COLUMBIA, Mo. — Former Missouri athletics director Desiree Reed-Francois will pay a lesser buyout to the school than her contract initially required, according to a settlement signed by the former administrator and university leadership.
Because she left Mizzou before the end of her contract, Reed-Francois, now the athletics director at Arizona, will have to pay at most $2 million to her previous employer, according to the agreement. KMIZ-TV first published the signed settlement, which it obtained through an open records request.
That amount is less than the $3 million that was expected to be her buyout when she left MU for Arizona in February, which means UM System leadership evidently gave in to some degree of Reed-Francois' requests.