Paying for Performance

Here, from the Chronicle of Higher Education's report on executive compensation, the ten highest-paid presidents at Division I schools with football programs--and the coach's salaries. Names have been suppressed to protect the guilty. Listed in order of University President's salary:

...............................President..........Coach
Washington...........$752,700........$1,414,772
Virginia..................$731,672........$1,785,000
Virginia Tech.........$659,461........$2,008,000
Michigan................$643,151........$1,454,619
Arizona State.........$609,194........$ 991,000
Texas....................$599,780.........$2,664,000
Central Florida......$584,708........$1,035,000
Rutgers.................$566,999........$ 911,000
Florida...................$441,849........$1,524,550
Florida State.........$417,127.........$1,691,900

It may (or may not) be worth noting that 5 of the 10 schools on this list are in Virginia and Florida. And that the list is not exactly a list of public universities renowned for their educational quality (Michigan and Washington are so regarded, though).