Southern Methodist University president salary and executive pay
SMU paid its president, Robert G Turner, $2,319,722 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $277,136 (13.6%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,181,490,564, up 2.9% from $1,148,707,746 for the fiscal year ending May 2024. SMU ranks 23rd of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. SMU has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as SMU.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 75-0800689, Dallas, TX.
President, fiscal year ending May 2025
$2,319,722
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending May 2025
$7,606,787Andrew EnfieldHead Basketball Coach -Current
- Total revenue
- $1,181,490,564
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 66%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending May 2025, IRS object ID 202601009349301025.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 45th 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, 14 people were paid more than $500,000, 10 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Andrew EnfieldHead Basketball Coach -Current | $7,606,787 |
| Thomas R LashleeHead Football Coach | $4,929,298 |
| Robert LanierHead Basketball Coach | $4,775,095 |
| Robert G Turner President President/Trustee | $2,319,722 |
| Rick HartAthletic Director | $1,450,170 |
Also paid on the latest return: Christine Regis (Sr.V.P. for Business and Finance CFO), $1,240,666; Elizabeth Loboa (Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs), $1,216,155; Paul Ward (V.P. for Legal Affairs and Secretary), $1,204,436; Scott Symons (Defensive Coordinator), $1,049,318; Brad Cheves (Sr. V.P. for Development, Alumni Relations and Public Affairs), $1,036,788; Rakesh Dahiya (Chief Investment Officer), $950,799; Matthew Myers (Dean Key Employee), $828,586; Kenechukwu Mmeje (Sr. V.P. for Student Affairs), $712,130; Harold Stanley (VP Executive Affairs), $523,236; Thomas DiPiero (Dean Key Employee), $473,787; Nathan Balke (Interim Dean Key Employee), $349,599; Donna M Morrow (Associate University Secretary), $249,611; David Sedman (Trustee - Faculty), $152,065.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Alley B Alley (Trustee), Antoine LV Dijkstra (Trustee), Antonio O Garza Jr (Trustee), Bobby B Lyle (Trustee), Caren H Prothro (Trustee), Carl Sewell (Trustee), Clark K Hunt (Trustee), Connie O'Neill (Trustee), Cynthia Fierro Harvey (Trustee), David B Miller (Trustee), David S Huntley (Trustee), Douglas Smellage (Trustee), Frances A Moody-Dahlberg (Trustee), Frederick B Hegi Jr (Trustee), Gary T Crum (Trustee), Gerald J Ford (Trustee), Jeanne L Phillips (Trustee), Jeanne Tower Cox (Trustee), Juan Antonio Moreno (Trustee), Katherine Crow (Trustee), Kelly H Compton (Trustee), Laura Welch Bush (Trustee), Michael Boone (Trustee), Michael McKee (Trustee), Paul B Loyd Jr (Trustee), and 15 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 | Robert G Turner President President/Trustee | $2,319,722 | $1,181,490,564 | Filing |
| May 2024 | Robert G Turner President President/Trustee | $2,042,586 | $1,148,707,746 | Filing |
| May 2023 | Robert G Turner President President/Trustee | $2,124,733 | $1,041,264,917 | Filing |
| May 2022 | R Gerald Turner President President/Trustee | $1,527,822 | $1,151,429,320 | 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 202601009349301025.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Andrew EnfieldHead Basketball Coach -Current | $7,542,537 | $64,250 | $370,139 | $3,454,480 | $3,717,918 | $34,500 | $29,750 | $7,606,787 |
| Thomas R LashleeHead Football Coach | $4,860,356 | $68,942 | $443,694 | $4,400,000 | $16,662 | $29,250 | $39,692 | $4,929,298 |
| Robert LanierHead Basketball Coach | $4,692,732 | $82,363 | $123,322 | $300,000 | $4,269,410 | $12,500 | $69,863 | $4,775,095 |
| Robert G TurnerPresident/Trustee | $2,040,260 | $279,462 | $1,153,484 | $575,680 | $311,096 | $253,952 | $25,510 | $2,319,722 |
| Rick HartAthletic Director | $1,315,854 | $134,316 | $846,849 | $199,566 | $269,439 | $34,500 | $99,816 | $1,450,170 |
These figures come from SMU'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 SMU compares
Ranked 23rd of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 22nd, Washington University in St. Louis, $2,382,064
- Next in this ranking: 24th, California Baptist University, $2,296,028
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Saint Louis University$1,841,355 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Fordham University$1,846,798 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Texas Christian University$3,499,401 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending May 2025
Nova Southeastern University$1,800,665 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Loyola University Chicago$1,202,923 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Robert G Turner (President/Trustee) was paid $2,319,722 for the fiscal year ending May 2025: $2,040,260 from SMU and $279,462 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Andrew Enfield (Head Basketball Coach -Current), at $7,606,787. That is $5,287,065 more than the president, Robert G Turner.
SMU paid its president, Robert G Turner, $2,319,722 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $277,136 (13.6%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending May 2022, when the president was R Gerald Turner, paid $1,527,822. By fiscal year end: May 2022, $1,527,822 (R Gerald Turner); May 2023, $2,124,733 (Robert G Turner); May 2024, $2,042,586; May 2025, $2,319,722.
SMU's return for the fiscal year ending May 2025 reports total expenses of $1,097,826,408 and total revenue of $1,181,490,564 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $83,664,156. Expenses were $989,836,695 for the fiscal year ending May 2024, so they rose 10.9%. The president's pay of $2,319,722 equals 0.21% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Southern Methodist University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on April 10, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending May 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.