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Texas Tech gives Adams new deal with hefty raise
LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech coach Mark Adams has a brand new contract that features a hefty pay increase and extends his deal via the 2026-27 season after main the Pink Raiders to the Candy 16 in his first season as head coach.
The brand new contract was introduced Tuesday by the college, simply greater than a month after Texas Tech completed with a 27-10 file. Adams was the AP Massive 12 Coach of the 12 months after the Pink Raiders completed 18-0 at residence and have been third within the Massive 12 regular-season standings behind No. 1 seeds Kansas and Baylor — groups they beat at residence.
Adams’ complete compensation will begin at $3 million subsequent season, and annual $50,000 will increase will take that to $3.2 million in 2026-27. When Adams changed Chris Beard final April he initially bought a five-year contract and was scheduled to make $1.95 million plus incentives subsequent season.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported that Adams, who turns 66 subsequent month, would get a further yr added to his contract if the Pink Raiders win or share the Massive 12 regular-season championship, win the convention event or make the Candy 16 of the NCAA event. He additionally would earn a $200,000 retention bonus if he stays coach on Might 1, 2023, and each Might 1 thereafter.
“We’re pleased with the success our males’s basketball program had in its first season below coach Adams,” athletic director Kirby Hocutt stated. “Texas Tech basketball could be very a lot a model on the nationwide degree and that has not modified below coach Adams’ management.”
Adams was Beard’s prime assistant with the Pink Raiders for 5 seasons, together with 2018-19 after they went to the nationwide championship sport. The homegrown West Texan and 1979 Texas Tech graduate bought the job after Beard left for bitter rival Texas, his alma mater.
“I am pleased with the season we had final yr and sit up for reaching even increased ranges of success as we proceed to construct this program,” Adams stated. “Texas Tech has all the time been my vacation spot and I’ll proceed doing all the pieces attainable to make this the perfect program within the nation. I thank God for this chance to spend money on these younger males and to signify Texas Tech.”
Together with the wins over Baylor and Kansas, Tech swept two video games from the Beard-coached Longhorns.