Bill Gaither Net Worth: Bill Gaither is an American gospel music singer and songwriter who has a net worth of $10 million. With southern gospel and contemporary Christian music as his specialty, Gaither is best known for performing as a member of the Bill Gaither Trio, and the Gaither Vocal Band. Born William J. Gaither on March 28, 1936 in Alexandria, Indiana, he attended Stamps School of Music in Dallas, Texas. Next, he enrolled at the Taylor University and then transferred to Anderson College where he majored in English and minored in Music. In addition, he holds Master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling. Before establishing himself a fully-fledged musician, Gaither taught in Junior High School of Anderson College and Alexandria High School. Speaking of music, he formed the gospel-singing groups Pathfinders in high school, Gaither Trio in college, and Gaither Vocal Band in 1981 after a major concert success. To date, he has written more than 700 gospel songs that include “Because He Lives”, “He Touched Me”, “The Longer I Serve Him”, “Sinner Saved By Grace”, “It Is Finished”,” Jesus There’s Something About That Name” and “Let’s Just Praise The Lord”. Furthermore, he has recorded more than 40 albums and on one occasion he collaborated with Benson Company in 1964. His devotion towards gospel music was so strong that he eventually quit his teaching job and served full time in the Christian music industry. Thus, he got the chance to work with Bob Mackenzie and established the Paragon Associates. In 1991, Gaither gathered some gospel-singing artists and recorded gospel classics. Their performance was shown on Family Channel entitled Homecoming, and Gaither went on to produce the Homecoming Concert Tour that went on the road to perform throughout the nation. He has received six Grammy awards, more than two dozen Dove awards, numerous recognitions and nominations including Gospel Songwriters for the Century by American Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers (ASCAP) in 2000, as well as he got inducted to the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2002. Bill, a husband and father of three, now lives with his family in Alexandria, Indiana where they have a conference center, gourmet coffee shop and gift shops on the property.
Thad Matta Net Worth and salary: Thad Matta is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes men’s basketball team who has a net worth of $12 million dollars. His salary per year at Ohio State is $3.5 million dollarsThad Matta was born July 11, 1967 in Hoopeston, Illinois where he was basketball standout for the Cornjerkers at Hoopeston-East Lynn High School and a two-year starter for the Butler University Bulldogs in three seasons after transferring from Southern Illinois University as a sophomore. Matta began his coaching career at Indiana State University in 1990–91. His assistant coaching career took him to Miami University from 1994-95 and 1996-97, and Western Carolina University in 1995-96. He also returned to Butler University’s staff in 1997 as their primary recruiter and helped the Bulldogs to three consecutive 20-win seasons. Matta became Butler’s head coach in 1999-2000. He was named 2000–01 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year in his first and only season after leading the Bulldogs to a school record 24 wins. From 2001-04 Matta was head coach at Xavier, where he led the team to three consecutive 26-win seasons, and an Elite Eight appearance in the 2004 NCAA tournament. Matta was hired as the 13th head coach in Ohio State history on July 7, 2004.