1. Who are the highest paid at Middle Tennessee State University?
A: Head football coach Derek Mason made $1,081,034.
Men’s basketball head coach Nicholas McDevitt took home $750,000
President Sidney McPhee was paid $488,841 last year.
Football Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Brian Stewart $392,104
Provost Mark Byrnes made $371,000
About 6,500 people work for Middle Tennessee State University
587 people made $100,000 or more — that’s 9% of staff that took home 40% of the total payroll
($84,450,020 out of $211,203,868 total payroll)
2. We talked about Tennessee State University’s payroll a few months ago. How does it compare to Middle Tennessee State University?
A: No one at TSU makes as much as the football and basketball coaches.
That school has major financial problems — layoffs, budget cuts — and many of the highest paid people don’t work there any longer, including the Former President Glenda Glover, the Interim President who replaced her, Ronald Johnson and their football coach, Eddie George, who went to Bowling Green State, he was making half what Head football coach Derek Mason makes at Middle Tennessee.
Among the highest paid who still work for TSU are Robbie Melton, Acting VP for Academic Affairs, making $313,000, and Dean, College of Agriculture, making $305,000.
Far less than Middle Tenn State Univ.
TSU employs about half the number of people as Middle Tennessee — they had 330 people who make $100,000 or more. 13% compared to Middle Tennessee’s 9%.