Saturday, August 23, 2014

Board OKs contracts for four SU coaches

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  -- The Southern Board of Supervisors approved contracts for four Jaguars coaches at its monthly meeting Friday.


The board OK’d a four-year deal for men’s basketball coach Roman Banks ($165,000 average salary) and a three-year deal for women’s coach Sandy Pugh ($100,800 average salary), both of whom were named Southwestern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after leading Southern to aregular-season championships last season. Baseball coach Roger Cador’s two-year deal ($106,250) also was approved.
For the first time, the university gave a multi-year deal to its tennis coach as Jeff Conyers’ three-year contract ($47,000 average salary) was approved. Southern has won five consecutive SWAC women’s tournament titles under Conyers.
The board also approved the athletic budget for 2014-15 and a new parking plan for football games this season.

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