Following the lead of the $5 million football coach, athletics directors may be next to hit the college sports salary jackpot.
ADs average about $450,000 at the NCAA’s top-tier schools, according to a USA TODAY analysis, rivaling the pay of many university presidents. But at least five ADs make more than $1 million, and since August 2010, at least 10 public schools have given their AD’s pay raises of $75,000 or more.
USA Today’s cover story on the topic is here. The paper also provided a breakdown of the top 120 schools’ ADs. The top ten, ranked in descending order by total pay:
| School | Athletics Director | Conf. | University pay | Other pay | Total pay | Max Bonus |
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| Vanderbilt | David Williams | SEC | $2,560,505 | $0 | $2,560,505 | $0 |
| Florida | Jeremy Foley | SEC | $1,545,250 | $0 | $1,545,250 | $50,000 |
| Louisville | Tom Jurich | Big East | $1,422,204 | $5,500 | $1,427,704 | $344,000 |
| Texas | DeLoss Dodds | Big 12 | $1,093,391 | $2,365 | $1,095,756 | $125,000 |
| Ohio State | Gene Smith | Big Ten | $1,074,546 | $0 | $1,074,546 | $250,000 |
| Wisconsin | Barry Alvarez | Big Ten | $1,000,000 | $40,800 | $1,040,800 | $0 |
| Oklahoma | Joe Castiglione | Big 12 | $975,000 | $0 | $975,000 | $510,000 |
| Notre Dame | Jack Swarbrick | Indep. | $932,232 | $0 | $932,232 | $0 |
| Duke | Kevin White | ACC | $908,659 | $0 | $908,659 | $0 |
| Tennessee | Dave Hart Jr. | SEC | $750,000 | $0 | $750,000 | $0 |
(HT: @AndrewBrink)
ALDLAND 
Not sure I’d call David Williams an Athletic Director.
Neither does he call himself one, and the fact that he holds about thirteen different job titles probably explains his comparatively disproportionate pay.
For the uninitiated, http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/story/2011-10-05/vanderbilt-david-williams-athletics-director/50670418/1
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