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Saturday, March 24, 2001
Texas Tech to re-evaluate Sharp's contract



LUBBOCK, Texas – A five-year, $4.5 million deal for Bobby Knight as the new men's basketball coach at Texas Tech means a likely pay boost for women's coach Marsha Sharp.

Sharp, Tech's coach since 1982, earns $200,000 in base salary and $200,000 in guaranteed outcome income, which was on par with what Knight's predecessor James Dickey got.

"We'll be taking care of (Sharp's contract)," athletic director Gerald Myers said Friday.

"Marsha Sharp has done a fantastic job. She's been a coach we all can appreciate. We're going to show our appreciation. We'll be looking at her package. Definitely, we'll be taking a look at that," Myers told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on Friday.

Knight, whose hiring was announced to 7,500 fans at United Spirit Arena late Friday afternoon, will make $250,000 in base pay, $150,000 in deferred annual income and $500,000 in guaranteed outside income through May 2006. Sharp is under contract through April 2005.

Her teams have routinely drawn more fans to games than the men's teams. They also have been more successful recently, including eight conference championships in the past 10 years.

Myers said Tech likely will re-evaluate her contract this spring after her team's appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Texas Tech was playing Purdue Saturday afternoon in the Mideast Regional semifinals in Birmingham, Ala.

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