COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri coach Gary Pinkel and the university are close to agreeing on a contract extension.
Missouri spokesman Chad Moller says an agreement is being finalized but a deal is not complete. ESPN.com reported Friday the extension would raise Pinkel’s salary to about $2.5 million. Pinkel’s contract, re-negotiated last December, guaranteed $1.85 million per year through 2012.
The extension comes as Washington seeks a replacement for the fired Ty Willingham. Pinkel was a longtime assistant to coach Don James at Washington.
Pinkel is 58-39 in eight seasons at Missouri, including 21-4 the last two seasons.
FSU fight report wrapping up
Florida State University police are wrapping up their report on a campus fight last week involving at least five football players.
The state attorney’s office will review the findings of the eight-day investigation and make a decision on whether arrests are forthcoming.
Maj. Jim Russell of the Florida State University Police said Friday the report includes statements from more than two dozen witnesses, but so far does not identify who threw a chair that injured an innocent bystander.
Coach Bobby Bowden said the five players he suspended last week for their involvement will play at Maryland today.
The Seminoles must win to have any chance of qualifying for the Atlantic Coast Conference title game.
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