Top-notch professors, coaches don't come cheap
Source: suntimes.com Posted By: Bill 5431 days ago
Officials say competition drives up salaries at state's public universities.
There are 69,000 people who work for public universities in Illinois, and none of them is paid as much as Ron Zook, the University of Illinois' football coach, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis shows.
Zook was paid nearly $1 million to coach the Illini last year.
Even Zook's top assistant, Michael Locksley, made more than most top officials of Illinois' state universities.
Athletics is one of the highest-paying fields....