UT coaches get raises
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer and basketball coach Bruce Pearl both will make more than $2 million this season in contracts that will keep both at the school through 2014, according to details released Wednesday. Fulmer 's new contract is worth $2.4 million for the upcoming season and an average of nearly $3 million over the next seven. The nearly $1 million raise makes him the fourth-highest paid coach in the Southeastern Conference and is his first since February 2005. Pearl's new contract will increase his salary to an average $2.3 million a year, ranking him among the best paid basketball coaches in the country. Pearl previously was signed through 2013 and made $1.3 million last season. |
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