Starting this weekend, Kentucky’s athletics director will receive another increase in pay and have a new set of incentives to achieve, per a new contract amendment he signed without any fanfare.
The latest amendment to Mitch Barnhart’s contract, which takes effect Sunday, pays the UK official $195,000 more in salary this year than last and includes yearly increases with a bonanza of new incentives and retention bonuses.
“Now, more than ever, a sense of stability, continuity and absolute trust in leadership is essential in college athletics,” university President Eli Capilouto said in a statement to the Herald-Leader when asked about the latest deal that will keep Barnhart as the program’s top athletics administrator through at least 2023 with an option for 2024 hinging on outlined goals.