Two years ago, Joe Paterno's $500,000 base salary was made public as part of an open records request of state retirement data. Penn State released records Friday indicating the 82-year-old was the university's highest-paid employee, making more than $1.03 million last year, according to the AP. That number includes the half-million and bonuses but not compensation from outside the university. The records were released in compliance
with a Pennsylvania Right-to-Know law that took effect in January. Paterno's total compensation is not a public record.
My guess is bonuses come, in part, from on-field results, namely the team's second Big Ten championship and Bowl Championship Series berth in four years. The Hall of Fame coach signed a three-year contract extention in December.
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