What are TCU’s top salaries? Here are the 23 highest-paid university employees.
TCU coaches and administrators were among the private university’s highest-paid employees in 2023, according to its newly filed IRS Form 990.
Nonprofits are required to make their three most recent Form 990s available to the public. TCU’s 2024 filing, which covered the period from June 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024, was obtained by the Star-Telegram on Wednesday.
TCU’s three highest-paid employees were football coach Sonny Dykes, men’s basketball coach James Dixon and Chancellor Victor Boschini. The Form 990 lists the salaries for a total of 23 employees.
Dykes’ total compensation was over $6.9 million in 2023 — the year the Horned Frogs went to the national championship — and included a $675,000 performance bonus. In his fourth year with TCU, Dykes is one of the highest-paid coaches in college football, according to USA Today. The Horned Frogs finished 9-4 in 2024, an improvement from their 5-7 season record in 2023.
Dixon was paid over $4.2 million in 2023, including a $50,000 performance bonus. In his ninth season with TCU, his contract was extended through the 2029-30 season last year. Dixon is the fifth-highest paid coach in the Big 12 conference and the 20th highest-paid coach in men’s college basketball, according to USA Today.
The TCU men’s basketball team finished the 2024-25 season with a 16-16 record and did not participate in a postseason tournament for the first time since 2021.
Five coaches and former athletic director Jeremiah Donati were among TCU’s 10 highest-paid employees.
Donati, who left the university in December to become director of athletics at the University of South Carolina, was paid a $544,676 bonus last year.
Chancellor Boschini received $2.7 million in compensation in 2023, including a $500,000 performance bonus. He was paid $698,717 in deferred compensation in 2023.
Boschini will be stepping down as chancellor on June 1, and is set to receive $148,750 in deferred compensation on May 31.
President Daniel Pullin, who will take up the chancellorship on June 1, was TCU’s ninth highest-paid employee in 2023. He received $884,625 in compensation, including a $50,000 performance bonus. Pullin got a $22,000 housing allowance that year.
TCU’s revenue and expenses
TCU’s total revenue was $1.198 billion last year, a record high for the institution. Almost $707 million of that was generated from tuition and fees. The university bookstore, which primarily sells TCU-branded merchandise, created over $1.6 million in revenue.
The university’s expenses were more than $1 billion. TCU spent over $3.5 million on advertising and promotion. Compensation for TCU’s officers, directors and key employees was over $15.7 million. Other wages and salaries totaled roughly $271 million.
TCU’s endowment fund totaled over $2.6 billion at the end of the tax year. The university’s endowment has grown by 65% over the past five years. The median university endowment was $243 million in 2024, according to a study of 658 institutions conducted by the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
Other notable transactions included the receipt of 11 horses, which were valued at $1.285 million.
List of TCU’s highest-paid employees in 2023
- Sonny Dykes, head football coach: $6,952,792
- James Dixon, men’s basketball coach: $4,223,295
- Victor Boschini, chancellor: $2,727,984
- Jeremiah Donati, former athletic director: $1,774,869
- Kendal Briles, offensive coordinator: $1,469,825
- Kirk Saarloos, baseball coach: $1,222,619
Muadianvita Kazadi, assistant athletics director for football human performance: $954,328
Jason Safran, chief investment officer: $944,440
- Daniel Pullin, president: $884,625
Donald Whelan Jr., vice chancellor of university advancement: $879,799
- Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg, former provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs: $699,341
- William Nunez, vice chancellor for finance and administration: $627,351
Tracy Syler-Jones, former vice chancellor for marketing and Communication: $455,380
- Bryan Lucas, chief technology officer: $390,891
Kathryn Cavins Tull, vice chancellor of student affairs: $387,384
- Yohna Chambers-Hastings, vice chancellor for human resources: $367,936
- Floyd Wormley Jr., provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs: $283,321
Raymond Nowell Donovan, former provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs: $280,362
- Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, former chief inclusion officer (now senior advisor to the chancellor for university culture): $267,118
Jean Pickett, board secretary: $262,787
- Cheryl Kennon, assistant vice chancellor of finance: $261,446
- Todd Waldvogel, assistant vice chair for facilities and campus planning: $255,511
Kimberly Adams, assistant vice chancellor, internal audit: $207,172
