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

by Mike Rutherford on Oct 5, 2011 8:52 PM EDT in News

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

Lets get him to #1

by TheVilleWRX 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

Not a Dime Back!

by JBKY on Oct 5, 2011 9:09 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.

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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.

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- Rick Pitino

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