Article: Hawkins mulling Boise State's $2.6 million deal

POCATELLO -- Boise State coach Dan Hawkins is considering a five- year, $2.6 million offer from the university that could keep him with the school through 2009.

Hawkins, who has led the Broncos to 22 straight victories, said he wouldn't make a decision until Sunday, at the earliest.

"I need to get back and mull it over and talk with my family and powwow," said Hawkins, who made $50,000 when he joined Boise State as an assistant head coach in 1998.

The offer, which Hawkins himself helped structure, includes big bonuses and incentives -- but penalties if he left before the end of the deal.

If Hawkins stayed for less than the full five years, it would cost him or his new employer $850,000 to ...

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