The 67-year-old will earn a base salary of $600,000 per year and additional compensation of $2.2 million for speaking, consulting and media obligations. That figure increases by $100,000 each year.
Auriemma noted that bad calls go both ways, and he’s right. Had that happened earlier in the game, no one would have made a big fuss about it. That’s just the way the game goes sometimes.
Auriemma, who celebrated his 67th birthday on Tuesday as UConn smashed the Syracuse Orange 83-47, announced on March 15 he had tested positive for the coronavirus after receiving both doses of a vaccine.