A taste of success creates a desire for more success. A bump in pay brings more expectations. That’s the scenario for University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves, who has experienced the former and should soon take in the latter.
Eaves is expected to get a pay raise sometime soon – the UW Athletic Board could give its approval at its meeting Friday – that would put him among the highest-paid coaches in college hockey. He said Wednesday a reported $250,000 salary figure wasn’t accurate, but there’s little doubt the pay bump from his original contract will be sizeable.