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UM, Tinkle working on contract extension
University of Montana Athletic Director Jim O’Day and men’s basketball coach Wayne Tinkle are working on a three-year contract extension for the sixth-year coach, O’Day said Tuesday.
“We’ve been visiting with the president about it and he has some ideas, I have some ideas and Wayne has some ideas,” O’Day said. “We’re just trying to put it all together. It would be another three-year extension.”
A new deal has been in the works ever since Fresno State interviewed Tinkle for its vacant head coaching position last spring. That job would have paid Tinkle in the neighborhood of $500,00 a year.
Tinkle’s base salary for this season is $122,596. There are also various incentives based on the success of his team both in the classroom and on the court.
“Your base pay is not going to be able to change much,” O’Day said. “You’re going to have to look at more incentives. That’s what we’re going to look at — how we get more academic incentives, APR incentives, things like that in the contract.”
Tinkle said he’s confident a deal will get done.
“With the support that I have here on campus, I think it’s a formality, really,” Tinkle said. “I say that very sincerely. We have great relationships and what we’ve done in the last three years speaks for itself.”
Tinkle’s current contract contains a 100 percent buyout clause, meaning Tinkle would have to pay the school his remaining salary if he were to leave before the end on the contract.
“That’s been a hang-up, it was a hang-up for Bobby Hauck,” O’Day said, referring to UM’s former football coach who worked on a series of one-year contracts. “That’s a question that has come up before and we’re continuing to look at that as well.”
Tinkle brings a record of 91-64 into this season, which begins Friday at Colorado State. He ranks fifth on the school’s all-time coaching wins list and needs just seven to pass Stew Morrill, Tinkle’s coach when he played at Montana. Tinkle took the Griz to the NCAA tournament in 2010 and made it to the Big Sky championship game last season.
“I think it’s just a process that has to run its course,” Tinkle said. “I’m confident that’s something we’re not going to have to worry about.”
UM, Tinkle working on contract extension
University of Montana Athletic Director Jim O’Day and men’s basketball coach Wayne Tinkle are working on a three-year contract extension for the sixth-year coach, O’Day said Tuesday.
“We’ve been visiting with the president about it and he has some ideas, I have some ideas and Wayne has some ideas,” O’Day said. “We’re just trying to put it all together. It would be another three-year extension.”
A new deal has been in the works ever since Fresno State interviewed Tinkle for its vacant head coaching position last spring. That job would have paid Tinkle in the neighborhood of $500,00 a year.
Tinkle’s base salary for this season is $122,596. There are also various incentives based on the success of his team both in the classroom and on the court.
“Your base pay is not going to be able to change much,” O’Day said. “You’re going to have to look at more incentives. That’s what we’re going to look at — how we get more academic incentives, APR incentives, things like that in the contract.”
Tinkle said he’s confident a deal will get done.
“With the support that I have here on campus, I think it’s a formality, really,” Tinkle said. “I say that very sincerely. We have great relationships and what we’ve done in the last three years speaks for itself.”
Tinkle’s current contract contains a 100 percent buyout clause, meaning Tinkle would have to pay the school his remaining salary if he were to leave before the end on the contract.
“That’s been a hang-up, it was a hang-up for Bobby Hauck,” O’Day said, referring to UM’s former football coach who worked on a series of one-year contracts. “That’s a question that has come up before and we’re continuing to look at that as well.”
Tinkle brings a record of 91-64 into this season, which begins Friday at Colorado State. He ranks fifth on the school’s all-time coaching wins list and needs just seven to pass Stew Morrill, Tinkle’s coach when he played at Montana. Tinkle took the Griz to the NCAA tournament in 2010 and made it to the Big Sky championship game last season.
“I think it’s just a process that has to run its course,” Tinkle said. “I’m confident that’s something we’re not going to have to worry about.”
