Clemson Tigers News: Brad Brownell, Erik Bakich, Mike Noonan
By John Chancey
Clemson’s Board Of Trustees met yesterday to approve a new budget, which includes athletics.
The Tigers saw success in many sports this past year, and the coaches for those teams are being rewarded.
Clemson Men’s Basketball coach Brad Brownell led his team to its first Elite 8 appearance in four decades.
He will be rewarded with a five-year extension and a raise.
Clemson AD Graham Neff on MBB coach Brad Brownell: "The success recently has been remarkable." Brownell is up for a 5-year extension through 2029 and a raise from $3 million to $3.5 million the first year of the deal in 2024-25 after leading Tigers to Elite Eight this season
— Chapel Fowler (@chapelfowler) July 18, 2024
Clemson Baseball coach Erik Bakich returned the Tigers to a Super Regional for the first time in over a decade.
Clemson baseball coach Erik Bakich getting a new deal following regional and super regional berths in his first two seasons.
— Jon Blau (@Jon_Blau) July 18, 2024
He is slated to earn $8.4 million over six years. That includes a bump from $950K to nearly $1.3 million for this coming season.
Two of Bakich’s assistants will also get extensions.
Contracts for Assistant Coaches @nischnab & @jbel242 extended through the 2027 season❗️ 👏 🐅https://t.co/bUsEIgMWNx pic.twitter.com/aiefmRWeqA
— Clemson Baseball (@ClemsonBaseball) July 18, 2024
Clemson Men’s Soccer coach Mike Noonan led his team to a National Championship, his second in three years.
We’ve got our coach through 2030 ✍️
— Clemson Men's Soccer (@ClemsonMSoccer) July 18, 2024
🔗 https://t.co/oKxYTcoN3v#ClemsonUnited pic.twitter.com/ZUoJIlJFmH
Clemson Women’s Soccer coach Eddie Radwanski led his team to a Final 4 appearance in the College Cup.
Coach Radwanski is here to STAY ✍️ pic.twitter.com/g8WcgeUsfV
— Clemson Women's Soccer (@clemsonwsoccer) July 18, 2024
Clemson Women’s Golf coach Kelly Hester led her squad into match play in the NCAA Championship.
Extending her stay through 2029 ✍️
— Clemson Women's Golf (@ClemsonWGolf) July 18, 2024
🔗: https://t.co/IBIVzLiMRq pic.twitter.com/PC4IxWMPIG
The assistant coaches for Clemson Football will have adjustments to their contracts to cover bonuses for the new 12-team college playoff.
Clemson AD Graham Neff also says all 10 football assistant coaches are getting an adjustment in their contracts w/ the College Football Playoff expansion -- a reworking of the bonus structure ($$ for each win) with that field expanding from a 4 team to 12 team playoff
— Chapel Fowler (@chapelfowler) July 18, 2024
There were other notable items approved in this year’s budget outside of sports, including the right of way for a veterinarian school.
Busy day at Clemson University Board of Trustees. We've got a record $2.1B budget, new freshman housing, movement on the parking garage and right-of-way for the vet school. Phew!
— Caitlin Herrington 🗞 (@CatHerrington) July 18, 2024
Other news and notes from around Clemson athletics:
Clemson Baseball has added another transfer to the 2025 squad. Luke Kissenberth is a right-handed pitcher from Simpsonville, South Carolina.
All in! Blessed and thankful for the opportunity! Go tigers! pic.twitter.com/P0g9PA2Sle
— Luke Kissenberth (@Lmkiss543) July 18, 2024
He played four seasons at The Citadel. He will have one year of eligibility remaining.
Clemson University will celebrate the 50th season of women’s athletics in 2024-25. The women’s side started with Clemson Women’s Basketball and Clemson Women’s Tennis, which will both be playing their 50th seasons this coming year. The theme of the celebration is “She will triumph”.
We know the House settlement that will allow in-house NIL is coming. The question is the timetable. According to Mit Winter, the next step will take at least a few months.
Sounds like the House settlement agreement will now be filed with the court sometime next week.
— Mit Winter (@WinterSportsLaw) July 18, 2024
Assuming that happens, it will then need to go through the formal approval process which will take months.
That includes the opportunity for class members & third parties to object. https://t.co/ceILmQroDd
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