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FAMU cage coaches get contract extension and
salary boost
June 16, 2004
Mike Gillespie
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Debra Clark |
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida A&M University has announced
that head basketball coaches Debra Clark and Mike Gillespie,
Sr. have been granted contract extensions through the 2007-08
season with financial incentives for postseason accomplishments.
Clark had her base salary increased from $85,680 to $110,000, after the Lady
Rattlers posted back-to-back winning seasons overall in 2003 and 2004; finished
among the top four in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in each of the past
two seasons, while reaching the semifinals of MEAC Tournament in each of the
last two years.
Gillespie had his base salary increased from $101,400 to $125,000, following
the men's program's back-to-back winning conference records for the first time
in 10 years (2003, 2004); the school's first overall winning season since 1992
(17-12 in 2003), topped off by a MEAC Tournament title plus an NCAA Tournament
victory this past season.
The terms of the extended contracts will go into effect July 1, 2004.
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