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Post by Raider Rowdies on May 28, 2008 19:22:10 GMT -5
Bowden, Purnell contracts to keep them at Clemson until 2014May 28, 2008 CBSSports.com wire reports A national championship season could make Clemson football coach Tommy Bowden a $2.5 million man. The school on Wednesday released details of new agreements signed by Bowden and men's basketball coach Oliver Purnell. The releases followed Freedom of Information Act requests from the Associated Press and other media organizations. Bowden's contract keeps him at Clemson through 2014, and includes hefty penalties should either side try and end the deal early. Bowden will earn yearly guaranteed compensation of $1.83 million -- a base salary of $295,000, $250,000 to a retirement plan, $30,000 to invest in annuities, and $1,255,000 in outside income. Bowden's previous package came to about $1.2 million. Under the new deal, the coach could earn an additional $700,000 should he fulfill all contractual incentives, one of which is a bonus of up to $200,000 for winning the school's first national championship since 1981. Bowden agreed to the new deal last December amid reports he talked with Arkansas about its head-coaching vacancy. But Bowden and school administrators worked out a longterm extension that, if he stays until the end, would make him the Tigers second longest-serving coach behind the late Frank Howard. Bowden and the school share similar buyout penalties. Either side would have to pay $4 million to the other if the contract were terminated before Dec. 1. That would shrink by $500,000 after each of the next four seasons and remain at $2 million for the deal's final three years. "Anytime you sign a new contract, you feel a little better," Bowden said last December in discussing the deal. "It's kind of like Christmas. You keep the gift all year, but when you open it up, it's always a little nicer." Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips has said the contract made Bowden one of the highest paid coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Bowden starts his 10th season as coach this fall. The Tigers (9-4) came a game away from reaching the ACC's title game, losing 20-17 to Boston College at Death Valley last November. The Tigers open next season against Alabama in the Georgia Dome on Aug. 30. Purnell was rewarded with a two-year contract extension after the Tigers made the NCAA tournament for the first time in a decade. He will receive a yearly guaranteed package of $1 million -- a base of $225,000 and $775,000 in outside income. Purnell agreed to the two-year extension in March, meaning he's also tied to the university through 2014. Purnell has gone 94-67 in his five years with Clemson and has a school record 49 wins during the last two seasons. Clemson advanced to the ACC tournament final before falling to North Carolina. In their first NCAA appearance since 1998, the Tigers fell to 12th seed Villanova 75-69 in the opening round. www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10845082
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Post by Raider Country on May 29, 2008 19:53:32 GMT -5
Rutgers extends Hill through 2012-13Associated Press May 29, 2008 PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers has given basketball coach Fred Hill a two-year contract extension, but he will not receive a salary increase under the deal. Hill's contract, which was announced Thursday, will run through 2012-13. Hill, 48, became the 16th head coach in school history when he succeeded Gary Waters in March 2006. He received a five-year contract worth $500,000 per year counting base salary and other considerations. Before that, Hill had been an assistant coach for 24 years, including stops at fellow Big East members Villanova and Seton Hall. He had joined the Scarlet Knights' program in April 2005 when Waters named him associate head coach. While Hill's teams have struggled on the court, he recently signed one of the most heralded recruiting classes in school history. It includes two New Jersey prep stars who were among the most recruited players in the country: Mike Rosario, who recently led St. Anthony to an undefeated season and its 10th Tournament of Champions title, and Gregory Echenique, a Venezuelan native who starred at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark. His father, Fred Hill Sr., has been the baseball coach at Rutgers for 25 years. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3417938
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Post by Class of '83 on Jun 9, 2008 7:03:57 GMT -5
Saturday June 7, 2008 W. Mich.'s Hawkins gets new deal KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) -- Western Michigan has awarded basketball coach Steve Hawkins a new five-year contract. The deal announced Saturday begins with the 2008-09 season and will keep him in charge of the Broncos through the 2012-13 season. It guarantees Hawkins $246,000 per year, including a $191,000 base salary. The contract also includes incentive-based compensation tied to academic and on-court performance. Hawkins is entering his sixth season with the team. Last season he guided the Broncos to a 20-12 record. sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/06/07/bc.bkc.wmichigan.hawkin.ap/index.html
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Post by Raider Country on Jun 9, 2008 13:38:58 GMT -5
Brown promotes assistant Agel to coachJune 9, 2008 CBSSports.com wire reports PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University didn't look far for its new men's basketball coach. The Ivy League school said Monday it has selected assistant coach Jesse Agel to replace Craig Robinson, who left after two seasons to take the coaching job at Oregon State. Robinson is Barack Obama's brother-in-law. Agel was Robinson's assistant for two years. Before coming to Brown, the 46-year-old Agel was an assistant at Vermont for 17 years. Brown won a school-record 19 games last season, finishing second in the Ivy League and earning a bid to the inaugural College Basketball Invitational. www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10859593
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Post by Class of '83 on Jun 9, 2008 19:33:37 GMT -5
Burton signs five-year extension with Cal State FullertonAssociated Press June 9, 2008, 7:25 PM ET FULLERTON, Calif. -- Cal State Fullerton coach Bob Burton, who led the Titans to a Big West Conference title and their first trip to the NCAA tournament in 30 years, signed a five-year contract extension Monday. Burton, the winningest coach in school history, is 92-60 in five seasons with the Titans. "I think Bob's record speaks for itself and we are delighted we are able to keep him at Fullerton," athletic director Brian Quinn said. "Not only have we enjoyed four consecutive winning seasons, but seven of his players are graduating in 2008." The Titans went a school Division I-record 24-9 last season and earned a share of the Big West regular season title. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3434428
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Post by Nutt House on Jun 12, 2008 23:23:19 GMT -5
June 12, 2008 Arkansas' Brady inks five-year deal The deal includes provisions for improvements to the locker room, other areas JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas State has signed new coach John Brady to a five-year contract, a deal that includes a provision that the university will make improvements to the locker room and other areas. Full terms of the agreement were not released, but Brady is to receive $100,000 per year, not including money from the Indian Club booster organization. Brady, 53, signed the pact Tuesday and Chancellor Robert Potts signed Wednesday, ending a negotiation that began with Brady's hiring announcement on March 19. The university hired Brady six weeks after he was fired by LSU, a team he led to the Final Four in 2006. The Tigers fell to 17-15 the following season, and Brady was fired after LSU started 8-13 last season. Brady has a $300,000-a-year termination settlement with LSU for the three years he had remaining on his contract. In addition to money from the Indian Club, Brady is expected be paid for his coach's show and for filming commercials. "It's a great contract for ASU," Potts told The Jonesboro Sun. "We were fortunate because of the circumstances in which he had left at LSU. We were able to get a premier coach on an affordable budget for ASU. He will have some great opportunities to make additional income through his own private efforts." Athletic Director Dean Lee would not say how much Brady would receive from outside sources, but Brady's contract guarantees a buyout much greater than a $500,000 base salary. Brady will receive $975,000 if he is terminated without cause in the first year of the agreement. The buyout amount drops by $100,000 in each of the next two seasons -- to $875,000 in the second year of the contract and $775,000 before the end of the third year. In the fourth year, the number falls to $605,000 before dropping $410,000 to $195,000 in the final season. "It's a very fair arrangement for both sides," Brady said Wednesday, "and that's why I'm going to do everything I can to give the fans and former players and alumni and the people who care and love this school the type of basketball team and program that they seem to want. That's what I'm committed to doing and I'm excited about the chance." The contract requires ASU to purchase top quality video equipment before the coming season, and the school must renovate Brady's office. The pact also says the university is responsible for renovations to the men's basketball locker rooms. The school says the work on Brady's office is almost finished. Both sides said negotiations remained on a friendly basis, even though it took nearly three months to complete the contract. "It went through a lot of iterations," Potts said. "There weren't very many points of contention. ... There were some concerns over what the buyout amounts were on each side, but there was a good compromise and a good spirit. "We have a good foundation to have a wonderful relationship. I know he's going to bring a lot of excitement to our basketball program." Brady said he wasn't worried about reaching an agreement. "It wasn't anything that was really a high anxiety situation for me," he said. "It's not going to change how hard I'm going to work. It's certainly good to have in place. The reason I didn't have any anxiety or worries about it was I knew it was going to get done. It just took a little bit of time. Everybody is working and doing things and that makes it a little harder for these things to get done." sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/06/12/brady.ap/index.html
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Post by Willie on Jun 12, 2008 23:35:10 GMT -5
June 12, 2008 Arkansas' Brady inks five-year deal The deal includes provisions for improvements to the locker room, other areas JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas State has signed new coach John Brady to a five-year contract, a deal that includes a provision that the university will make improvements to the locker room and other areas. Full terms of the agreement were not released, but Brady is to receive $100,000 per year, not including money from the Indian Club booster organization. Brady, 53, signed the pact Tuesday and Chancellor Robert Potts signed Wednesday, ending a negotiation that began with Brady's hiring announcement on March 19. The university hired Brady six weeks after he was fired by LSU, a team he led to the Final Four in 2006. The Tigers fell to 17-15 the following season, and Brady was fired after LSU started 8-13 last season. Brady has a $300,000-a-year termination settlement with LSU for the three years he had remaining on his contract. In addition to money from the Indian Club, Brady is expected be paid for his coach's show and for filming commercials. "It's a great contract for ASU," Potts told The Jonesboro Sun. "We were fortunate because of the circumstances in which he had left at LSU. We were able to get a premier coach on an affordable budget for ASU. He will have some great opportunities to make additional income through his own private efforts." Athletic Director Dean Lee would not say how much Brady would receive from outside sources, but Brady's contract guarantees a buyout much greater than a $500,000 base salary. Brady will receive $975,000 if he is terminated without cause in the first year of the agreement. The buyout amount drops by $100,000 in each of the next two seasons -- to $875,000 in the second year of the contract and $775,000 before the end of the third year. In the fourth year, the number falls to $605,000 before dropping $410,000 to $195,000 in the final season. "It's a very fair arrangement for both sides," Brady said Wednesday, "and that's why I'm going to do everything I can to give the fans and former players and alumni and the people who care and love this school the type of basketball team and program that they seem to want. That's what I'm committed to doing and I'm excited about the chance." The contract requires ASU to purchase top quality video equipment before the coming season, and the school must renovate Brady's office. The pact also says the university is responsible for renovations to the men's basketball locker rooms. The school says the work on Brady's office is almost finished. Both sides said negotiations remained on a friendly basis, even though it took nearly three months to complete the contract. "It went through a lot of iterations," Potts said. "There weren't very many points of contention. ... There were some concerns over what the buyout amounts were on each side, but there was a good compromise and a good spirit. "We have a good foundation to have a wonderful relationship. I know he's going to bring a lot of excitement to our basketball program." Brady said he wasn't worried about reaching an agreement. "It wasn't anything that was really a high anxiety situation for me," he said. "It's not going to change how hard I'm going to work. It's certainly good to have in place. The reason I didn't have any anxiety or worries about it was I knew it was going to get done. It just took a little bit of time. Everybody is working and doing things and that makes it a little harder for these things to get done." sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/06/12/brady.ap/index.html I like the provision for improvements to their facilities. It shows the coach is committed to the school and not just looking for a pay check.
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Post by Raider Country on Jun 18, 2008 19:17:19 GMT -5
Air Force, Reynolds agree on five-year contractAssociated Press June 18, 2008 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The Air Force Academy agreed to a five-year contract with coach Jeff Reynolds that would keep him at the school through the 2012-13 season. Air Force athletic director Hans Mueh said Wednesday that details of the contract are still being worked out. Reynolds was promoted from assistant coach to the top job in April 2007 after his predecessor, Jeff Bzdelik, accepted a job at Colorado. The Falcons were 16-14 in Reynolds' first season. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3450670
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Post by Raider Country on Jun 19, 2008 17:50:41 GMT -5
Source: O'Shea accepts 8-year deal to lead Bryant's foray into D-IBy Andy Katz ESPN.com June 19, 2008 Ohio University's Tim O'Shea has accepted an eight-year, guaranteed contract to be the head coach at newly minted Division I member Bryant University, a source close to the coach said Thursday. A news conference at the Smithfield, R.I., university could occur as early as Monday. O'Shea, a former Boston College and Rhode Island assistant, coached Ohio for seven seasons and led the Bobcats to the 2005 MAC tournament title. In that year's NCAA tournament, Ohio lost to Florida; last March, Ohio played in the CBI tournament and lost a second-round game at Bradley. O'Shea replaces Max Good, who left Bryant to join Loyola Marymount coach Bill Bayno's staff. Good was a former Bayno assistant at UNLV and was once the interim coach at UNLV after Bayno in 2000-01. Good coached Bryant for seven seasons, finishing with a 132-86 record and five straight Division II NCAA tournament appearances. Bryant will play 11 games next season as a provisional member of the Northeast Conference. Bryant will become the conference's 12th member and play a full 18-game NEC schedule in 2009-10. Under a rule for new Division I members, Bryant won't be eligible for postseason play for the first four seasons of its membership. Beginning with the 2012-13 season, the Bulldogs will be eligible for postseason play. O'Shea, who has a home in Rhode Island, was contacted by nearby Brown University and interviewed for openings at Bucknell, UMass and Providence. The Bobcats finished 20-13 last season, 9-7 in the MAC East. O'Shea won 19 or more games in four of his seven seasons as coach. Nine-year assistant John Rhodes is the top candidate to replace O'Shea. Rhodes played at Ohio under Danny Nee, graduating in 1988 and then played professionally in Iceland. He went on to coach in Europe before becoming an assistant in the United State at St. Bonaventure, North Florida and then at Ohio under Larry Hunter prior to O'Shea getting the job. Rhodes was instrumental in recruiting former Bobcat players Brandon Hunter and Leon Williams, and the potential MAC player of the year next season in Jerome Tillman. Promoting an assistant is not uncommon in the MAC; Kent State, Akron, Western Michigan and Miami of Ohio have all done so in recent years. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3452523
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Post by Class of '83 on Jun 20, 2008 21:13:39 GMT -5
Ray Lopes hired as Idaho assistant June 20, 2008 MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) -- Former Fresno State basketball coach Ray Lopes, who lost his job because of recruiting violations, has been hired as an assistant basketball coach at Idaho. Lopes spent the past two years as associate head coach of the minor league Idaho Stampede in Boise. He was 50-37 in three seasons at Fresno State, but resigned in 2005 because of NCAA rules violations in the recruiting process sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/06/20/ap.wa.bkc.lopes.idaho.ap/index.html
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Post by Class of '83 on Jun 24, 2008 20:33:47 GMT -5
Woods leaves TCU's staff to coach Mississippi Valley StateAssociated Press June 24, 2008 JACKSON, Miss. -- Former Texas Christian University assistant Sean Woods was chosen as the new head basketball coach at Mississippi Valley State University on Tuesday. Woods replaces James Green, who left earlier this year to become the new coach at Jacksonville State in Alabama. Woods, a former college basketball standout at Kentucky, served two seasons at TCU as director of basketball operations and then assistant coach. Prior to his time at TCU, Woods spent one year as an assistant coach at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. The two other finalists for the MVSU job were Texas Southern assistant Lacey Reynolds, a former head coach at Grambling State and Harvey Wardell, an assistant at Tougaloo College. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3459064
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Post by Class of '83 on Jun 24, 2008 20:35:21 GMT -5
McKillop close to new contract June 24, 2008 DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) -- After leading Davidson within a missed 3-pointer of the Final Four, coach Bob McKillop is close to an agreement on a new long-term contract. McKillop said Tuesday there would be a news conference announcing the deal "in the very near future." McKillop didn't discuss details of the contract. A school spokesman declined comment. Behind sophomore star Stephen Curry, Davidson upset Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin in this year's NCAA tournament. Jason Richards then missed a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer in a 59-57 loss to eventual champion Kansas in the Midwest Regional final. McKillop was mentioned as a candidate for several coaching jobs after the season, but stayed at Davidson. He's 340-225 in 19 seasons at the Southern Conference school. sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/06/24/mckillop.ap/index.html
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Post by Raider Country on Jun 25, 2008 17:01:31 GMT -5
Everhart gets 3-year extension for progress with DukesAssociated Press June 25, 2008 PITTSBURGH -- Duquesne basketball coach Ron Everhart was rewarded for turning around one of the nation's worst Division I basketball programs in only two seasons, signing a three-year contract extension Wednesday that runs through the 2013-14 season. Duquesne hadn't had a winning season since 1993-94 before it went 17-13 last season, only two seasons after the Dukes were 3-24 under former coach Danny Nee. Everhart's first Dukes team went 10-19 in 2006-07, despite having five players shot following an on-campus party two months before the season began. Everhart has also dramatically upgraded the Dukes' recruiting, signing players who were recruited not only by other Atlantic 10 Conference programs, but also Big East Conference schools. Recent signees include B.J. Monteiro, the Connecticut high school player of the year; Aleksandar Milovic, a highly sought European swingman; and Rodrigo Peggau, a promising power forward. The Dukes also signed Melquan Bolding, a 6-foot-4 prep school swingman who initially committed to Louisville. "I'm fortunate to be part of a program here at Duquesne that has been given a strong commitment for excellence by the administration," Everhart said. "We have a commitment that allows us to compete at the highest level of the Atlantic 10." Duquesne president Charles J. Dougherty and athletic director Greg Amodio both praised Everhart for his strong work ethic and for revitalizing a long-dormant program. Before Everhart arrived, Duquesne had records of 3-24, 8-22, 9-21, 9-20, 5-23 during a run of eight consecutive bad seasons from 1998-99 through 2005-06. Duquesne, once one of the East's top basketball schools, hasn't been to a postseason tournament since going to the NIT in 1994 and hasn't been to the NCAA tournament since 1977. Everhart, formerly the coach at McNeese State and Northeastern, virtually rebuilt Duquesne's roster from scratch following the 2005-06 season, with 10 new players recruited and two others transferring. Everhart was forced to reshape his roster again this spring after junior center Shawn James and junior guard Kojo Mensah declared for the NBA draft. James and Mensah, unhappy with their playing time last season, sued the school this week, alleging it did not provide adequate security at the on-campus party in September 2006. Both were shot following the party, James in the foot and Mensah in the left arm. Now that Everhart has reshaped the roster again following a second upheaval in three years, he is looking to build a stable program that is regularly in the mix for deep runs in the Atlantic 10 tournament and also plays regularly in postseason tournaments. "Being close to home means a lot to me and my family," said Everhart, from nearby Fairmont, W.Va. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3460312
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Post by Class of '83 on Jun 26, 2008 19:21:12 GMT -5
assistant as head coachThursday, June 26, 2008 11:16 AM By Mark Znidar Ohio State associate men's basketball coach John Groce will be introduced as Ohio University's new coach at a news conference on Friday, The Dispatch has learned. Groce has been the right-hand man under Thad Matta for four years with the Buckeyes, three years at Xavier and one at Butler. The pair has reached postseason play in all but one season. First-year Ohio athletics director Jim Schaus said he wanted to hire a coach with ties to the state and the Midwest in general. Groce, 36, was born and raised in Indiana and graduated from Taylor University in Upland. Except for a four-year stint with North Carolina State before he joined Matta at Butler, Groce has spent his coaching career in the Midwest. It is believed at least three others were considered for the job: Mark Montgomery of Michigan State, Mike Rice of Robert Morris and Buzz Peterson, a former Tennessee assistant and Coastal Carolina head coach. The job opened when Tim O'Shea signed an eight-year contract Sunday to become head coach at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I. He coached the Bobcats for seven years and won 120 games and a Mid-American Conference championship in 2005. www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2008/06/26/oubask.html?sid=101
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Post by Raider Country on Jul 1, 2008 18:00:04 GMT -5
Howland, UCLA agree to seven-year contractAssociated Press July 1, 2008 LOS ANGELES -- UCLA coach Ben Howland, who has guided the Bruins to the Final Four each of the past three years, agreed to a new seven-year contract with the university Tuesday. The deal, which adds one year onto the agreement he signed last October, runs through the 2014-15 season and includes a guaranteed $1.97 million for next season, rising to $2.3 million in the final year of the contract. The incentive package from his previous agreement, a maximum of $235,000, is retained in the new contract. His previous contract guaranteed compensation of $1.5 million for the 2007-08 season and a boost to $2 million in the final year. He earned $1.2 million for the 2006-07 season. "I have said this before, but there is no place I would rather be coaching than UCLA," Howland said. "I grew up a Bruin basketball fan and this is my dream job. "UCLA is a special name in college basketball thanks to coach [John] Wooden and I am proud to be the caretaker of his program," Howland said. Although the Bruins have been to the Final Four the last three years, one of only four schools ever to accomplish that, they have yet to win an NCAA title under Howland. This year, they lost to Memphis in the national semifinals. The 51-year-old Howland took the Bruins to a school record for wins on their way to a 35-4 record last season, and they won their third straight Pac-10 title. That made Howland the first coach since Wooden to produce three conference champions in a row. UCLA has also won two of the past three Pac-10 postseason tournaments. Howland, who turned around programs at Northern Arizona and Pittsburgh, went 11-17 in 2003-04, his first season at UCLA. The Bruins improved to 18-11 the following season and then were 32-7 in 2005-06. "Ben Howland and UCLA are a great combination," UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero said. "Ben is at the top of his profession and is deserving of this commitment by the university. "He has returned UCLA to the nation's elite, as illustrated by three straight Final Fours and three consecutive 30-win seasons. ... The foundation Ben has built for our program promises to keep us at the forefront for the foreseeable future," Guerrero said. sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3469430
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