The LSU Athletic Department will present the Board of Supervisors with amendments to the contracts of several coaches in a meeting on Jan. 29.
Pending the Board’s approval, LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri will receive a five-year contract worth $250,000 a year in addition to compensation for radio, TV and Internet appearances and postseason play for a total of $625,000.
Associate head coach David Grewe and assistant coach Javi Sanchez will be up for increases in their salaries as well.
‘Our motto in LSU Athletics is ‘Excellence in Competition, Distinction in the Classroom and Contribution to the Community,’ LSU Vice Chancellor and Athletic Director Joe Alleva said in a news release. ‘ You would be hard-pressed to find a program anywhere in the country that exemplifies those traits better than the LSU baseball program under Paul Mainieri.’
On the football coaching staff, a raise for defensive coordinator John Chavis will be proposed to the Board of Supervisors. Chavis’ new three-year contract would be worth $700,000 a year.
Chavis was slated to be paid $475,000 in 2010.
The salaries of LSU’s newest offensive coaches – running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Frank Wilson and receivers coach and passing game coordinator Billy Gonzales – will also be up for approval.
Both coaches have three-year contracts, Wilson’s for $325,000 a year and Gonzales’ for $285,000 annually, up for approval.
A two-year extension for women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor will be presented at the meeting as well.
‘Our commitment is to compete for championships and graduate our student-athletes, and to do that you have to hire and retain the best coaches in the country,’ Alleva said. ‘We have to compete in the marketplace for the best coaches and that is what we have done.’
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