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    Auburn's Tuberville agrees in principle to new contract

    Dec. 27, 2004
    SportsLine.com wire reports

    AUBURN, Ala. -- Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville has agreed in principle to a new seven-year contract worth $16 million.

    Tuberville, the AP Coach of the Year this year, led the third-ranked Tigers to a 12-0 regular season and its first Southeastern Conference championship in 15 years. They are playing Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 3

    "We have almost finished a new contract, and I'm excited about that," Tuberville said Monday after his team arrived in New Orleans for its bowl game. "I'm excited about the future."

    The extension is a far cry from last season when it became public that Auburn officials, including the university president, had covertly courted Louisville coach Bobby Petrino to replace Tuberville.

    "We just now got our program going in full swing, and there's not a better place in the country to live and work and coach football," Tuberville said. "And I'm excited about being at Auburn long time."

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    Groh agrees to new five-year contract with Virginia
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    CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Virginia football coach Al Groh agreed to a new five-year contract Friday that will make his annual compensation $1.7 million, a raise of nearly $1 million over the first contract he signed with the school.

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    Groh went 30-21 in the first four years of his original seven-year deal, which will be superseded by the new contract, school officials said.

    The new deal calls for an annual salary of $240,000 and $1.46 million in compensation for fund-raising responsibilities, radio and television appearances and product endorsements. It also includes possible bonuses if Virginia goes to a bowl game.

    Groh's original seven-year deal included a salary of $200,000 and total compensation of $765,000 annually.

    "Coach Groh has provided strong leadership for the university's football program, and we want to ensure continuity in its future academic and athletic successes," athletic director Craig Littlepage said in a statement released by the school.

    The Cavaliers have won at least eight games and played in a bowl the past three years under Groh, who left after one season as head coach of the New York Jets to return to his alma mater and replace the retiring George Welsh in 2001.

    "In part, this contract also is driven by the view that our program is emerging as a top 20 program under his guidance and has been in contention for the Atlantic Coast Conference title," Littlepage said.

    Virginia opens this season at home against Western Michigan on Sept. 3.

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    Tulsa rewards Kragthorpe with six-year extension
    by DJRamFan
    Aug. 16, 2005
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    TULSA, Okla. -- A six-year contract extension will give Tulsa coach Steve Kragthorpe an opportunity to build on his early success in turning around a struggling football program, the university announced Tuesday.

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    Terms of the contract were not disclosed by the private university, where Kragthorpe is entering his third season as Golden Hurricane head coach.

    Tulsa went to its first bowl game in 12 years during Kragthorpe's first season in 2003. With seven more wins than the previous year at 8-5, Tulsa posted Division I-A's biggest turnaround.

    The Golden Hurricane fell to 4-8 last year, but two of the losses came in overtime and a third on a last-second field goal against No. 18 Boise State. Tulsa's 37-35 victory over No. 24 UTEP was the first time it had defeated a ranked opponent in nine seasons.

    "Steve has done a tremendous job rebuilding the Tulsa football program during his first two years. We are excited about the upcoming season, and an even brighter future beyond," TU President Steadman Upham said.

    The contract extension keeps Kragthorpe employed through the 2010-11 academic year.

    Kragthorpe said the contract, along with the school's move to Conference USA and improvements at Skelly Stadium, is evidence of the university's commitment to football.

    "This action speaks very loudly in terms of the direction we are headed with our football program," he said.

    Kragthorpe came to Tulsa after two years of coaching quarterbacks for the NFL's Buffalo Bills.

    He was named the Western Athletic Conference coach of the year in 2003 and was also a candidate for numerous national coach of the year awards.

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    CLEVELAND -- The Mid-American Conference extended the contract of commissioner Rick Chryst through the 2008-2009 school year.

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    Last season, two MAC teams won bowl games: Bowling Green defeated Northwestern in the Motor City Bowl, and Miami of Ohio beat Louisville in the GMAC Bowl.

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    Franchione to get extension, raise from Texas A&M
    by DJRamFan
    Jan. 01, 2005
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    DALLAS -- Texas A&M coach Dennis Franchione will get a contract extension and a raise after leading the Aggies to the Cotton Bowl in his second season.

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    Athletic director Bill Byrne said Saturday that Franchione's contract, currently worth $1.7 million annually through 2010, was being restructured. He didn't release the details.

    "He's done a great job with the talent we have and I look forward to a great future at Texas A&M," Byrne said before the Aggies (7-5) finished their season with a 38-7 loss to Tennessee. "We want to make sure Dennis Franchione continues to coach our football team."

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    "It certainly provides continuity and patience for what we're trying to do, and understanding," Franchione said. "This is where we want to finish our coaching career, and where (wife) Kim and I want to be."

    The Cotton Bowl was Texas A&M's first New Year's Day game in six years. The Aggies were 4-8 last season.

    Texas coach Mack Brown agreed this week to a 10-year contract worth more than $25 million. The Longhorns played Michigan in the Rose Bowl, their first Bowl Championship Series game.

    Byrne said a restructured contract for Franchione had been discussed before Brown got his new deal.

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    MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Memphis coach Tommy West agreed to a one-year contract extension after leading the Tigers to back-to-back bowl games for the first time in the program's history.

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    West received the extension Monday while in Mobile, Ala., where the Tigers (8-3) play Bowling Green in the GMAC Bowl on Wednesday.

    "I've made it very clear that this is what I wanted to happen," West said. "I'm really enthused and excited it's going to work out the way we wanted it to work out."

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