WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? TRY 14 NCAA FOOTBALL COACHES

          VA Tech yesterday agreed with football coach Frank
     Beamer on a new contract worth $1.025M annually, and he
     becomes the 14th NCAA football coach with a contract worth
     $1M or more, according to USA TODAY's Thomas O'Toole, who
     reports that by the end of the year, close to 20 of the 114
     Div. I-A football coaches could earn at least $1M.  A '97
     USA Today survey "could document only two million-dollar
     men" in Div. I-A football -- Steve Spurrier and Bobby
     Bowden.  NCAA Exec Dir Dick Schultz: "Whether you like it or
     not, that's what the marketplace is right now" (USA TODAY,
     11/28).  Beamer's new deal increases his salary by 25% (USA
     TODAY, 11/28).  VA Tech also increased Beamer's assistant
     coaches' salary package by $100,000.  Beamer said that the
     "enhancement" of the assistants' base salaries "was the
     deal-maker."  Additionally, Beamer's contract includes a
     bonus provision that will pay him $200,000 when VA Tech
     plays in a BCS bowl and $100,000 when it qualifies for a
     non-BCS bowl (VIRGINIAN-PILOT, 11/28).