UNI
Director of Athletics David Harris, head coaches, senior staff and
select other staff have committed to take voluntary pay cuts through
the remainder of the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
The
pay cut will help the athletics department reduce a deficit created
by a decrease in expected NCAA distributions this spring after the
cancelation of the NCAA winter championships because of the COVID-19
pandemic. Other unexpected losses include rental revenue from events
hosted in the UNI-Dome and McLeod Center.
Harris
and the head coaches of UNI’s five ticketed sports, football, men’s
basketball, women’s basketball, volleyball and wrestling will take a
10% salary reduction for May and June. Senior staff members, other
head coaches and select staff members have also taken salary
reductions for May and June.
The
pay cuts are just part of the cost-saving measures that are being
used by the department to reduce losses including a hiring and
spending freeze and cutting energy usage in athletic facilities with
most employees working from home.
UNI
is one of over two dozen schools that have announced some sort of pay
cut to athletics employees.