Former Vanderbilt AD Malcolm Turner paid $1.6 million in 2020 despite resigning after one month
Former Vanderbilt athletics director Malcolm Turner earned $1.6 million in 2020 for just over a month of work, according to university tax records acquired by The Tennessean.
Turner was forced to resign in February 2020 after a little over one year on the job. His dismissal came with allegations of lavish spending and misusing university funds. Turner was paid nearly $2.2 million in 2019.
Because Vanderbilt is a private university, employee salaries are not required to be disclosed via public records requests. However, Vanderbilt is required to file a 990 tax form within 18 months after the calendar year. The 990 form from 2020 was the most recent The Tennessean was able to acquire.
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Turner received $147,832 in base pay for 2020, $7,463 in retirement and $4,877 in nontaxable benefits, with the bulk of his pay coming in a $1,512,470 payment reported under "other reportable compensation."
Candice Lee was the interim athletics director after Turner's resignation and was officially promoted to the head job in May 2020. Lee, the first Black female athletics director in the SEC, made $477,634 in base pay and $90,000 in bonuses, with a total reportable compensation of $719,936, according to the filings.
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The university was required to disclose the salaries of its five highest-paid employees in 2020 on the tax return. Among those were then-football coach Derek Mason, who was fired in November 2020, men's basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse and baseball coach Tim Corbin.
Mason received $3.1 million in 2020 between a base pay of $2,900,800, bonuses of $122,500 and other benefits and compensation of $116,721. Mason received $4.3 million in 2019.
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Stackhouse also earned $3.1 million, with a base pay of $2,876,063, $101,000 in bonuses and $161,044 in benefits and other compensation. Stackhouse earned $2.2 million in 2019.
Corbin, who was the highest-paid coach at the 2019 College World Series, earned more than $1.3 million in base pay plus $137,500 in bonuses and $230,171 in benefits and other compensation, with a total compensation of $1,668,128. Corbin earned $1.7 million in 2019. Compared to 2019, Corbin had a slightly higher base pay but slightly lower bonuses.
Vanderbilt baseball won the 2019 College World Series. The 2020 season was canceled after one month due to COVID-19.
Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@gannett.com or on Twitter @aria_gerson.
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