{"id":300957,"date":"2026-05-05T15:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/300957\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:50:25","slug":"nba-insider-reveals-staggeringly-low-salary-for-sacramento-kings-hc-doug-christie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/300957\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Insider Reveals Staggeringly Low Salary for Sacramento Kings HC Doug Christie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/sacramento-kings\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"317\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento Kings<\/a> coach Doug Christie was kept around following a 22-win season, even after posting a .368 winning percentage in 134 career games. That decision might have to do with the cheap price Sacramento is paying for its head coach.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sam Amick of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7254027\/2026\/05\/05\/tom-thibodeau-billy-donovan-nba-coaches-draft-lottery\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">The Athletic<\/a>, Christie is \u201cbelieved to be\u201dthe lowest-paid head coach in the NBA at a $2 million average annual salary.<\/p>\n<p>For comparison, Steve Kerr is currently the highest-paid NBA coach at $17.5 million and Erik Spoelstra earns approximately $15 million per season from the Miami Heat. The going rate is often between $8 to $10 million per year, as evidenced by Taylor Jenkins receiving a $10 million salary this offseason to become the Milwaukee Bucks head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking over as the Kings\u2019 head coach nearing the midway point of the 2024-25 NBA season, Christie has one of the worst win totals (49) among active NBA head coaches.<\/p>\n<p>With the Kings currently projected to be over the NBA\u2019s luxury tax line for the 2026-27 season, it\u2019s not surprising to see owner Vivek Ranadive cutting costs elsewhere. While Christie hasn\u2019t proven himself to be an NBA-caliber coach, he\u2019s shown loyalty to the franchise and seems to be the most cost-effective option for a rebuilding team.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a long-term risk here, however. As we\u2019re seeing with the Portland Trail Blazers under new owner Tom Dundon, trying to pinch pennies with the coaches can hurt a franchise\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>There are top-tier assistant coaches making more than $1 million per season, with Christie\u2019s salary clearly indicating the Kings aren\u2019t willing to invest significantly into their coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5578.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tMatt  Johnson  is  Senior  Editor  of  NFL  and  College  Football  for  Sportsnaut.  His  work,  including  weekly  NFL  and  college  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/wisconsinboymakesgoodincali\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings coach Doug Christie was kept around following a 22-win season, even after posting a .368 winning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,128,122],"class_list":["post-300957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}