Clemson President Jim Clements announced Monday he and all athletic employees making more than $400,000 per year will voluntarily take a 10-percent pay cut.
Included in this voluntarily pay cut is Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney, men’s basketball coach Brad Brownell, women’s basketball coach Amanda Butler and head baseball coach Monte Lee. Athletic director Dan Radakovich will also take a 10-percent voluntary pay cut.
These cuts are voluntary because Clements and 88 employees in Athletics who are contractually exempt from the mandatory furlough plan.
After exhaustive study and careful consideration by Clemson University, Clements announced in a press release that the University’s latest step to offset the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is a combination of involuntary furloughs and voluntary pay reductions that will affect approximately half Clemson’s employees statewide.