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[B][SIZE=5][COLOR=Navy]Huggins turns down WVU[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]
By Paul Schofield
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
[B]Tuesday, March 26, 2002[/B]
Bob Huggins isn’t coming home, after all.
After days of speculation, the University of Cincinnati basketball coach decided Monday against accepting an offer to become the next coach at West Virginia. Huggins, 48, turned down a lucrative offer at his alma mater to replace long-time coach Gale Catlett, who resigned Feb. 14.
“After careful deliberation, I have determined that we still have much to do here at the University of Cincinnati,” said Huggins, who had a series of meetings with Cincinnati athletic director Bob Goin the latest having been yesterday afternoon. “Consideration of my family, my players, the visible support received from the community and my working conditions at the university have played a major role in my decision.”
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That article was from when Huggy turned down the job 5 years ago. He had a good team at Cincy then among other reasons he says he turned it down. As Uncommon hinted, his recruiting class at K-State has too much promise for him to bolt now. If he would have truly wanted the WVU job, I think he would have taken it in 2002. Give him some time at K-State. He’ll stuper his way out of Manhatten eventually. :drink:
[URL=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_63187.html][B][U][COLOR=Navy]Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Huggins turns down WVU[/COLOR][/U][/B][/URL]
The other part of the equation is that Beilein has to vacate the premises first. That will be costly for Michigan, to the tune of $4,060,000.00. That’s a lot of dough, even for the maize and blue.
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Posted 3/31/2005 10:52 AM
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia basketball coach John Beilein, who guided his team to this year’s Elite Eight, has received a contract extension through the 2011-12 season, the school announced Thursday.
Under the terms of the agreement, Beilein’s base salary will be [B]$700,000 [/B]a year, [B]with annual increases of $20,000[/B], WVU President David Hardesty said. Beilein’s current contract was to expire after the 2009-10 season.
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[URL=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigeast/2005-03-31-beilein-contract_x.htm?csp=36][B][U][COLOR=Blue]USA Today.com: Beilein accepts W. Virginia extension to 2012[/COLOR][/U][/B][/URL]
