[D1Recruiter]

Can anyone shed some light on this subject for me? I see these big numbers thrown around, and I believe they are just totally wrong, but maybe I'm out of the loop or just totally ignorant to what actually is happening.

I would think this is definitely your problem(the bolded above)
If schools want certain coaches, they can come up with a number of ways to get them EXTRA money. Make the A.D. or Asst A.D., they can make them Asst Principals, they could run all the grade school athletic programs for extra money, all sorts of kinds of ways to get extra money for SPECIAL COACHES. Nothing new around here in the mountains.