UT Reaches “Amicable” Settlement With John Currie

KNOXVILLE, TN - MARCH 02, 2017 University of Tennessee welcomes John Currie as new Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Tennessee Athletics

UT Reaches “Amicable” Settlement With John Currie

KNOXVILLE, TN – MARCH 02, 2017 University of Tennessee welcomes John Currie as new Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Tennessee Athletics

Today, the University of Tennessee announced it has completed an amicable resolution parting ways with former Tennessee Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics John Currie.

The University has agreed to pay John Currie $2.5 million payable as follows: Currie will be paid $2,220,454.60 no later than April 1, Currie has already been paid his salary for December 2017 through February 2018, and Currie will be paid his salary through March 22, 2018.
The separation payment will be paid in its entirety by the Athletics Department. No taxpayer dollars, no student tuition or fees, and no donor funds will be used to fund the separation payment.
-University of Tennessee release

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