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Raise Approved For UGA Football Coach Mark Richt For Immediate Release: March 6, 2008 |  | ATHENS-------University of Georgia head football coach Mark
Richt, who led the Bulldogs to a number two final national ranking in
2007, was awarded a raise Thursday in action approved by the UGA
Athletic Association Board of Directors Executive Committee during a
called meeting.
The raise improves his annual compensation from
$2 million to $2.8 million per year. He currently has six years
remaining on the eight-year contract he signed following the 2005 SEC
Championship season.
“We’re appreciative of the Athletic
Board’s support for this well-deserved raise,” said UGA Director of
Athletics Damon Evans. “Coach Richt has 72 wins in his seven seasons at
Georgia and is currently the fourth winningest active coach in the
country. He’s become not only one of the top coaches in college
football but also an outstanding member of our University and Athens
area communities.”
“It’s a blessing for me and my family to be
at UGA,” said Richt. “We’ve been treated extraordinarily well and look
forward to being at Georgia for many years to come. I’m very
appreciative of the confidence in our program on the part of the
administration and the Athletic Board.”
Richt led the 2007
Bulldogs to an 11-2 record and final ranking of number two in the
Associated Press poll and number three in the USA Today/Coaches poll.
After starting 4-2, Georgia won its final seven games in a row
including the 41-10 victory over No. 10 Hawaii in the Allstate Sugar
Bowl.
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