Wisconsin gives AD McIntosh 5-year extension
Jul 25, 2024, 04:03 PM ET
MADISON, Wis.– Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh has signed a five-year contract extension that includes a pay raise.McIntosh’s contract
will now run through June 30, 2029. He has actually worked as Wisconsin’s athletic director since Barry Alvarez’s retirement in the summer season of 2021.”Chris is an extremely reliable leader at
a time of unprecedented change across the college athletics landscape,”Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin stated Wednesday in a declaration.”In the midst of this shift, he continues to place the Badgers for long-term success in the leading tier of college sports. I’m thrilled he’ll continue to be a Badger and anticipate his management in the years to come.” In the release revealing McIntosh’s extension, Wisconsin said he will make $1.45 million in base salary this year with an annual$50,000 escalator clause that would increase his pay to $1.5 million the following year.Under that escalator clause, McIntosh would make$1.65 million the final year
of his contract.McIntosh’s initial agreement had actually offered him a base compensation of $1 million for 2024.
His agreement will be funded by a combination of athletic department earnings and UW Foundation gift funds
designated for athletics.McIntosh, 47, has actually worked in Wisconsin’s athletic department considering that 2014. He was an All-American offensive tackle for Wisconsin before the Seattle Seahawks picked him with the 22nd total choice in the 2000 draft.His most noteworthy relocations as athletic director have included coaching modifications in football and men’s hockey. He fired Paul Chryst as football coach in October 2022 and hired
Luke Fickell far from Cincinnati later on that year. He dismissed Tony Granato as males’s hockey coach at the end of the 2022-23 season and replaced him by enticing Mike Hastings from Minnesota State.Fickell went 7-6 in his debut season at Wisconsin. Hastings went 26-12-2 and led Wisconsin to its very first NCAA Competition look given that 2021.” Acting as Director of Athletics at Wisconsin continues to be an opportunity and I am grateful to Chancellor Mnookin for her support and confidence in me,” McIntosh said.”The college athletics landscape is changing quickly, and I am dedicated to
assisting our student-athletes attain both academic and athletic success in this new environment. Together with our administrative team, coaches and staff, I look forward to taking on the difficulties ahead and developing more opportunities for success.”