Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes gets contract augmentation through 2026-27 season

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 Rick Barnes got a one-year agreement augmentation following Tennessee b-ball's season, sports chief Danny White declared Thursday.

Barnes' new arrangement as UT mentor goes through the 2026-27 season and merits a normal yearly compensation of $5.77 million during the excess five seasons.

Barnes, 67, has a 150-81 record in seven seasons with the Vols, is scheduled to acquire $5.45 million next season. He is the most generously compensated state worker in Tennessee.

"Rick has fabricated a mind boggling society inside our men's ball program that has spread all through Vol Nation," White said in a school discharge. "I've had an awesome time watching the best fanbase in the nation embrace this group and establish the most electric climate in school ball. Mentor Barnes' initiative is consistent, and his players ooze high person. They invest wholeheartedly in addressing our college and the territory of Tennessee with class and an unparalleled serious drive."

Barnes' augmentation incorporates a $100,000 raise on the last year on the agreement, which will pay him $6 million. The excess five years on the arrangement, running from May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2027, are valued at $28.85 million.

He won a portion of the SEC normal season title in the 2017-18 season and brought home the 2022 SEC Tournament championship, Tennessee's first starting around 1979.

"In the wake of meeting with our players this week, I'm empowered and anxious to get back in the rec center planning for next season," Barnes said. "Our family is honored to be a piece of the University of Tennessee family, and we like the arrangement of our organization. There are such countless brilliant things occurring nearby and all through the local area that we're eager to help and partake in. It's an incredible chance to be a Tennessee Volunteer."

This is Barnes' fourth agreement augmentation in the beyond five years.

UT's season finished with a 76-68 misfortune to Michigan in Indianapolis in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. The Vols completed 27-8 and completed tied for second in the SEC. It was Barnes' third season with something like 25 successes, the most in program history.

 

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Barnes got $1 million in rewards this season, incorporating $800,000 in a 24-hour length.

Barnes got a $400,000 reward for driving UT to a main 5 completion in the Associated Press Poll. The Vols were No. 5 in the last AP survey on March 14. The AP survey doesn't refresh following the NCAA Tournament. Barnes acquired $200,000 for winning UT's first SEC Tournament starting around 1979. He additionally procured $400,000 for driving Tennessee to the round of 32.

Barnes got a two-year augmentation in July 2021, which went through the 2025-26 season. That augmentation incorporates a yearly raise of $100,000 in every one of the last two years of the agreement. His April 2019 agreement expanded his compensation by $250,000 yearly.

He was among the Tennessee mentors who intentionally acknowledged a compensation cut for an eight-month time span beginning in late 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The athletic division's compensation decreases didn't influence the first $50,000 of any worker's pay. Pay from $50,000 to $150,000 was diminished by 5% and remuneration surpassing $150,000 was decreased by 10%.

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The Hickory, North Carolina, local consented to a changed agreement in April 2019 that paid him a normal yearly compensation of $5.2 million following interest from UCLA.

Barnes' 2018 agreement expansion was valued at $21 million north of six years, a normal compensation of $3.5 million every year.

Barnes marked a six-year contract worth $13.5 million to turn into Tennessee's lead trainer in April 2015. His unique arrangement paid him $2.25 million every year, setting him No. 35 broadly among school ball mentors entering the 2017-18. It likewise was tenth out of 14 SEC mentors.

Mike Wilson covers University of Tennessee games. Email him at michael.wilson@knoxnews.com and follow him on Twitter @ByMikeWilson. Assuming you partake in Mike's inclusion, consider a computerized membership that will permit you admittance to every last bit of it.