Sandy Barbour will be at Penn State for another half-decade making more than $1 million per year.
The Penn State Board of Trustees’ compensation committee approved the athletic director’s new deal on Thursday. Barbour’s contract will be become official Friday afternoon when the Board of Trustees as a whole votes on the matter.
However, Penn State has already released details of Barbour’s terms. The contract extension runs through the 2022-23 academic year and will pay Barbour an average base salary of $1.27 million. Barbour’s base salary will be $1.17 million in 2018-19 and gradually work its way up to $1.