Atlantic Coast Conference CEO salary and executive pay
Atlantic Coast Conference paid its CEO, James Phillips, $4,682,729 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $600,995 (14.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $826,480,916, up 16.2% from $711,352,847 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Atlantic Coast Conference has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 56-0599082, Charlotte, NC.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$4,682,729
- Total revenue
- $826,480,916
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 97%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631349349301238.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 10th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.57% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| James Phillips CEO PRESIDENT | $4,682,729 |
| Pearlynn HouckCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER & GENERAL COUNSEL | $658,671 |
| Ben TarioTREASURER | $480,255 |
| Paul BrazeauSVP, MEN'S BASKETBALL | $420,797 |
| Brad HostetterSECRETARY | $409,990 |
Also paid on the latest return: Amy Yakola (CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER), $375,563; Michael Strickland (SVP, FOOTBALL), $360,660; Alberto Riveron (SUPERVISOR OF FOOTBALL OFFICIALS), $293,076.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Kent D Syverud (DIRECTOR), Randy Woodson (DIRECTOR), Kim Schatzel (DIRECTOR), Timothy D Sands (DIRECTOR), Angel Cabrera (DIRECTOR), Lee Roberts (DIRECTOR), Joe Echevarria (DIRECTOR), Rev Robert Dowd (DIRECTOR), Joan Ta Gabel (DIRECTOR), Richard McCullough (DIRECTOR), Fr William Leahy (DIRECTOR), Susan R Wente (BOARD - VICE CHAIR), James P Clements (DIRECTOR), Vincent Price (DIRECTOR), James Ryan (BOARD - CHAIR), Rich Lyons (DIRECTOR), R Gerald Turner (DIRECTOR), Jonathan Levin (DIRECTOR).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | James Phillips CEO PRESIDENT | $4,682,729 | $826,480,916 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | James Phillips CEO PRESIDENT | $4,081,734 | $711,352,847 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | James Phillips CEO PRESIDENT | $2,761,677 | $706,627,287 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | James Phillips CEO PRESIDENT | $2,534,330 | $616,986,841 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631349349301238.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| James PhillipsPRESIDENT | $4,419,695 | $263,034 | $4,348,850 | $0 | $70,845 | $0 | $263,034 | $4,682,729 |
| Pearlynn HouckCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER & GENERAL COUNSEL | $594,034 | $64,637 | $594,034 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $64,637 | $658,671 |
| Ben TarioTREASURER | $399,826 | $80,429 | $399,826 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $80,429 | $480,255 |
| Paul BrazeauSVP, MEN'S BASKETBALL | $339,603 | $81,194 | $339,603 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $81,194 | $420,797 |
| Brad HostetterSECRETARY | $329,710 | $80,280 | $329,710 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $80,280 | $409,990 |
These figures come from Atlantic Coast Conference's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Atlantic Coast Conference compares
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Common questions
James Phillips (PRESIDENT) was paid $4,682,729 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $4,419,695 from Atlantic Coast Conference and $263,034 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, James Phillips, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,682,729.
Atlantic Coast Conference paid its CEO, James Phillips, $4,682,729 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $600,995 (14.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was James Phillips, paid $2,534,330. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $2,534,330 (James Phillips); June 2023, $2,761,677; June 2024, $4,081,734; June 2025, $4,682,729.
Atlantic Coast Conference's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $789,217,685 and total revenue of $826,480,916 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $37,263,231. Expenses were $705,382,644 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 11.9%. The CEO's pay of $4,682,729 equals 0.59% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Atlantic Coast Conference filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.