Virginia Basketball Coach Turns Down Raise

Virginia coach tony bennett turns down raise, wants raises for staff and program.

Virginia basketball coach turns down raise. As he heads into his 11 th season at the university of virginia, tony bennett is at peace. So much so he felt it appropriate to turn down a sizable pay raise, the school announced monday. According to the school, their head basketball coach tony bennett declined a raise while also agreeing to extend his contract by another year.

Coach turns down raise, redirects it to assistants and the program. The cavaliers announced the extension monday, saying bennett asked for the money. Tony bennett, head basketball coach at virginia, turned down a big raise and asked instead that improvements be made to the basketball program he's led for a decade.

Virginia’s tony bennett turns down pay raise, instead pledges $500,000 to career program tony bennett directed the virginia men's basketball team to its first national championship in april. U.va.'s men's basketball coach tony bennett has added a new staff member since the end of last season, and will be getting an upgrade for the program's weight room. It’s therefore not surprising that when the university of virginia offered bennett a large raise as a reward for winning the national title, the coach turned it down.

After leading the virginia men’s basketball team to its first national championship in program history, head coach tony bennett turned down a raise, the school announced monday morning. Virginia men's basketball coach tony bennett declined to take a raise while extending his contract by another year. Who is the fourth highest paid coach in college basketball according to the usa.

University of virginia basketball coach tony bennett declined a pay raise the year after leading his team to its first ncaa title in history. Virginia cavaliers head coach tony bennett has turned down a pay increase in exchange for increased compensation for his staff and improvements for the program, coming off a national championship. Bennett was offered a pay rise by the management on monday, september 16, as he extended his contract by another year, but he asked that the money be used to pay his staff more.

“i have more than i need,” he said. Tony bennett, the head coach university of virginia basketball team is being hailed online after he turned down a pay raise after winning the 2019 national title for the school. University of virginia men's basketball coach tony bennett has turned down a raise, instead asking to put the money back into his program.