The transfer of the University of Missouri’s athletic director leadership from Jim Sterk to Desiree Reed-Francois is complete, after the UM System Board of Curators voted in unanimous fashion to approve the contract offered to Reed-Francois, who left UNLV for the same position in Columbia last weekend.
The contract terms for the 49-year old Reed-Francois is for six years, paying $800,000 per year. The base salary of $550,000 will be added upon with $250,000 earned from doing university related functions that include items like speaking appearances, marketing events, and radio and TV show interviews.
Reed-Francois, the first female athletic director in the history of the University of Missouri, met with the media in Columbia on Wednesday morning:Â