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Spurrier gets contract extension at South Carolina

South Carolina head fotball coach Steve Spurrier attends the NASCAR Nextel Pepsi 400 race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on July 1, 2006. (UPI Photo/Michael Bush)
South Carolina head fotball coach Steve Spurrier attends the NASCAR Nextel Pepsi 400 race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on July 1, 2006. (UPI Photo/Michael Bush) | License Photo

COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 16 (UPI) -- South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier has been given a contract extension that links him to the Gamecocks through the 2018 season.

The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees voted to approve Spurrier and his coaching staff for one-year extensions to their existing contracts, South Carolina announced Thursday. This adds to current agreements that were to run through 2017.

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"Our sustained success has put our football program on a level that few others in the country have accomplished," said South Carolina Athletics Director Ray Tanner. "We are coming off our third-consecutive 11-win season, which represents the greatest era of success in Carolina football history.

"In addition, our student-athletes are achieving at the highest level -- on the field, in the classroom and in the community.

"With three-straight Top 10 finishes, South Carolina is as good as any program in the country. The contract raises and extensions for Coach Spurrier and his staff are a reflection of that success and are well-deserved."

The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C., said Spurrier, who made $3.3 million in 2013, sees a salary increase to $4 million a year.

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Spurrier, 68, just completed his ninth season at South Carolina. The Gamecocks have gone to bowls eight of those years and wrapped up 2013 with a win in the Capitol One Bowl over Wisconsin. South Carolina was 11-2 on the season and finished fourth in the USA Today coaches' football poll.

Spurrier is 77-39 while at South Carolina and, including stints at Duke and Florida, has an overall collegiate coaching record of 219-79-2.

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