Two of the highest-paid employees at the University of Arizona in the past year were athletic coaches.
One of them doesn't work there anymore as of Tuesday.
The university's salary database for fiscal year 2018, obtained by the Star, shows that Rich Rodriguez, the recently ousted Wildcats football coach, topped the list at a base salary of about $2.5 million. That's not including any bonuses or stipends.Β
Rodriguez was fired Tuesday after his former assistant filed a $7.5 million notice of claim against him alleging sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. Though an internal investigation did not find cause to fire him, he was let go.Β
Technically, Rodriguez is no longer on the payroll at the UA, but he signed for the highest salary at the beginning of fiscal year 2018. He also walked away with about $6 million in buyout.
Sean Miller, the head coach for the men's basketball team, is making a base salary of $2.2 million in fiscal year 2018. Again, that amount does not include bonuses or stipends.Β
The university's president, Dr. Robert Robbins, isn't the third or even fourth highest-paid employee. At a base salary of $800,000, Robbins ranks fifth, following a senior vice president for health sciences and a professor in the medicine department.Β
But Robbins' pay package includes other deals, including $70,000 in housing allowance. His salary is actually closer to $1 million.Β
Data show that nearly 1,800 employees are making $100,000 or more. The medicine department has 111 employees in that category, which is the highest of all departments, including administration.Β
Meanwhile, more than 300 employees designated as working full time make less than $24,600, which is the federal poverty guideline for a household of four.Β
The top 10
10 highest paid employees at the University of Arizona
10: Michael Fallon
UpdatedTitle: Chair, Internal Medicine
Annual salary: $680,000Β
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9: Guy Reed
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Guy Reed, dean of the University of Arizona College of MedicineΒ
Title: Dean, College of Medicine-Phoenix Campus
Annual salary: $700,000
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8: Steven Johnson
UpdatedTitle: Chair, SurgeryΒ
Annual salary: $700,000
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7: William Cance
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Title: Deputy Director, UACC PhoenixΒ
Annual salary: $700,000
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6: Charles Bennett Cairns
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Dr. Charles Cairns, dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine, speaks during a ceremony to celebrate the new Children's Postinfectious Autoimmune Encephlapothy Center of Excellence in 2016.Β
Title: Dean, College of Medicine
Annual salary: $700,500
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5: Robert Robbins
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University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins stops to talk with a student after Fridayβs presidential installation ceremony.
Title: President of the UniversityΒ
Annual salary: $800,000Β
4: Joe Garcia
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Dr. Joe G.N. "Skip" GarciaΒ Β
Title: Professor, MedicineΒ
Annual salary: $810,000
3: Leigh Neumayer
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Dr. Leigh Neumayer, interim senior vice president of health sciences at the University of Arizona, works in her office in the College of Medicine. If offered the position on a permanent basis, βI would certainly consider it.β
Title: Interim Senior Vice President, Health SciencesΒ
Annual salary: $870,000
2: Sean Miller
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Basketball coach Sean Miller is one of the highest-paid employees at the UA.Β
Title: Head men's basketball coachΒ
Annual Salary: $2,200,000
1: Rich Rodriguez
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Former Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez yells during a game against UCLA in October at Arizona Stadium. Rodriguez was fired Tuesday after his former assistantΒ filed a $7.5 million notice of claim, alleging years of sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.
Title: Head football coach
Annual salary: 2,475,000
Searchable database
This database includes all UA employees on the payroll at the beginning of fiscal year 2018 whose salary was above $50,000.Β
Take note that "annual salary at full FTE (full time equivalent)" means the amount the employee would be paid if they were full-time. So "annual salary at employment" means the amount they got paid according to their FTE rate.Β
