Indiana University President Michael McRobbie is finally making more money than head men’s basketball coach Tom Crean. At least in base salary.
According to recently released base salary numbers for IU, the $615,000 McRobbie will be paid in fiscal year 2016, which began July 1, puts him about $10,000 ahead of Crean for the first time.
Crean’s base salary when he was hired in 2008 was $600,000, while McRobbie’s was $425,000. McRobbie’s crept up year after year, while Crean’s stayed the same until his contract was extended, boosting his base salary to more than $604,000 for fiscal year 2014.
Crean’s base salary has stayed the same since then, but McRobbie’s jumped almost $37,000 over last fiscal year. The increase reflects the IU Board of Trustees’ vote to extend McRobbie’s contract through June 30, 2021, to see the university through its bicentennial celebration in 2020.
But those are just base salary numbers. Crean, McRobbie and several other IU employees, including head football coach Kevin Wilson, all make more than the numbers recently provided to The Herald-Times. Wilson’s base salary of $542,000 puts him third on this year’s list, but he’ll actually make about $2.15 million, according to a Herald-Times report from February. The extra $1.6 million comes from promotional income, which covers additional responsibilities such as public appearances, media communications and sponsorship agreements. He could make even more than that if the team reaches a bowl game.