Where Wisconsin basketball coach Greg Gard's salary ranks nationally

Wisconsin's 2025-26 basketball season yet again met an early end in the NCAA Tournament, as the team fell in the first round to No. 12-seed High Point. The result extended the program's Sweet Sixteen drought.

It last reached the second weekend in 2016-17; Greg Gard's first full season as head coach. The program has still experienced immense success under Gard. He boasts a 237-128 overall record, eight NCAA Tournament appearances and two Big Ten regular-season titles.

That record is even more impressive considering Wisconsin's recent experience with losing top players to the transfer portal; in a span of three years, both Chucky Hepburn and John Blackwell elected to play their final seasons elsewhere . Gard's salary somewhat reflects the relatively limited resources he has at his disposal, at least compared to the top programs in the sport. The Wisconsin head coach makes $3,850,000 per year, according to the recently released USA TODAY database .

That salary ranks No. 33 nationally and No. 11 in the Big Ten.