Newly Released Documents Show Former PC Basketball Coach English Paid $3 Million Plus
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Newly Released Documents Show Former PC Basketball Coach English Paid $3 Million Plus
Recently made available tax documents filed by Providence College and secured by GoLocal unveil that in 2024, then-Friar men’s basketball coach Kim English received a compensation package worth more than $3 million.
The compensation numbers have not been previously reported.
The documents raise new questions about what PC is paying in buyout payments after firing English.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTAccording to the documents, English received in 2024:
Base Compensation: $2,545,000
Bonus & Incentive Compensation: $340,000
Other reportable compensation $85,404
Retirement and other deferred compensation: $24,150
Nontaxable benefits: $21,451
Total $3,016,012
English was fired in March of this year.
English coached three seasons at Providence, compiling an overall record of 48-52 and a 23-37 mark in the Big East.
He reportedly had three years remaining on his contract after he was fired.
Creating a scenario in which Providence is buying out English's for as much as $8 to $9 million.
PC has refused to disclose the payout number.
The data cited comes from the 990 filing by Providence College filed on May 5, 2026, but was only made available recently.