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BSU, Athletic Director Gene Bleymaier and head coach Mike Maynard named in gender discrimination lawsuit
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"Maynard has [.] treated me as his personal servant. He has required me [.] to act as his secretary and perform tasks that are stereotypically done by females.”
This complaint is one of many found in court documents filed by former Boise State University assistant track and field coach Amy Christoffersen.
On Sept. 25, 2008, Christofferson sued the university, head track and field coach Mike Maynard and Athletic Director Gene Bleymaier for gender discrimination.
According to the suit, Boise State athletics discriminated against Christofferson in the form of unequal salaries and pay.
In 1963, the Equal Pay Act set the requirement that men and women receive equal pay for equal work. The suit claims that in a majority of the nine years Christoffersen was an assistant coach she did not receive equal pay.
According to Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Reports for the years 2002-08, Christofferson received less compensation during some fiscal years than her male
co-workers.
From 2002-07, Christoffersen was the only female assistant track and field coach. The above-named report confirms that in her tenure as an assistant coach, Christofferson was paid differently than a male coach who came into the program with less experience. This document lists the experience level of all of the assistant coaches when they began their positions, as well as their starting wage.
Christofferson’s suit also asserts that during her time as an assistant, she preformed duties that were not included in the original job description of a BSU assistant track and field coach.
In a recent job description, posted at jobs.berecruited.com/jobs/assistant-coach-track-field, an assistant track and field coach at Boise State has the following responsibilities: “Recruiting as assigned, monitoring student-athletes academic progress, assisting with the daily operations of the Track & Field/ Cross Country teams, demonstrated ability to coach and recruit student athletes, additional duties as assigned by the head coach.”
According to court documents, Christofferson’s additional duties included the arrangement of the team’s transportation, making hotel accommodations, managing all meal money, taking care of all entry fee payments, managing all expenses and reconciling all costs at the end of trips.
In her suit, Christofferson alleges she was assigned these duties because she is a female, and that male assistant coaches had no additional administrative duties outside their job descriptions.
The Civil Rights Act, Title XII, passed in 1964, prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
Amy Christofferson and Athletic Director Gene Bleymaier were contacted regarding this matter. Christofferson was unable to comment on the advice of counsel; Bleymaier’s office also opted not to comment on the suit.
Amy Christofferson and Athletic Director Gene Bleymaier were contacted regarding this matter. Christofferson was unable to comment on the advice of counsel; Bleymaier’s office also opted not to comment on the suit.
*Be sure to read Part Two in next Monday’s edition of The Arbiter, which continues with the breakdown of inconsistencies in the rosters and scholarships.
Boise State University Athletic Compensation
*Figures taken from the Idaho State Board of Education Website
2002 Actual Compensation
Name: Amy Christoffersen
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $20,100
Experience: Fourth year at BSU – Coached high school track and field and cross-country at Homedale and Greenleaf Friends Academy, coached club for YMCA Team Idaho. Also was the Interim Head Coach at BSU after Mike Johnson was fired in March of 2000.
Name: Innocent Egbunike
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $35,533
Experience: Second year at BSU – Assistant coach at Mt SAC Jr. College from 1991-95
2003 Actual Compensation
Name: Amy Christoffersen
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $24,050 ($3,950 or 19.6 percent increase)
Experience: Fifth year at BSU – Coached high school track and field and cross-country at Homedale and Greenleaf Friends Academy, coached club for YMCA Team Idaho. Also was the Interim Head Coach after Mike Johnson was fired in March of 2000.
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Name: Jake Jacoby
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $24,050
Experience: First year at BSU – Previously coached at Eagle High School and was a member of the BSU track and field team from
2004 Actual Compensation
Name: Amy Christoffersen
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $28,080 ($4,030 or 16.7 percent increase)
Experience: Sixth year at BSU – Coached high school track and field and cross-country at Homedale and Greenleaf Friends Academy, coached club for YMCA Team Idaho. Coached high school track for 10 years and club for more than 12 years. Also was the Interim Head Coach at BSU after Mike Johnson was fired in March of 2000.
?Name: Jake Jacoby
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $37,000 ($12,950 or 53.8 percent increase)
Experience: Second year at BSU – Previously coached at Eagle High School and was a member of the BSU Track and Field team.
Name: David Welsh
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $27,500
Experience: First year at BSU- Coached for two years at UTEP prior to coming to BSU
2005 Actual
Name: Amy Christoffersen
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $33,634 ($5,554 or 19.7 percent increase)
Experience: Seventh year at BSU – Coached high school track and field and cross-country at Homedale and Greenleaf Friends Academy, coached club for YMCA Team Idaho. Also was the Interim Head Coach at BSU after Mike Johnson was fired in March of 2000.
Name: Jake Jacoby
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $37,810 ($810 or 2.1 percent increase)
Experience: Third year at BSU – Previously coached at Eagle High School and was a member of the BSU Track and Field team.
Name: David Welsh
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $28,621 ($1,121 or 4 percent increase)
Experience: Second year at BSU-Coached for two years at UTEP prior to coming to BSU
2006 Actual
Name: Amy Christoffersen
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $34,307 ($686 or 2 percent increase)
Experience: Eighth year at BSU – Coached high school track and field and cross-country at Homedale and Greenleaf Friends Academy, coached club for YMCA Team Idaho. Also was the Interim Head Coach at BSU after Mike Johnson was fired in March of 2000.
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Name: David Welsh
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $34,000 ($5,379 or 18.7 percent increase)
Experience: Third year at BSU-Coached for two years at UTEP prior to coming to BSU
Name: Petros Kyprianou
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $34,000
Experience: First year at BSU – Coached two seasons as an assistant track and field coach at the University of Nebraska, coached the 2005 season, one of the top division II track and field athletes in the country, Anastasia Kyvelido. Also was the national team coach for the decathlon and heptathlon in Greece in 2001 and 2005 and was a Greek national team coach assigned to the European Cup. ? ? ?
2007 Actual
Name: Amy Christoffersen
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $40,020 ($5,713 or 16.6 percent increase) – asked for an increase
Experience: Ninth year at BSU – Coached high school track and field and cross-country at Homedale and Greenleaf Friends Academy, coached club for YMCA Team Idaho. Also was the Interim Head Coach at BSU after Mike Johnson was fired in March of 2000.
Name: David Welsh
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $35,028 ($1,028 or 3 percent increase)
Experience: Fourth year at BSU-Coached for two years at UTEP prior to coming to BSU
Name: Petros Kyprianou
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $35,028 ($1,028 or 3 percent increase)
Experience: Second year at BSU – Coached two seasons as an assistant track and field coach at the University of Nebraska, coached the 2005 season, one of the top division II track and field athletes in the country, Anastasia Kyvelido. Also was the national team coach for the decathlon and heptathlon in Greece in 2001 and 2005 and was a Greek national team coach assigned to the European Cup.
2008 Actual
Name: David Welsh
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $36,800 ($1,772 or 5 percent increase)
Experience: Fifth year at BSU-Coached for two years at UTEP prior to coming to BSU
Name: Petros Kyprianou
Title: Assistant track and field coach
Salary: $35,800 ($772 or 2 percent increase)
Experience: Second year at BSU – Coached two seasons as an assistant track and field coach at the University of Nebraska, coached the 2005 season, one of the top division II track and field athletes in the country, Anastasia Kyvelido. Also was the national team coach for the decathlon and heptathlon in Greece in 2001 and 2005 and was a Greek national team coach assigned to the European Cup.
*Amy Christoffersen was reassigned to the position of Insurance Coordinator, which she held from Aug. 27, 2007 until June 30, 2008. She was listed making $42,036.
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2002 Actual Compensation
Name: Lori Hayes
Title: Sports Information Director
Salary: $38,6858
Experience: SID since July 1986. While working with all the different athletic teams at Boise State, her main sport responsibilities while working in sports information included volleyball, women’s gymnastics and men’s and women’s tennis and golf.
As a member of the sports information staff, Hays served as the assistant media coordinator at NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball First and Second Round tournament games in 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2005, the 1994 and 1999 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s National Track and Field Championships and the 2002 NCAA Women’s Basketball West Regional.
Name: Todd Miles
Title: Sports Information Director
Salary: $35,000
Experience: Came to BSU in 2001, worked at The College of Idaho in Caldwell, where he served as both the SID and associate athletic director. Also at CofI Miles did play-by-play for both men’s basketball and baseball. Worked in radio and television prior.
2003 Actual Compensation
Name: Lori Hayes
Title: Sports Information Director
Salary: $38,6858
Experience: SID since July 1986. While working with all the different athletic teams at Boise State, her main sport responsibilities while working in sports information included volleyball, women’s gymnastics and men’s and women’s tennis and golf. As a member of the sports information staff, Hays served as the assistant media coordinator at NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball First and Second Round tournament games in 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2005, the 1994 and 1999 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s National Track and Field Championships and the 2002 NCAA Women’s Basketball West Regional.
Name: Todd Miles
Title: Assistant Sports Information Director
Salary: $35,000
Experience: Came to BSU in 2001, worked at The College of Idaho in Caldwell, where he served as both the SID and associate athletic director. Also at CofI Miles did play-by-play for both men’s basketball and baseball. Worked in radio and television prior.
2004 Actual Compensation
Name: Lori Hayes
Title: Sports Information Director
Salary: $38,658
Experience: SID since July 1986. While working with all the different athletic teams at Boise State, her main sport responsibilities while working in sports information included volleyball, women’s gymnastics and men’s and women’s tennis and golf. As a member of the sports information staff, Hays served as the assistant media coordinator at NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball First and Second Round tournament games in 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2005, the 1994 and 1999 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s National Track and Field Championships and the 2002 NCAA Women’s Basketball West Regional.
Name: Todd Miles
Title: Assistant Sports Information Director
Salary: $35,000
Experience: Came to BSU in 2001, worked at The College of Idaho in Caldwell, where he served as both the SID and associate athletic director. Also at CofI Miles did play-by-play for both men’s basketball and baseball. Worked in radio and television prior.
2005 Actual
Name: Lori Hayes
Title: Sports Information Director
Salary: $41,008($2,350 or 6% increase)
Experience: SID since July 1986. While working with all the different athletic teams at Boise State, her main sport responsibilities while working in sports information included volleyball, women’s gymnastics and men’s and women’s tennis and golf. As a member of the sports information staff, Hays served as the assistant media coordinator at NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball First and Second Round tournament games in 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2005, the 1994 and 1999 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s National Track and Field Championships and the 2002 NCAA Women’s Basketball West Regional.
Name: Todd Miles
Title: Assistant Sports Information Director
Salary: $37,020 ($2020 or 5.7% increase)
Experience: Came to BSU in 2001, worked at The College of Idaho in Caldwell, where he served as both the SID and associate athletic director. Also at CofI Miles did play-by-play for both men’s basketball and baseball. Worked in radio and television prior.
2006 Actual
Name: Lori Hayes
Title: Sports Information Director
Salary: $41,828 ($820 or 1.9% increase)
Experience: SID since July 1986. While working with all the different athletic teams at Boise State, her main sport responsibilities while working in sports information included volleyball, women’s gymnastics and men’s and women’s tennis and golf. As a member of the sports information staff, Hays served as the assistant media coordinator at NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball First and Second Round tournament games in 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2005, the 1994 and 1999 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s National Track and Field Championships and the 2002 NCAA Women’s Basketball West Regional.
Name: Todd Miles
Title: Assistant Sports Information Director
Salary: $37,020 ($760 or 2% increase)
Experience: Came to BSU in 2001, worked at The College of Idaho in Caldwell, where he served as both the SID and associate athletic director. Also at CofI Miles did play-by-play for both men’s basketball and baseball. Worked in radio and television prior.
2007 Actual
Name: Lori Hayes
Title: Assistant AD-Facilities
Salary: $46,946 ($5,118 or 12% increase)
Experience: SID since July 1986. While working with all the different athletic teams at Boise State, her main sport responsibilities while working in sports information included volleyball, women’s gymnastics and men’s and women’s tennis and golf. As a member of the sports information staff, Hays served as the assistant media coordinator at NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball First and Second Round tournament games in 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2005, the 1994 and 1999 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s National Track and Field Championships and the 2002 NCAA Women’s Basketball West Regional.
Name: Brad Larrondo
Title: Assistant AD-Market and Promotions
Salary: $52,541
Experience: Been working with BSU athletics since 1993. As Director of Marketing, Larrondo and the Bronco sports marketing staff coordinate the department’s corporate sponsorship program, all advertising and ticket sales campaigns, game day promotions and video board productions. He also served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Promotions and Broadcast Services for three and a half years and was a Sports Information Director from 1993-2001, working with the Broncos’ men’s basketball team, the football team, the men’s and women’s golf teams and the men’s and women’s cross country teams.
2008 Actual
Name: Lori Hayes
Title: Assistant AD-Facilities
Salary: $49,297 ($2,351 or 5% increase)
Experience: SID since July 1986. While working with all the different athletic teams at Boise State, her main sport responsibilities while working in sports information included volleyball, women’s gymnastics and men’s and women’s tennis and golf. As a member of the sports information staff, Hays served as the assistant media coordinator at NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball First and Second Round tournament games in 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2005, the 1994 and 1999 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s National Track and Field Championships and the 2002 NCAA Women’s Basketball West Regional.
Name: Brad Larrondo
Title: Assistant AD-Market and Promotions
Salary: $56,223 (3,682 or 7% increase)
Experience: Been working with BSU athletics since 1993. As Director of Marketing, Larrondo and the Bronco sports marketing staff coordinate the department’s corporate sponsorship program, all advertising and ticket sales campaigns, game day promotions and video board productions. He also served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Promotions and Broadcast Services for three and a half years and was a Sports Information Director from 1993-2001, working with the Broncos’ men’s basketball team, the football team, the men’s and women’s golf teams and the men’s and women’s cross country teams.
*Information contained in the experience section was attained from Broncosports.com
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2004 Estimated
Name: Cynthia Satterfield
Title: Associate Athletic Trainer
Salary: $36,005
Name: Jeff Lein
Title: Associate Athletic Trainer
Salary: $36,005
2005 Actual
Name: Cynthia Satterfield
Title: Associate Athletic Trainer
Salary: $37,461($1,456 or 4% increase)
Name: George Goodridge
Title: Associate Athletic Trainer
Salary: $37,450
2006 Actual
Name: Cynthia Satterfield
Title: Associate Athletic Trainer
Salary: $38,210 ($749 or 2% increase)
Name: George Goodridge
Title: Associate Athletic Trainer
Salary: $38,199
2007 Actual
Name: Cynthia Satterfield
Title: Associate Athletic Trainer
Salary: $39,000 ($790 or 2% increase)
Name: Tyler Smith
Title: Assistant Athletic Trainer
Salary: $35,007
2008 Actual
Name: Cynthia Satterfield
Title: Associate Athletic Trainer
Salary: $40,602 ($1602 or 4.1% increase)
Name: Tyler Smith
Title: Assistant Athletic Trainer
Salary: $36,442 (1435 or 4% increase)
*Accurate experience could not be found for all of the mentioned names in the category of athletic trainers.
MARY ALBL
Sports Editor