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Washington State Implements Pay Reductions For AD, Top Coaches

Chun said the school estimated a 5% percent reduction in Pac-12 revenue distribution as a result of the coronavirusGETTY IMAGES

Washington State announced multiple “cost containment” measures, including temporary pay reductions for multiple coaches and school administrators, to help "compensate for lost NCAA distribution and added expenditures caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak," according to Theo Lawson of the Spokane SPOKESMAN-REVIEW. WSU football coach Nick Rolovich, men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith, AD Pat Chun and President Kirk Schulz will "all take 5% salary reductions" through the end of the '20-21 academic year. Additionally, Schulz, Chun and all WSU coaches "will voluntarily forego all bonuses and/or incentives" through '20-21. On April 3, Chun said that the school "estimated a 5% percent reduction in Pac-12 revenue distribution as a result of the coronavirus, though an exact dollar figure still hasn’t been determined." Meanwhile, Chun yesterday said “a little less than half” of the school’s senior spring athletes have expressed interest in returning to compete in '20-21. Lawson notes the school is "projecting an additional $300,000 in athletic grant-in-aid costs" for FY '21 (Spokane SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, 4/14).

IN SEATTLE: Univ. of Washington AD Jen Cohen said her school is "starting to work on, like everybody else, modeling FY21." On the impact the spring sports cancellations will have on UW's finances, Cohen said, "FY20, there will be some ripple effects on NCAA distribution and that type of thing, but there’s also opportunities for cost savings and hiring freezes and expense management. ... Our focus is really on FY21, and that’s where the spring-sport student athletes coming back on scholarship will impact us on the expense side." She noted, "We obviously have modeled all kinds of scenarios regarding fall sports." One of those models includes the possibility of no football, and Cohen said, "We’re kind of still fine-tuning it. As you can imagine, running a college athletic department and not having football would be pretty devastating for us. It would be hard to find funding for the rest of our sports. Hopefully, that’s not where this ends up." She added, "We still have a couple months left in FY20 (the fiscal year ends June 30), and we’re doing our part in FY20 just to manage expenses and try to come out as best we can in this current year" (THEATHLETIC.com, 4/13).

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