Dorrell, Bellotti Get Contract Extensions
UCLA coach Karl Dorrell, whose Bruins finished the season 7-6 but beat Southern California for the first time in eight years, has been given a one-year extension, putting him under contract through the 2011 season.
The 43-year-old Dorrell, who has a 29-21 record in four seasons at UCLA, signed a five-year contract in July that included an $850,000 salary and incentives up to another $505,000 annually.
His first contract in 2003 called for a $600,000 salary plus incentives.
The Bruins stunned then-No. 2 USC 13-9 in the regular-season finale to knock the rival Trojans out of the Bowl Championship Series title game. UCLA finished the regular season with a three-game winning streak, but lost 44-27 to Florida State in the Emerald Bowl.
Another Pac-10 coach was rewarded when Oregon football coach Mike Bellotti agreed to a five-year contract extension.
The 56-year-old Bellotti gets a salary of $150,000 a year, with a guaranteed base of $650,000 in compensation that includes such things as car, country club membership and TV contract, a university spokesman said Monday.
The contract also includes incentive payments that could boost his annual take to $1.1 million.
Athletic Director Bill Moos said in a statement the agreement would provide stability for the football program and cited Bellotti’s record in 12 years: 10 of the school’s 20 bowl appearances and second in Pac-10 overall victories. He is the only coach to have led Oregon to 10 or more wins in a season, and has done it three times.
The Ducks were 7-6 last season.
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