Wisconsin Extends Swim Coach Yuri Suguiyama Through 2026-2027 Season

The College of Wisconsin Athletic Board met on Friday afternoon and accepted contract extensions for six varsity head coaches, together with head swimming & diving coach Yuri Suguiyama.

Wisconsin makes use of a singular technique of contract renewal for its head coaches. Every season, the athletics division makes a suggestion to the board on whether or not to resume a coach’s contract (which retains it on the similar size) or to keep up it (with out including the additional yr).

On this case, Suguiyama’s contract was truly prolonged from a 3-year runway to a 5-year runway: the final renewal, in April 2021, solely prolonged via June 14, 2024. His new deal offers him a five-year settlement, which is in step with the group of more-established coaches who additionally had their offers prolonged this week.

Suguiyama’s inventory is rising quickly in Madison: since his final extension in April 2021, Suguiyama certified a swimmer for the Tokyo 2020 US Olympic Staff. Phoebe Bacon positioned 2nd on the Olympic Trials within the 200 backstroke, and ultimately positioned fifth on the Olympic Video games in the identical occasion.

Bacon was the Massive Ten Champion within the 100 and 200 backstroke in February, and was the NCAA runner-up within the 200 again.

On the Massive Ten Championships, each the Wisconsin women and men completed in 4th place as a crew. For the boys, that was a second 4th-place end in three seasons. The crew had beforehand not positioned that top since 2001.

The Wisconsin girls completed simply 15 factors behind Indiana, nearly breaking apart the highest three lock that Ohio State, Michigan, and Indiana have had, in some order, for the final 5 seasons.

Wisconsin additionally opened a brand new $20 million+ aquatic middle on campus, changing what was one of many worst amenities within the Massive Ten with a 50-meter pool and 1,200 spectator seats.

Suguiyama took over this system in 2018.

Public knowledge exhibits that Suguiyama earned $161,164.12 in complete pay from Wisconsin for the 2021 fiscal yr. That was lower than he made in both of the prior two seasons. His preliminary contract had a $150,000 base wage, which was a 34% enhance over that of his predecessor Whitney Hite.

Full listing of Wisconsin contract extensions:

• Ladies’s basketball coach Marisa Moseley‘s five-year settlement was prolonged via Could 31, 2027
• Males’s basketball coach Greg Gard‘s five-year settlement was prolonged via Could 31, 2027
• Swimming and diving head coach Yuri Suguiyama‘s five-year settlement was prolonged via Could 31, 2027
• Males’s hockey coach Tony Granato‘s five-year settlement was prolonged via June 30, 2027
• Ladies’s hockey coach Mark Johnson‘s five-year settlement was prolonged via June 30, 2027
• Wrestling coach Chris Bono‘s five-year settlement was prolonged via Could 31, 2027