dame's new leader of the team!

 LINK:  FR. BOB DOWD, C.S.C.

Greg McIlroy Picks Top Ten College Football Defenses

Get To Know Domer Pat Connaughton

Kevin Corrigan Talks Winning "Back to Back" Titles!

Domer Yared Nuguse Finished Third at Prefontaine...

Riley Leonard Hosted "The Irish" in Bama This Week...

  

Riley Leonard hosted a number of his wide receivers and QB's (now and future) at this home in Fairhope, Alabama this week... 

In photo (LtoR) back row:  Kris Mitchell, Deion Colzie, C.J. Carr, Jayden Thomas, Jayden Harrison and Deuce Knight.  Front row:  Beaux Collins and Jaden Greathouse.

One Time ND Hoops Player Now A College Coach

Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) discusses his new gig as the Head Coach of @GBPhoenixMBB and how he plans to still do his radio show on @FoxSportsRadio. pic.twitter.com/DafiF9Jj8N

— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) May 15, 2024

Notre Dame Men's Golf Advances to NCAA Tourney!

 

The Fighting Irish finished third in the Austin Regional -- advancing them to the NCAA Championship next week in California!  Notre Dame beat a number of the "blue bloods" in the sport over the last 25 years this week:  Wake Forest, Georgia and Arkansas...

It has been 58 years (1966) since our men's golf program has qualified for the NCAA Championships!

 

FYI:  Notre Dame won its only National Championship in Men's Golf back in 1944.

Go Irish!

LINK:   NCAA REGIONAL LEADERBOARD

 

 

Notre Dame in 2nd Place After Round #1 at NCAA

The Fighting Irish shot a team score of -9 to only trail the #1 seed and home team Texas on their home course in Austin, TX after the first round of this three day NCAA Regional.

You can track the team with this LIVE SCORING site:  NOTRE DAME MEN'S GOLF

Art of Investing Podcast -- Marcus Freeman

JD Bertrand's First NFL Media Session w/ Falcons

Quick Clip of JD Bertrand at Atlanta Falcons' Mini Camp

Photos of the Gold Helmet in Action at Indianapolis

 

James Roe, who drives for Andretti Global, wore the Notre Dame Football Gold in IndyNXT races Friday and Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The good news from the weekend:

• He ran the 2nd fastest qualifying time
• He finished 4th in Saturday's race -- even after being hit from behind in the opening lap and falling to 6th place.
• He was proud to wear the Notre Dame Gold!

 

Audric Estime w/Media After Broncos' Mini Camp

Ryan Harris' Speech to Monogram Club Event

A Look At Notre Dame Men's Lacrosse Offense

Jon Bon Jovi's "Notre Dame Themed" Album Cover

 

 

LINK:  BUY IT HERE

 

Marcus Freeman's Speech at Monogram Club Event

Notre Dame Football Racing Helmet at Indy!

 

 

James Roe, a racer from Ireland who drives for Andretti Global -- will be wearing a specially designed Notre Dame Football Racing Helmet this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  

 

 

I feel fortunate to have played a "small" part in making this happen.  Aaron Horvath and Tim "Oak" O'Connor were the driving forces behind making this a reality inside the Notre Dame Athletics Department.

Go Irish!  Go James Roe!

Liatu King Transfers to Notre Dame Women's Hoops!

 

King averaged over 18 points and 10 rebounds a game this season for the Pitt Panthers -- and she scored 34 in a game against our Fighting Irish.  A scoring and rebounding force.  Great pick-up for Notre Dame!

 

The Road to "Back to Back" National Championships!

 

 

The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame will face the winner of the Albany vs. Sacred Heart game -- and then it looks like a potential rematch with the only team to beat us this season -- Georgetown.

 

Go Irish!

One of America's Top HS Stars Commits to IRISH!

 

This is courtesy of my friends at Irish Sports Daily!

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ACC Champ Highlights: Notre Dame 16 vs. Duke 6

Replay: Notre Dame's Men's LAX ACC Win Over Duke

Joe Alt's First 24 Hours in the NFL with the Chargers

Thought you might enjoy seeing this...

 LINK:  JOE ALT

Joe Alt's Appearance on the Colin Cowherd Show

Knute Rockne Returns Home to Notre Dame

 

Legendary football coach and alum, Knute Rockne returned to the campus he made famous nearly 100 years ago, as his casket was moved to Notre Dame's Cedar Grove Cemetery yesterday.

Full Game Replay: Notre Dame's Blue Gold Game 2024

Marist Liufau's First Interview as a Dallas Cowboy