Sandy Barbour takes Interim Role as AD at USC
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Not sure why folks resort to cracks about her personal preferences when there is so much about her brutal professional performance to dogpile
Mediocre people surround themselves with mediocre people. That is clearly what happened with Eric the Meek
Mediocre people surround themselves with mediocre people. That is clearly what happened with Eric the Meek
When Barbour was sent packing from Cal, she was paid just over $400,000 per year.
Story here: Cal's Sandy Barbour out as athletic director (sfgate.com)
"On Barbour's exit, a UC Berkeley senior administration official who declined to be identified said Chancellor Nicholas Dirks "has been involved in discussions about the future of the athletics program. He believes the university and intercollegiate athletics (are) at a crossroads and will benefit from new leadership and a new perspective. He's also gratified that Sandy Barbour came to share that conviction."
And here: Sandy Barbour employment contract: A closer look - California Golden Blogs
Penn State's 2014 Board not only hired her, but gave her a five year contract worth around $900,000 per year (just over $700,000 in base pay, plus ~$200,000 in annual bonuses) .
For an AD with, maybe, the absolutely worst performance in the history of forever, that is STUNNING.
Not to be outdone, after 4 1/2 years of consistent incompetency at PSU, the 2019 Board gave her another 5 year contract - that averaged around $1.7 Million in total compensation.
She was, for a time, the most highly paid AD in the nation.
PSUJ would have been much better served, I do believe, if they had paid her $3 million per year - with the caveat being that she would only be paid if she stayed in California and had no role or authority whatsoever with regard to Penn State Athletics. But, apparently, no one in leadership was willing to think that far outside the box.
Maybe that is what USC plans to do?
Fight On, USC. Fight On.
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One of the people who was on USC’s committee handling their investigation of the admissions scandal who also serves on one of PSU’s Board of Visitors ( a retired LA police department homicide detective) may have had something to do with Sandy’s hire. She is a well respected LA based PSU alumni with a lot of influence.
When Barbour was sent packing from Cal, she was paid just over $400,000 per year.
Story here: Cal's Sandy Barbour out as athletic director (sfgate.com)
"On Barbour's exit, a UC Berkeley senior administration official who declined to be identified said Chancellor Nicholas Dirks "has been involved in discussions about the future of the athletics program. He believes the university and intercollegiate athletics (are) at a crossroads and will benefit from new leadership and a new perspective. He's also gratified that Sandy Barbour came to share that conviction."
https://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/Ex-St-Mary-s-players-return-for-All-Star-5583246.php
Penn State's 2014 Board not only hired her, but gave her a five year contract worth around $900,000 per year (just over $700,000 in base pay, plus ~$200,000 in annual bonuses) .
Not to be outdone, the 2019 Board - 4 1/2 years later - gave her another 5 year contract that averaged around $1.7 Million in total compensation.
She was, for a time, the most highly paid AD in the nation.
PSUJ would have been much better served, I do believe, if they had paid her $3 million per year - with the caveat being that she would only be paid if she stayed in California and had no role or authority whatsoever with regard to Penn State Athletics. But, apparently, no one in leadership was willing to think that far outside the box.
But had she not come to PSU, we would not have had 19 studies (I think that’s the number) on Beaver Stadium’s future. We saw how impressed Kraft was by such efforts.
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U$C should be kicked out of conference for utter stupidity.@BobPSU92 your favorite is back in the saddle again....
Link for Sandy's Got This
You must have missed the memo. We lost a great one.
Barbour Wins Sports Business Journal’s AD of the Year Award
Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour was selected as Sports Business Journal's Sports Business AD of the Year Award at the 15th annual Sports Business Awards Wednesday evening at the New York Marriott Marquis Time Square. This is the first time Barbour won the...
gopsusports.com
Vaunted? Is Don Brown back in the B1G?Is this good or bad for USC & UCLA joining the vaunted B1G?
Excellent. Adding by subtracting. Like moving the owners son to the personnel department.
Can you say Mark Emmert?
Seems to me fund raising is a major job for ADs and University Presidents.
OJ should take a stab at the job.
And fund spending.
Penn State didn't even get the pool out of it. Now that's some professional incompetence at its finest.
More likely the Golden repechage … Leadership at PSU following the scandal will itself prove to be scandalous. Incompetence is complimentary. The BOT, Old Main, ICA was terrible. No wonder Franklion is getting $7.5m. Seriously, the bureaucracy at dear old state is Harrisburg like. Nobody does much and not much gets done in a reasonable amount of time. Unless it’s serving beer at the Beav. I mean we’re talking a university operating deep in the red and the board pulls a Schultz!
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