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PREVIOUS NUGGETS |
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08.19.05: Mountain
West tidying up postseason deals |
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08.18.05: Talk
1070 touts Pirates, Panthers, new shows ... Fort Worth Bowl
embraces Mountain West, TCU... NYC schools reap windfall
from NCAA-NIT deal |
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08.17.05: Tulsa
inks football coach to long-term pact ... NCAA, NIT
apparently come to terms in lawsuit |
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08.16.05: Carnesecca
takes stand in NCAA-NIT legal clash |
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08.15.05: Mascot
decree has some schools on war path |
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08.14.05: New
sheriff brings law and order to Gatorville |
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08.13.05: List:
2005 College Football Hall of Fame class |
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08.12.05: South
Bend at odds with Hall of Fame over $$$ |
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08.11.05: Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium among 'shrines' on pigskin 'tour' |
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08.10.05: 'Cock-n-Fire'
offense may stay in holster awhile |
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News Nuggets, 08.20.05
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Groh signs $1.7 million, long-term pact with UVa
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Virginia football
coach Al Groh has agreed to a new contract that will make his annual
compensation $1.7 million, giving him a raise of nearly $1 million after
leading the Cavaliers to three straight bowl games.
The contract, announced Friday as a
five-year deal but actually running through six seasons to Dec. 31, 2010,
was signed earlier in August and is already in effect, athletic director
Craig Littlepage said.
It calls for an annual salary of
$240,000 and $1.46 million in compensation for fund-raising
responsibilities, radio and television appearances and endorsements. It also
includes performance bonuses tied to the Cavaliers' appearances in the
postseason, including the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game, and
its final ranking.
``We believe we have a coach with a
unique set of credentials,'' Littlepage said, citing Groh's long history as
an NFL assistant and head coach, and as an alumnus.
The new contract supersedes the
seven-year deal Groh signed in 2000, Littlepage said, and ``reflects the
market for top-20, top-25 coaches nationally.''
It also will roll over annually after
2010, Littlepage said, giving the school and Groh the ability to continue
extending the contract without additional negotiations.
Groh, 61, who left the New York Jets
after one season as their head coach in December 2000 to return to Virginia,
has guided the Cavaliers to a 30-21 record in four seasons.
``Obviously all the Grohs are quite
pleased about this,'' he said. ``This is where we want to coach, this is the
team we want to coach and this is where we want to live.
``Outside of that, I don't feel
particularly comfortable being the center of attention, particularly as
close as it gets to the football season,'' he said.
Groh's original contract called for a
salary of $200,000 and total compensation of $765,000 annually.
Virginia opens this season at home
against Western Michigan on Sept. 3.
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published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from Associated Press and
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