SEATTLE (AP) — New University of Washington President Michael Young says he’d be willing to take less money than his predecessor, Mark Emmert.
Young told a news conference Wednesday on campus that his compensation is still being negotiated.
If Emmert had stayed at UW, he would have made more than $900,000 this year. Young’s total compensation as Univesity of Utah president was nearly $724,000.
Regents named Young Monday to succeed Emmert who left Seattle in September to take a job as president of the NCAA.
Young calls the UW job complex — like being mayor of a small city, CEO of a large medical system and in charge of more coaches and athletes than the Mariners.
