Quote Originally Posted by RougeDawg View Post
Most of our coaches salaries are paid from a private fund. Most big programs only use private funds for coaches. This may be why we can not offer longer than 4 years. If any state money is used we are limited it appears. We need to bump up the private slush fund and get away from the backwoods 1950?s Mississippi rules and regulations.
You can't get away from the state regulation. UNM tried to do that years ago and pay through the private funds to go longer on years. It was struck down as the coach is still a state employee