Top paid athletic directors.

http://www.sportsinfo.pro/AthleticDirector2020.html

26 FBS school AD's make $1mil+ (there were a few private universities that did not disclose their AD's pay)

Texas $2,330,000
Northwestern $2,065,003
Texas Tech $1,850,000
Oklahoma $1,733,333
Alabama $1,725,000
Ohio State $1,716,763
Notre Dame $1,688,111
Duke $1,577,546
Baylor $1,554,897
Wisconsin $1,550,000
Kansas $1,500,000
Penn State $1,459,000
Nebraska $1,341,935
UCF $1,331,500
LSU $1,233,333
Kentucky $1,225,000
Florida $1,205,000
Clemson $1,201,500
Virginia Tech $1,156,972
Texas A&M $1,125,000
Michigan $1,115,000
Tennessee $1,098,000
North Carolina State $1,050,000
Oregon $1,048,133
North Carolina $1,007,844
South Carolina $1,000,000

Northwestern #2 in AD salary with a $270M IPF and $110M basketball arena in the last 3 years.

A top-10 USN&W school in the #3 market throwing around that kind of money.

UCLA is hiring Martin Jarmond from Boston College as their new AD. He will be making 1.45 million per year for the next six years. UCLA will also cover his buyout of $2 million at BC and will give him a housing allowance. A salary of $1.45 million annually on the westside does not buy you much.