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Brad Brownell's contract extended after Clemson basketball March Madness run to Elite Eight
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CLEMSON — Clemson basketball coach Brad Brownell received a three-year contract extension Thursday.
Clemson's Board of Trustees compensation committee approved the raise. The new deal will pay Brownell $3.5 million in the 2024-25 season, $3.75 million in 2025-26, $4 million in 2026-27, $4.25 million in 2027-28 and $4.5 million in 2028-29.
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Brownell, who is the winningest basketball coach in school history with a 265-189 record, made $2.76 million in 2023-24 and had two years left on his deal that would have paid him $3 million. The contract extension comes after he became the first Clemson coach to make two Sweet 16 appearances and led the Tigers to their first Elite Eight in 44 years. The March Madness run helped him receive $275,000 in bonuses too.
Brownell enters his 15th season as the Tigers' coach and aims to get Clemson to back-to-back NCAA tournaments for the first time since 2010-11. Under Brownell, the Tigers have had only one losing season and have made the NCAA tournament four times, including three times in the last seven years.
After losing key contributors from last season's team, including PJ Hall , Joseph Girard III and RJ Godfrey , Brownell added four transfers to complement Chase Hunter and Ian Schieffelin.
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Derrian Carter covers Clemson athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email him at dcarter@gannett.com and follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DerrianCarter00
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Brad Brownell contract extended by Clemson basketball after Elite 8
