Florida's Jeremy Foley Ranks As Highest-Paid D-I AD At $965,000
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Foley Earning $965,000
Guaranteed At Florida |
Univ. of Florida AD Jeremy Foley is the highest-paid AD among public schools in Division-I college football, and his $965,000 guaranteed salary "can grow to more than $1[M] after benefits and bonuses," according to an examination of AD salaries in D-I college football by Curtis Eichelberger of BLOOMBERG NEWS. Foley has managed $199M in sports facility renovations since becoming AD in '92, and he oversees an $83M athletics budget. Univ. of Kansas AD Lew Perkins ranks No. 2 with a $900,000 guaranteed salary, followed by Univ. of Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez at $750,000. The contracts were acquired by filing public records requests with each public university in D-I, and schools that are not "required by law to disclose employee contracts" are not included (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 1/6).
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Highest-Earning Division-I ADs
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RK
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School
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Name
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Base Salary
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Dept. Budget
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1)
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Florida
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Jeremy Foley
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$965,000
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$83.1M
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2)
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Kansas |
Lew Perkins |
$900,000
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$57.8M
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3)
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Wisconsin |
Barry Alvarez |
$750,000
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$86.6M
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4)
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Oklahoma |
Joe Castiglione |
$700,000
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$73.6M
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5)
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Texas A&M |
Bill Byrne |
$690,000
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$69.1M
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6)
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Ohio State |
Eugene Smith |
$648,000
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$115.4M
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7)
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Texas |
DeLoss Dodds |
$627,109
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$101M
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8)
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Illinois |
Ron Guenther |
$600,000
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$52.7M
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9)
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Georgia Tech |
Dan Radakovich |
$560,000
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$56M
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10)
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LSU |
Joe Alleva |
$550,000
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$75.8M
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11)
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Louisville |
Tom Jurich |
$484,993
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$50.7M
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12)
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Kentucky |
Mitch Barnhart |
$475,000
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$67M
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13)
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UCLA |
Dan Guerrero |
$465,000
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$64.5M
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14)
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Arkansas |
Jeff Long |
$450,000
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$51.8M
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15)
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South Florida |
Doug Woolard |
$421,950
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$32.5M
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16)
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Georgia |
Damon Evans |
$420,000
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$76.3M
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17)
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Clemson |
Terry Don Phillips |
$418,000
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$53.2M
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18)
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Houston |
Dave Maggard |
$415,483
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$25.2M
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19)
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Alabama |
Mal Moore |
$400,000
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$77M
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20)
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Oregon State |
Bob De Carolis |
$385,044
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$46M
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21)
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California |
Sandy Barbour |
$384,200
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$56M
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22)
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Maryland |
Deborah Yow |
$382,575
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$61M
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23)
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Michigan |
Bill Martin |
$380,368
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$80.2M
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24)
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Iowa State |
Jamie Pollard |
$378,560
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$41.8M
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25)
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Oklahoma State |
Mike Holder |
$377,396
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$46.4M
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