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Mark Schlabach
University Wire
08-24-2005
(Kentucky Kernel) (U-WIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer is close to signing a seven-year contract that could pay him $2 million per season, sources close to the situation said Monday.

Beamer's current contract expires Jan. 1, and Virginia Tech officials and his agent, Jimmy Sexton, are working on a deal that will make him one of college football's highest-paid coaches.

Sexton said Monday that he "hoped to have something done before the start of the season."

"The university and myself believes that coach Beamer is the one who built this program, and we absolutely want coach Beamer to be here for the very rest of his career," ...

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