FItzgerald was not the university's highest paid employee — if you don't count the over $2.5 million dollars the school paid him in loans.
Northwestern head football coach Pat Fitzgerald made $2.48 million in fiscal year 2013, according to Northwestern's 2013 tax return, which was released Tuesday. The document shows salaries for Northwestern's top earning faculty and staff.
The University paid Fitzgerald a base salary of almost $1.97 million during the reporting period of Sept. 1, 2012 through Aug. 31, 2013. The $2.48 million includes his base compensation, plus a $200,000 bonus and $264,185 in "other compensation.