Samford University president salary and executive pay
Samford University paid its president, Beck A Taylor, $750,671 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $82,083 (12.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $370,563,617, up 23.7% from $299,656,579 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Samford University ranks 121st of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Samford University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 63-0312914, Birmingham, AL.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$750,671
- Total revenue
- $370,563,617
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 68%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621209349301807.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 42nd 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, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Beck A Taylor President President | $750,671 |
| Henry Bucky W McMillanHead Coach, Basketball (term 4/30/2025) | $675,067 |
| Ryan B HudsonDean, Cumberland School of Law | $366,436 |
| Colin M CoyneVice President for Finance, Business Affairs and Strategy | $351,167 |
| James Michael HardinFORMER OFFICER | $348,111 |
Also paid on the latest return: Charles Martin Newton Jr (Director of Athletics), $343,769; Elizabeth B Holloway (Vice President for Advancement and Marketing), $338,536; Christopher M Hatcher (Head Coach, Football), $323,347; Michael A Crouch (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $316,909; James Finch (Professor), $314,897; Jason E Black (Vice President for Enrollment Management), $313,877; R Philip Kimrey (Vice President for Student Affairs), $311,522; Joseph Jody H Hunt (General Counsel and Vice President for Government Affairs), $284,588; Lisa C Imbragulio (Chief Investment Officer), $270,090; David Cimbora (Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (effective 7/1/2024)), $209,077.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Andrew B Cundiff (Vice Chair/Trustee), Brent M Fielder (Assistant Secretary/Trustee), Hon Karon O Bowdre (Chairman/Trustee), Sherri Foyt (Secretary/Trustee), Alan Long MD (Trustee), Amy Allen (Trustee), Andy D Birchfield (Trustee), Beth Thorne Stukes (Trustee), Brian George (Trustee), Bryan L Kelly (Trustee), Cecelia A Walker (Trustee), Charles W Lancaster (Trustee), Dr Charles T Carter (Trustee), Julie K Jenkins (Trustee), Julie M Collier (Trustee), Keith Kirkland (Trustee), Linda H Bachus (Trustee (term ended September 2024)), Marlene M Reed (Trustee), Mechelle S Wilder (Trustee), Michael P Dunn (Trustee), Peter J Clemens IV (Trustee), Rachel C Wachter (Trustee), Rev Danny Wood (Trustee), Rev Jay L Wolf (Trustee), Rev John E King Jr (Trustee (term ended September 2024)), and 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Beck A Taylor President President | $750,671 | $370,563,617 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Beck A Taylor President President | $668,588 | $299,656,579 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Beck A Taylor President President | $592,615 | $281,552,616 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Beck A Taylor President President, effective 7/1/2021 | $302,890 | $366,702,247 | 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 202621209349301807.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Beck A TaylorPresident | $561,048 | $189,623 | $537,544 | $0 | $23,504 | $108,577 | $81,046 | $750,671 |
| Henry Bucky W McMillanHead Coach, Basketball (term 4/30/2025) | $638,505 | $36,562 | $572,912 | $58,333 | $7,260 | $26,434 | $10,128 | $675,067 |
| Ryan B HudsonDean, Cumberland School of Law | $326,418 | $40,018 | $325,428 | $0 | $990 | $16,544 | $23,474 | $366,436 |
| Colin M CoyneVice President for Finance, Business Affairs and Strategy | $301,721 | $49,446 | $296,815 | $0 | $4,906 | $24,434 | $25,012 | $351,167 |
| James Michael HardinFORMER OFFICER | $201,592 | $146,519 | $194,866 | $0 | $6,726 | $71,625 | $74,894 | $348,111 |
These figures come from Samford 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 Samford University compares
Ranked 121st of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 120th, Washington and Lee University, $760,715
- Next in this ranking: 122nd, Smith College, $745,032
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Vassar College$854,501 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Loyola University Maryland$600,783 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Adelphi University$1,381,449 (President), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
New York Institute of Technology$1,586,183 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Swarthmore College$1,414,844 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Beck A Taylor (President) was paid $750,671 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $561,048 from Samford University and $189,623 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, Beck A Taylor, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $750,671.
Samford University paid its president, Beck A Taylor, $750,671 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $82,083 (12.3%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was Beck A Taylor, paid $302,890. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $302,890 (Beck A Taylor); June 2023, $592,615; June 2024, $668,588; June 2025, $750,671.
Samford University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $328,214,939 and total revenue of $370,563,617 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $42,348,678. Expenses were $296,580,224 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 10.7%. The president's pay of $750,671 equals 0.23% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Samford University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on April 30, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.