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Article: Virginia Tech's Beamer close to becoming $2 million man
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- August 23, 2005
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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 Hokies, the defending ACC champions and
ranked No. 8 in the preseason Associated Press poll, will open the
season Sept. 4 at North Carolina State.
Sexton, who was hired by Beamer in January to negotiate the
contract, declined to reveal the specifics of the ...