05-21-2006, 08:38 AM
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5/21/06
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TRESSEL’S CONTRACT
Ohio State’s Jim Tressel received a well-deserved raised when he signed a seven-year contract that will keep him in Columbus through 2012. Tressel will average $2.45 million a season under the new deal and top out at nearly $2.7 million in the final year.
Southern Cal Head Coach Pete Carroll is believed to have the highest-paying contract in college football. He makes about $3 million a season.
Texas’ Mack Brown is next at $2.96 million, and Tressel is third at $2.45 million.
One of the reasons Tressel received the new contract — aside from winning — is the team’s improved academic standards. The football team has a 2.84 grade-point average. This past winter quarter, 51 players had a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and three were at 4.0.
“Ellen (Tressel’s wife) and I understand that to whom much is given, much is expected,” Tressel said. “I am certainly proud to be the football coach here and will continue to do everything I can to help prepare our student-athletes for the next step in their lives once their football careers have ended.”
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