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Former University of Florida president Ben Sasse will keep his annual $1.04 million salary through 2028, The Tampa Bay Times reported.
Sasse, who announced July 18 he was stepping down as president amid concerns about his wife’s health but will remain on the faculty, will continue to draw a paycheck from UF for four more years, or until he “accepts a full-time position elsewhere or otherwise resigns.”
Earlier this month, the UF student newspaper, The Independent Florida Alligator, reported that Sasse spent more than triple his predecessor—$17.3 million during his first year in office, compared to the $5.6 million Ken Fuchs spent during his final year. The report prompted questions from state officials, which Sasse addressed in a lengthy statement posted to X, which did not dispute the Alligator’s reporting.
“With each new initiative comes new staff—and new investment expenditures,” he wrote. “So did we hire some new staff? Yep. And did all of them move immediately to Gainesville full-time? Nope. And did some top-tier consulting firms compete to advise on important initiatives like those itemized above? Of course.”
Sasse, a former Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska, was slated to serve as UF's president through February 2028. Following his resignation, he was named president emeritus and professor at UF’s Hamilton Center. Fuchs has returned to serve as interim president. The Times reported Fuchs will receive a base salary of $1 million for his one-year appointment, with a possible 15 percent performance bonus.
