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December 12, 2007

Southern Miss to sport a new Fedora

On the heels of pushing their successful coach out the door, Southern Miss has a new coach. The Golden Eagles have hired Oklahoma State OC Larry Fedora as the team's head coach.

The new coach will make between $700,000 and $800,000, with incentives that could push the deal to $1 million per year, and will likely receive a five year contract, plus option years. Southern Miss will hold a press conference this week to announce the hire.

The hiring of Fedora, who is in his third season at Oklahoma State after stints at Memphis and Florida, marks the second time that a Cowboys assistant has been selected to coach USM, as Bower was an OSU assistant before arriving to coach at Southern Miss.

Posted by Kevin Donahue

 

Comments:

  1. schmed said:

    posted on December 12, 2007 11:56 AM — 63.241.223.4 — link — abuse?



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  2. Fanblogs Author War Eagle Atlanta Author Profile Page said:

    posted on December 12, 2007 12:00 PM — 205.188.116.136 — link — abuse?



    Haha! Funny, Schmed!

  3. Big Tide said:

    posted on December 12, 2007 1:01 PM — 69.34.227.69 — link — abuse?



    Is there anyone coaching a Div 1 program that isn't making a million a year? That used to be National Championship money, now it's just middle of the road, or maybe low side of the road.....

  4. grcunning said:

    posted on December 12, 2007 6:21 PM — 71.72.42.64 — link — abuse?



    Big Tide,
    Yeah, JoePa only makes like 500k at Penn State.
    Everyone assumed he was making millions, until the university released his actual pay for the first time this year.

  5. Zac said:

    posted on December 12, 2007 9:14 PM — 205.188.116.136 — link — abuse?



    Grcunning, that's his base salary. By the time you factor in incentives, his expense budget, endorsements, his talk show, talking tours, etc, etc, etc, he's doing alright. (I wonder how much he makes while shaking that finger of his.)

  6. gatorhippy Author Profile Page said:

    posted on December 13, 2007 1:02 PM — 209.16.115.5 — link — abuse?



    gr (#4):

    That's because JoePA still thinks it's the 50's...

  7. Bevo Boy said:

    posted on December 13, 2007 6:45 PM — 205.188.116.136 — link — abuse?



    None of these guys are making a million, but they are at smaller D-1 schools:

    1- Bowling Green Gregg Brandon $183,909 8 $22,989
    2 - Miami (Ohio) Shane Montgomery $144,225 6 $24,038
    3 - Ball State Brady Hoke $169,634 7 $24,233
    4 - Western Kentucky David Elson $179,600 7 $25,657
    5- Central Michigan Butch Jones $265,850 8 $33,231

  8. Zac said:

    posted on December 16, 2007 10:29 AM — 205.188.116.136 — link — abuse?



    Baaahhht...I haven't got a hat, da, da, da, da, da, da, dat...