Head football coach has second highest salary
By James Steinbauer, Editor-in-Chief
Miami University President Gregory Crawford has unseated Head Football Coach Chuck Martin as the highest paid employee for the 2016-17 academic year, according to the university's salary roster, obtained by The Miami Student last week.
Crawford will be paid a yearly salary of $495,000, a more than 14 percent increase from former president David Hodge's base pay of $432,022, The Student reported in early October. The salary roster shows that Martin will be paid a yearly salary of $472,300, up by about three percent from 2015.
The salary roster contains a departmental listing, sorted by campus, of all faculty and staff and their salaries and gives insight into the value placed on certain positions.
The next highest-paid employees are Vice President for Finance David Creamer, who will be paid $361,514.92 this year, and Provost Phyllis Callahan, who will earn $338,910.
Enrico Blasi, the head hockey coach, will earn $336,119 this year.
Apart from Martin and Blasi, members of the president's executive cabinet make up some of the highest paid employees at Miami University.
Vice President for University Advancement Tom Herbert will earn over $326,252 for the 2016-17 academic year, followed by VP for Enrollment Management and Student success Michael Kabbaz, $282,425; Director of Intercollegiate Athletics David Sayler, $267,020; VP for Information Technology J. Peter Natale, $241,588.91; VP for Student Affairs Jayne Brownell, $213,200; Miami's General Counsel, Robin Parker; $211,916.10; Associate VP for University Communications and Marketing Deedie Dowdle, $211,363.72; Secretary to the Board of Trustees Ted Pickerill, $148,372.94 and Associate VP for Institutional Diversity Ronald B. Scott, $130,000.
Crawford said that as a new president, he is working hard to understand Miami's salary structure across the board as well as how the university compares to others in respect to salaries, benefits and living costs.
"The University is committed to fostering an environment that values both the professional success and personal fulfillment of faculty and staff by ensuring they are recognized, rewarded, supported and given the opportunity to grow professionally and personally," Crawford wrote in an email to The Student on Monday. "We must have competitive salaries and benefits to attract and retain accomplished faculty scholars and teachers, and dedicated and devoted staff."
The 2016-17 salary roster was published on Nov. 1 and is available for viewing at the King Library circulation desk.
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