Texas Christian University chancellor salary and executive pay
TCU paid its chancellor, Victor J Boschini Jr, $3,499,401 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $299,972 (9.4%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,250,018,653, up 4.3% from $1,198,262,684 for the fiscal year ending May 2024. TCU ranks 9th of 137 universities on this site by chancellor's pay. TCU has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as TCU.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 75-0827465, Fort Worth, TX.
Chancellor, fiscal year ending May 2025
$3,499,401
Also listed with a president, chancellor or chief executive title on this filing: Daniel W Pullin (President), $1,106,855.
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending May 2025
$6,386,809Sonny DykesHead Football Coach
- Total revenue
- $1,250,018,653
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 79%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending May 2025, IRS object ID 202611039349301646.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 28th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.28% 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, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Sonny DykesHead Football Coach | $6,386,809 |
| James P DixonMens Basketball Coach | $4,741,613 |
| Victor J Boschini Jr Chancellor Chancellor | $3,499,401 |
| Jason R SafranChief Investment Officer | $1,660,349 |
| Kendal R BrilesOffensive Coordinator | $1,653,319 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jeremiah Donati (Athletic Director), $1,464,563; Kirk C Saarloos (Head Baseball Coach), $1,296,480; Daniel W Pullin (President), $1,106,855; Stuart Dale Flynn (Medical School - Dean), $1,067,833; Malcom X Kelly (ASSISTANT HEAD COACH), $963,095; Donald J Whelan Jr (VC University Advancement), $934,287; Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg (FORMER PROVOST VC ACADEMIC AFFAIRS), $831,702; Willian J Nunez (VC Finance & Administration), $826,206; Bryan C Lucas (Chief Technology Officer), $661,063; Floyd L Wormley Jr (Interim Provost and VC for Academic Affairs), $560,727; Kathryn M Cavins Tull (VC Student Affairs), $540,528; Yohna J Chambers-Hastings (VC Human Resources), $484,734; Tracy D Syler-Jones (FORMER VC MARKETING & COMMUNICATION), $458,597; Kimberly K Adams (Former Assoc. VC & Controller), $421,644; Jean M Pickett (Board Secretary), $390,092; and 5 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Adelaide D Royer (Trustee), Alan D Friedman (Trustee), Allie Beth McMurtry Allman (Trustee), Amy Roach Bailey (Trustee), Anita L Cox (Trustee), Barry E Davis (Trustee), Bradford L Cunningham (Trustee), Brenda Almes Cline (Trustee), Charles L Geren (Trustee), Charlotte Scharbauer French (Trustee), David P Purcell (Trustee), Dee J Kelly Jr (Trustee), Dr Frank H Moore III (Trustee), Duer Wagner III (Trustee), Edward A Clark (Vice Chair), Elliott J Hill (Trustee), F Howard Walsh III (Trustee), G Hunter Enis (Trustee), Glenton E Richards (Trustee), Greg A Arnold (Trustee), J Bryan King (Trustee), James Rusty R Reid (Trustee), Jan Tucker Scully (Trustee), Joe D Briggs (Trustee), John H Pinkerton (Trustee), and 24 more.
Chancellor's pay by year
Each row is the chancellor on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Victor J Boschini Jr Chancellor Chancellor | $3,499,401 | $1,250,018,653 | Filing |
| May 2024 | Victor J Boschini Jr Chancellor Chancellor | $3,199,429 | $1,198,262,684 | Filing |
| May 2023 | Victor J Boschini Jr Chancellor Chancellor | $3,085,606 | $1,103,356,620 | Filing |
| May 2022 | Victor J Boschini Jr Chancellor Chancellor | $2,323,475 | $1,168,273,968 | 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 202611039349301646.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Sonny DykesHead Football Coach | $6,301,877 | $84,932 | $6,240,519 | $25,000 | $36,358 | $50,600 | $34,332 | $6,386,809 |
| James P DixonMens Basketball Coach | $4,570,812 | $170,801 | $4,171,343 | $25,000 | $374,469 | $50,600 | $120,201 | $4,741,613 |
| Victor J Boschini JrChancellor | $2,879,877 | $619,524 | $1,431,916 | $750,000 | $697,961 | $389,350 | $230,174 | $3,499,401 |
| Jason R SafranChief Investment Officer | $1,336,750 | $323,599 | $625,600 | $457,034 | $254,116 | $285,561 | $38,038 | $1,660,349 |
| Kendal R BrilesOffensive Coordinator | $1,571,015 | $82,304 | $1,544,928 | $0 | $26,087 | $50,600 | $31,704 | $1,653,319 |
These figures come from TCU'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 TCU compares
Ranked 9th of 137 universities by chancellor's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 8th, University of Southern California, $4,301,294
- Next in this ranking: 10th, Vanderbilt University, $3,416,810
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Fordham University$1,846,798 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Saint Louis University$1,841,355 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Southern Methodist University$2,319,722 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Rochester Institute of Technology$1,421,925 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Howard University$1,080,698 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Victor J Boschini Jr (Chancellor) was paid $3,499,401 for the fiscal year ending May 2025: $2,879,877 from TCU and $619,524 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Sonny Dykes (Head Football Coach), at $6,386,809. That is $2,887,408 more than the chancellor, Victor J Boschini Jr.
TCU paid its chancellor, Victor J Boschini Jr, $3,499,401 for the fiscal year ending May 2025. That is up $299,972 (9.4%) from the fiscal year ending May 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending May 2022, when the chancellor was Victor J Boschini Jr, paid $2,323,475. By fiscal year end: May 2022, $2,323,475 (Victor J Boschini Jr); May 2023, $3,085,606; May 2024, $3,199,429; May 2025, $3,499,401.
TCU's return for the fiscal year ending May 2025 reports total expenses of $1,091,646,077 and total revenue of $1,250,018,653 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $158,372,576. Expenses were $1,032,981,544 for the fiscal year ending May 2024, so they rose 5.7%. The chancellor's pay of $3,499,401 equals 0.32% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Texas Christian University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on April 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending May 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.