Payroll Project: Football coach top earner at Miami University

Editor’s note: This story is part of an I-Team investigation into the declining financial health of many of Ohio’s public four-year universities. Go here for the full story.

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Miami University officials credit conservative spending as a big part of why their overall financial health has remained among the strongest in the state in recent years. But this doesn't mean the Oxford university's payroll isn't growing.

Payroll records obtained as part of the I-Team Payroll Project show Miami paid 13 people more than $300,000 last year and 69 people more than $200,000. Both figures are an increase from 2014.

Many of the school's top earners are administrators — 24 people had the words "vice president" in their title. University critics say "administrative bloat" is a driver in increasing college costs statewide.

Some of those administrators are getting paid even after leaving their jobs. Former football coach Don Treadwell made $55,374 last year even though he was fired in 2013. David Hodge ended his tenure as Miami's president this month, but will stay on at the same pay rate.

The highest-paid Miami University employees in 2015:

1. Charles Martin, Head Football Coach: $466,600

2. David Hodge, President/Professor of Geography: $433,890

3. Enrico Blasi, Head Ice Hockey Coach: $376,686

4. Matthew Myers, Dean and Professor of the Farmer School of Business: $364,500

5. David Creamer, Senior Vice President of Finance & Business Services: $356,477

6. Phyllis Callahan, Provost & Executive Vice President: $332,856

7. Thomas Herbert, Vice President for University Advancement: $322,132

8. Marc Rubin, Chair & Professor: $317,077

9. Thomas Boulton, Professor: $315,969

10. Byron Finch, Chair & Professor: $314,790

Go here for the searchable I-Team Payroll Project database of employees at Miami University and other local government agencies who were paid $50,000 or more in 2014 and 2015.

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