UNLV will pay salary to new swimming and diving head coach Pat Ota His base salary for the 2024-2025 season will be $105,000, with increases each year of the three-year contract.
Mr. Ota's annual base salary
- 2024-2025: $105,000
- 2025-2026: $107,500
- 2026-2027: $111,000
That would put him in the same league as the outgoing head coach. Ben Lortswas due to make a base salary of $114,500 for the 2023-2024 season, his final of eight seasons leading the Rebels.
Ota's contract also includes incentive payments of up to $15,000 per year.
- For each conference championship that a team wins, Ota will receive $3,500.
- Each Coach of the Year award winner will receive $2,000
- For each student-athlete who competes in an NCAA championship, Ohta will receive a bonus of $2,500.
- For each student-athlete who wins an NCAA individual title, Ohta will receive a $5,000 bonus (with no cap).
- For each team that finishes in the top 20 at the NCAA level, Ota will receive a $4,000 bonus.
- For each team that finishes in the top 10 at the NCAA level, Ota will receive a $5,000 bonus.
- He will receive a $25,000 bonus if the team wins the NCAA title.
- Academic incentives include $750 for achieving an APR score of 980 or above and for achieving a team GPA of 3.0 or above for the entire academic year.
Ota also receives benefits such as season tickets to local all-college sporting events and use of a car.
Ota will also own the rights to the Rebel Swim Camp program for as long as he remains head coach.
UNLV regularly sends student-athletes to the NCAA Championships and had two women qualify last year, Ruby Howell and Blanka Boclos, but neither scored a point.
Based on last year's performance, Ota would have received a bonus of more than $11,000.
Ota's release fee will be $75,000 in the first and second years of his contract and $55,000 in the third year if he moves to a Power 5 head coaching job. If he moves to a Group 5 head coaching job, his release fee will be $30,000 in the first two years and $20,000 in the third year.
Ota's previous positions UNLV He has served not only as an assistant head coach but also as an associate head coach. Russ Vegas In 2016, Ota led the Scarlet & Gray to five conference championships, including the men's team's fourth consecutive Western Athletic Conference championship with a conference points record this spring and the women's team's 2021 Mountain West championship.
As a member of of UNLV With the help of his coaching staff, Ota has produced a combined 73 WAC and MW individual and relay champions, setting 35 school records and six conference records. Additionally, the Rebels have had eight individuals and three relay teams compete in the NCAA Championships, three individuals advance to the U.S. Olympic Trials and one student-athlete (Vuk Celic) compete in the Olympics while at the school.
Last season, the UNLV women's team finished second out of nine teams in the Mountain West Conference Championships, thanks in part to conference records by its seniors. Blanka Boclos She continued her winning streak in the 200 butterfly for the third year in a row.
She and her fellow senior students Ruby Howell Both players qualified to play in the NCAA Championships, but only Bokros is listed as a fifth-year player on UNLV's roster next season.
Meanwhile, the men's team won their fourth consecutive WAC title, setting a new conference points record in the process with 972 points, surpassing the 2021 team record of 907 points.
