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Tom Jurich is the nation's 3rd highest-paid athletic director

USA Today has compiled a list of salaries for 111 of the 120 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision athletic directors, and Louisville AD Tom Jurich ranks as the 3rd highest-paid person on the list.

According to the list, Jurich's annual salary is $1.43 million, putting him behind only Vanderbilt's David Williams ($2.56 million...wait, really?) and Florida's Jeremy Foley ($1.55 million).

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Private schools with unlisted tax information and public schools that did not list an outside income report were excluded from the database. The athletic directors not listed were from Northwestern, Penn State, Brigham Young, Miami (Fla.), Rice, Southern California, Stanford, Temple and Tulane.

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Deserves every penny.

Vanderbilt fans should probably be kind of upset though.

by James Sutherland on Oct 5, 2011 8:59 PM EDT reply actions  

Worth it.

Vanderbilt seems to not be getting their monies worth.

by CardinalDude on Oct 5, 2011 9:00 PM EDT reply actions  

Why are you surprised by Vandy?

They don’t compete on the same level academically as anyone else in their conference. They’re competitive in every sport other than football.

by JBKY on Oct 5, 2011 9:03 PM EDT reply actions  

Vanderbilt finished in 56th place in last year's final Director's Cup standings

I’d say Williams’ figure being over a million dollars higher than anyone else on the list is surprising.

by Mike Rutherford on Oct 5, 2011 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

I should have read the article.

“Williams had a base salary of $772,000 and bonuses of $185,000, but the lion’s share of his salary came from $1.5 million in deferred and retirement income. That figure reflects an ongoing, growing account that was put in place in 2007 for Williams and top university officials, "

by James Sutherland on Oct 5, 2011 9:05 PM EDT reply actions  

vice chancellor for university affairs and athletics; general counsel and university secretary for Vanderbilt and its medical center; fully tenured professor of law.

Williams calculates 60% of his base salary is for overseeing athletics, and 40% of his bonus money comes from his work with sports. That yields a more realistic salary of $537,200 for his work as athletics director (the average is about $450,000 at top-teir NCAA schools).

With this being considered, I think we have the #2 highest paid AD.

by James Sutherland on Oct 5, 2011 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

What's the difference between athletics and sports?

This is not a rhetorical question. I really don’t understand what it means to say part of his salary is for overseeing athletics and the rest comes from work with sports.

"...and the present, for us, is something that we really look forward to."
- Rick Pitino

by rickmbari on Oct 5, 2011 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

There isn't one

Reread it – you’re missing something.

by Leeroy Jenkins on Oct 6, 2011 6:30 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

Aha!

It was the 60%-40% thing that got me. Thanks for straightening me out.

"...and the present, for us, is something that we really look forward to."
- Rick Pitino

by rickmbari on Oct 6, 2011 7:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

He definitely deserves every penny and IF...

AND ONLY IF he can guide us through this conference mess. Which I have complete faith that he will do

by indianacardfan on Oct 5, 2011 9:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Well spoken! He’s got us this far. In Jurich we trust!

by SummerofGeorge on Oct 5, 2011 11:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions  

and thats counting all

the bonuses he didnt accept until the UofL employees could get raises..
He deserves it if he can get us where we need to be conference wise

by rockchickpeg on Oct 5, 2011 9:38 PM EDT reply actions  

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