Belmont University president salary and executive pay
Belmont University paid its president, L Greg Jones, $1,135,264 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $25,974 (2.3%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. Total revenue on that return was $579,470,406, up 10.8% from $523,196,221 for the fiscal year ending May 2024. Belmont University ranks 92nd of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Belmont University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 62-0465076, Nashville, TN.
President, fiscal year ending May 2025
$1,135,264
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending May 2025
$1,586,545Casey AlexanderHead Men's Basketball Coach
- Total revenue
- $579,470,406
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 64%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending May 2025, IRS object ID 202621049349300027.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 47th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.20% 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, 6 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Casey AlexanderHead Men's Basketball Coach | $1,586,545 |
| L Greg Jones President President | $1,135,264 |
| David RosselliEVP For University Advancement | $669,524 |
| Anderson SpickardDean | $540,137 |
| Alberto GonzalesDean | $533,585 |
Also paid on the latest return: Brittany Schaffer (Dean), $519,371; Sarah Gardial (Dean), $494,235; David Gregory (EVP for Academic Excellence & Provost), $485,704; Bart Brooks (Head Woman's Basketball Coach), $472,501; Paula Gill (VP Institutional Effectiveness), $455,418; Susan West (EVP for Administration/Chief of Staff), $438,542; Jason Rogers (EVP for External Engagement & University Counsel), $430,463; Pat Whitworth III (Assistant Professor), $427,088; Ryan Grippo (Associate Professor), $426,934; Erich Baker (Vice Provost & Professor), $411,867; Ed Magee (COO of Med School & VP of Strategic Ops), $394,180; Lori Baker (EVP for Aspirational Excellence), $393,152; Scott Corley (VP & Athletic Director), $385,474; Steven Lasley (FORMER OFFICER), $363,477; Joshua Yates (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), $344,733; and 8 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Anne Russell (Secretary), Cordia Harrington (Vice Chair), R Milton Johnson (Chair), Rusty Gaston (Vice Chair), Winston Justice (Vice Chair), Alfonzo Alexander (Trustee), Andrea Waitt Carlton (Trustee), Anna Thornton (Trustee), Barbara Massey Rogers (Trustee), Ben Vaughn (Trustee (Through January 2025)), Burke Nihill (Trustee), Carolyn McAfee Bruner (Trustee), Chris Bollinger (Trustee), Claire Tucker (Trustee), Clay Stauffer (Trustee), Dr Angela Webb (Trustee), Dr Jeremy Kees (Trustee), Dr John R Faison Sr (Trustee), Dr Michael Cuffe (Trustee), Emily Reynolds (Trustee), James Archer (Trustee), Jamie Jones (Trustee), Janet Ayers (Trustee), Jim Darter (Trustee), Kimberly Williams Paisley (Trustee), and 4 more.
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | L Greg Jones President President | $1,135,264 | $579,470,406 | Filing |
| May 2024 | L Greg Jones President President | $1,109,290 | $523,196,221 | Filing |
| May 2023 | L Greg Jones President President | $1,084,235 | $453,993,835 | Filing |
| May 2022 | L Greg Jones President President | $684,474 | $464,356,154 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending May 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending May 2025, IRS object ID 202621049349300027.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Casey AlexanderHead Men's Basketball Coach | $1,484,574 | $101,971 | $1,436,843 | $47,056 | $675 | $76,524 | $25,447 | $1,586,545 |
| L Greg JonesPresident | $988,996 | $146,268 | $967,138 | $256 | $21,602 | $126,453 | $19,815 | $1,135,264 |
| David RosselliEVP For University Advancement | $626,630 | $42,894 | $625,686 | $271 | $673 | $17,250 | $25,644 | $669,524 |
| Anderson SpickardDean | $491,483 | $48,654 | $490,539 | $271 | $673 | $17,250 | $31,404 | $540,137 |
| Alberto GonzalesDean | $486,482 | $47,103 | $485,445 | $271 | $766 | $17,250 | $29,853 | $533,585 |
These figures come from Belmont University'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 Belmont University compares
Ranked 92nd of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 91st, Lehigh University, $1,145,854
- Next in this ranking: 93rd, Liberty University, $1,127,660
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Stevens Institute of Technology$1,296,964 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Sacred Heart University$1,524,281 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of the Pacific$816,167 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Fairfield University$1,095,361 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)$821,274 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
L Greg Jones (President) was paid $1,135,264 for the fiscal year ending May 2025: $988,996 from Belmont University and $146,268 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Casey Alexander (Head Men's Basketball Coach), at $1,586,545. That is $451,281 more than the president, L Greg Jones.
Belmont University paid its president, L Greg Jones, $1,135,264 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $25,974 (2.3%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending May 2022, when the president was L Greg Jones, paid $684,474. By fiscal year end: May 2022, $684,474 (L Greg Jones); May 2023, $1,084,235; May 2024, $1,109,290; May 2025, $1,135,264.
Belmont University's return for the fiscal year ending May 2025 reports total expenses of $493,476,216 and total revenue of $579,470,406 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $85,994,190. Expenses were $462,110,031 for the fiscal year ending May 2024, so they rose 6.8%. The president's pay of $1,135,264 equals 0.23% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Belmont University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on April 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending May 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.