NDSU head football coach to become highest-paid public employee in the state

At $1.16M a year, NDSU football coach to become ND's highest-paid public employee

FARGO — A list of top public earners in North Dakota is soon headed for a shakeup following an attention-getting contract agreement. Tim Polasek, head football coach at North Dakota State University, is poised to become the highest-paid public employee in the state under a new seven-year contract. Right now, he earns $565,000 annually, a somewhat distant second to Marjorie Jenkins, a vice president and dean of the University of North Dakota Scho…

NDSU head football coach to become highest-paid public employee in the state

FARGO — A list of top public earners in North Dakota is soon headed for a shakeup following an attention-getting contract agreement. Tim Polasek, head football coach at North Dakota State University, is poised to become the highest-paid public employee in the state under a new seven-year contract. Right now, he earns $565,000 annually, a somewhat distant second to a medical school dean. But Polasek leapfrogs to No. 1 in July 2027, when his base …