Shift in leadership creates salary change
October 30, 2015
Former Chancellor Phyllis Wise
September 2011 to August 2015:
• $234,667 annual salary
• $265,333 administrative increment
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• Total: $500,000
Now serves as animal sciences and molecular and cellular biology professor:
• $298,926 as professor
Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson: $397,500
12-month non-tenured contract:
• $297,500 annual salary as chancellor for 90 percent of time
• $72,500 administrative increment
• $27,500 as Dean of LAS for 10 percent of time
Former head football coach Tim Beckman: $1,800,000
• Had base salary of $400,000
• Received media and marketing component each year, starting at $1,200,000 in 2013
Interim head football coach Bill Cubit: $915,000
• $257,500 associate head coach/offensive coordinator
• $257,500 for public relations activities
• $100,000 per month as interim head football coach
• Can receive bonus salary based off bowl games
University President Timothy Killeen: $600,000
• Annual incentive-based compensation: $100,000
Former President Robert Easter: $478,558
• Received $180,000 in incentive-based bonus in 2014
Former Provost Ilesanmi Adesida: $460,416
From August 2012 to August 2015:
• $460,416 as Provost
Since August 2015:
• $350,673 as professor in Engineering
Interim Provost Edward Feser: $330,500
• $270,500 annual salary
• Administrative increment of $60,000