Oregon Ducks AD Rob Mullens Gets A Contract Extension

Last Friday, the University of Oregon announced intentions to extend the contract of athletic director Rob Mullens, as well as provide a bump in pay.

The proposal would extend Mullens’ contract through 2033, and increase his pay to $1.15 million per year with an annual $50,000 increase. Incentive bonuses would be built in that could raise the value an additional $100,000.

The new contract would also stipulate that Mullens could leave the role and step into a special adviser position to the president for up to four years, with an annual $200,000 salary. The Oregonian reported that if Mullens was bought out, the university would owe him “80 percent of his cumulative retention bonuses, so long as the termination occurs before July 1, 2030”.

This morning, the Board of Trustees approved the new contract. Rob Mullens currently has a yearly salary of $980,000 that will increase as described above. The pay increase makes Mullens the eighth-highest paid athletic director in the Big Ten conference and among the top 20 nationally.

Mullens’ success as athletic director can’t be disputed, and Oregon fans can rest easy knowing that Rob Mullens will continue to serve in this key administrative position.