A few things to know about the UI’s new interim athletic director, Paul Kowalczyk:
— As the UI’s senior associate athletic director, he went into today with an annual salary of $140,595. That’s less than the first six athletic administrators now listed beneath him in the UI’s already-updated staff directory — Jason Lener ($192,140), Mike Waddell ($180,000), Susan Young ($175,972), Warren Hood ($165,000), Rick Darnell ($153,750) and Maria Ochoa Woods ($148,526).
— The good: In 2001, he hired Jerry Kill as head football coach at Southern Illinois. Kill turned one of Division I-AA’s worst programs into one of its best, going 55-32 and leading the Salukis to five straight playoff appearances after a 1-10 rookie season.