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Gopher AD Gets Extension
by Jeff Zell
AP
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - University of Minnesota athletics director
Joel Maturi has signed a two-year contract extension
through 2012.
His annual salary has been increased to $345,000.
Since he was hired in 2002, the Chisholm native has
experienced several ups and downs as the leader of Gophers sports.
His first task was to merge the often-contentious men's and women's
athletics departments.
He's taken heat for some of his high-profile hires and for
expensive buyouts of coaches who weren't cutting it, but he also
lured Tubby Smith to campus to coach the men's basketball team and
helped secure more than $77 million in private funds for a new
football stadium.
University president Robert Bruininks praised
Maturi for his work through the challenges.
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