Smart, Smart Move!
Just saw this item on ESPN:
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22830526/umbc-retrievers-offer-ryan-odom-new-deal-our-realm
Couple of key quote:
Jeff Goodman said:
UMBC athletic director Tim Hall told ESPN he intends to meet with coach Ryan Odom in the next day or two armed with a long-term contract that includes a salary increase that will help keep Odom with the Retrievers a while longer.
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"We need to do within our realm what we can," Hall said Sunday. "We obviously can't do what the Power 5 schools can do, or anything near that. I think at some point Ryan wants to do it on a bigger stage. I'm just hoping it's down the road instead of now."
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According to Wikipedia, UMBC has about 13,00 student and endowments of "only" about $80 million. So they're not going to be able to offer him a huge raise, but they're obviously smart enough to try their best.