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Marquette extends Coach Crean's contract through 2017

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Marquette University extended the contract of men's basketball coach Tom Crean through the 2016-2017 season, the school announced Tuesday. Terms of the contract were not made available.

During his seven seasons at Marquette, Crean has led the Golden Eagles to an average of 20 wins per season, a conference championship, six postseason appearances, and a trip to the 2003 Final Four. Their final four appearance was the program's third trip but first since 1977. He improved the program, which eventually landed a sport in the reformed Big East conference.

The 40-year-old has an overall record of 141-76 (.650) at Marquette.

Crean said in a statement that he and his family have loved being a part of the community and look forward to the years to come.



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  • SI.com


Date

Tue 09/19/06, 4:34 pm EST


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Awrigh01All-Star
1167 days ago
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talk about job security!
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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer
1166 days ago
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this is dumb. if he continues to be successful he's go to a bigger program or the NBA. I don't care how much "he and his family have loved being a part of the community."
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Anonymous Fanatic #1
1166 days ago
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Maybe he just enjoyes Marquette. Maybe that winning at a big-tim program is not as important as having a job in which he enjoys.
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CoreyisarealboyMajor Leaguer
1165 days ago
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CPCP, Crean's contract was renewed something like two years ago and although Marquette, being a private university, has the right to withhold salary information of its employees, reports said the deal rivalled NBA contracts and now that it's been renewed again, I can imagine he's probably one of the highest paid college coaches. AF #1, Marquette is a big time program for basketball. They do not offer DI football or baseball, so where does the recruiting money go? Basketball. They moved to the Big East to gain more exposure and then they knocked off No. 1 Connecticut in their first big time conference game. They return all but Steve Novak from their starting lineup and will probably be 1 or 2 in the Big East headed into the season. If that's not big time then I'm not really sure what is.
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