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Syracuse Orange: Generous giving back by John Wildhack is admirable

Syracuse Orange, John Wildhack (Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images)

John Wildhack, who recently got an extension as the Syracuse Orange athletics director, is leading by example at his alma mater.

John Wildhack, the long-time ESPN executive turned Syracuse Orange athletics director, earned $770,313 in 2018, the most recent year that such information is presently available, according to a report by Chris Carlson of Syracuse.com.

Wildhack, who graduated from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1980 and began his stint as the ‘Cuse athletics director in July of 2016, with one single gift is donating to his alma mater more than he earned in salary in 2018.