[!--quoteo--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]Ohio State men's basketball coach Thad Matta agreed to a new contract that will run through the 2014-15 season, the university said today. Matta, 39, had been signed through the 2012 season.
Matta, whose previous annual average compensation was $1.4 million, is still second among Big Ten coaches at $2.26 million (which includes all possible incentives), behind Tom Izzo of Michigan State at $2.4 million. Matta's nine-year total is $20,380,900, including possible incentives.
The new contract is retroactive to July 1, 2006, and runs through June 30, 2015.
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ArticleVery good news for the Buckeye Nation.
