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10:18 am
Wed March 30, 2011

UM's football coach inks lucrative contract

Credit (photo by Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio)
U of M head football coach Brady Hoke (right), poses with Athletic Director Dave Brandon

Brady Hoke signed a six year contract Monday, that could average out to $3.25 million a year.  The Associated Press reports Hoke will be paid $2 million in the first year of the contract: 

Hoke will be paid $2 million this year and his base salary will increase by $100,000 each season. Hoke will earn a $1.5 million "stay bonus" after his third year and another $1.5 million "stay bonus" if he is still leading college football's winningest program in the sixth season of his contract.  

The Associated Press also quoted U of M Athletic Director Dave Brandon expressing confidence in Hoke.

"It's a big job with a lot of expectations and we feel very good about how much we're compensating him to help us reach those expectations." 

Brady Hoke replaced Rich Rodriguez who lost the Wolverine head coaching job after three lackluster seasons and an NCAA investigation. Hoke was an assistant coach under Lloyd Carr before becoming a successful head coach at Ball State and San Diego State University.

 Hoke issued this statement on his new contract:

The contract was handled by my agent and the University. My focus has been on the football program and will continue to be on making this program the best in America. I couldn’t tell you what’s in the contract other than my signature. The University offered Laura and I an opportunity to coach at Michigan and that’s been my dream. Nothing will change my focus.

Sports
12:04 pm
Thu March 17, 2011

MSU fans wearing Spartan green & white this St. Patrick's Day

The Michigan State Spartans tip off their 2011 NCAA Men’s basketball tourney tonight in Tampa against the UCLA Bruins.    The tenth seeded Spartans stumbled into the tourney compiling a 19 win-14 loss season.   The seventh seeded Bruins posted a slightly better 22 and 10 record. 

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Sports
1:30 pm
Thu December 9, 2010

Poll numbers slip for Rich Rodriguez (yes, they have a poll for that)

Rich Rodriguez coacing UM football players
Credit Rich Dinges - creative commons
Rich Rodriguez coaching Tate Forcier during spring practice in 2009

It's not just sitting president's who have to worry about their poll numbers, apparently head football coaches do to.

Public Policy Polling gathered information on a subject that really doesn't have much to do with the general public or policy.

Their robot callers ("we can reduce interviewer bias to zero by eliminating the live human interviewer") got responses from 1,224 Michiganders on the subject of Rich Rodriguez.

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Sports
3:00 pm
Thu November 4, 2010

NCAA penalizes the University of Michigan's football program

University of Michigan Football game vs. Ohio State
Credit Mark Brush / Michigan Radio
The Wolverines set to score against Ohio State in 2005.

Update 4:15pm: Here's the University of Michigan's response to the NCAA's announcement. Athletic Director David Brandon says 

"There were no surprises and there will be no appeal, because there is nothing to appeal. Effective today, this process is over and done and we can focus all of our time and energy on the future."

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