Anonymous donors establish Jamie & Ellen Pollard Endowed Director of Athletics

[Cyclonepride]

Not sure I've read about something like that, but it's obvious with how much Jamie has done for ISU that he deserves to be honored in this way.

Endowed director position honors Jamie and Ellen Pollard's service and leadership - Inside Iowa State

www.inside.iastate.edu

 

[Messi]

so future ADs will be titled like
"John Doe - Jamie & Ellen Pollard Endowed Director of Athletics"
?

iirc Stanford does this for their HCs

 

[DesertClone1]

so future ADs will be titled like
"John Doe - Jamie & Ellen Pollard Endowed Director of Athletics"
?

iirc Stanford does this for their HCs

Iowa does this with Ferentz as well.

 

[gocy444]

That's cool, can we use the $5 mil for NIL lol?

 

[wxman1]

Iowa does this with Ferentz as well.

Yup, I think maybe the AD spot as well.

 

[Cycsk]

That's cool, can we use the $5 mil for NIL lol?

Not the full $5 mil, but this moves the AD salary out of the regular budget, so that amount should be able to be used for other purposes.

 

[MushroomPinball]

So does this go to the general AD fund and then free up money being spent towards football and men's basketball? Or free up having to dig into the rain day fund by a little bit less?

 

[Cycsk]

We need the Tyrese Halliburton endowed guard for assists, scoring, and clutch-game-winning plays position.

 

[Bader]

We need the Tyrese Halliburton endowed guard for assists, scoring, and clutch-game-winning plays position.

The Georges Niang Endowed Closer and Talker of Trash

 

[Paz23]

The Georges Niang Endowed Closer and Talker of Trash

The Brock Purdy Endowed...well, just Brock Purdy Endowed.

 

[JEFF420]

dont care where the beer

 

[Cyched]

Iowa does this with Ferentz as well.

Yep, Kirk is the Moon Pies head football coach.

Great way to honor the Pollards.

 

[Letterkenny]

So does this go to the general AD fund and then free up money being spent towards football and men's basketball? Or free up having to dig into the rain day fund by a little bit less?

It's an endowment, so I believe they wont be spending the $5mill directly.

 

[cycloneman003]

Not the full $5 mil, but this moves the AD salary out of the regular budget, so that amount should be able to be used for other purposes.

This is the real win. Not sure Pollard's current salary, but got to be ~$1mil.

That's a $1mil line item removed from the budget going forward so it can go elsewhere.

 

[MJ271]

This is the real win. Not sure Pollard's current salary, but got to be ~$1mil.

That's a $1mil line item removed from the budget going forward so it can go elsewhere.

Per the state employee salary book, his FY25 base salary was $900,000.

 

[MushroomPinball]

Yep, Kirk is the Moon Pies head football coach.

Great way to honor the Pollards.

 

[mred]

This is the real win. Not sure Pollard's current salary, but got to be ~$1mil.

That's a $1mil line item removed from the budget going forward so it can go elsewhere.

Per the state of iowa public salary database, looks like his salary as of the end of 2025 was $900k.

EDIT: @MJ271 beat me to it

 

[buf87]

They only will use the interest generated and not the principal

 

[dt82]

dont care where the beer

slobs!!

 

[SatelliteCy]

They only will use the interest generated and not the principal

That would cover about half of JP salary