Check that -- Stephens' first raise will come after first season
I did a little double-checking on the way the contract for new UNT women's basketball coach Shanice Stephens is written this afternoon. It didn't make a whole lot of sense that Stephens would receive a five percent pay increase on Sept. 1 before she had coached a game, even though that is the way the contract is written.
My suspicions were correct. That raise will kick in after Stephens completes her first year on the job.
The former Clemson associate head coach's contract includes a base salary of $137,500 and a $15,000 stipend for appearing on UNT's coaches' radio show for a grand total of 152,500 for her first year.
She will also receive a courtesy car.
There will be a story in tomorrow's paper that runs through the numbers again and will also include some figures the guys over at the Bowling Green Daily News provided me about what Mary Taylor Cowles earned while leading the Hilltoppers to the conference's regular season and tournament titles last season.
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