Louisiana's Hudspeth Inks Contract Through 2019 Highest Paid Coach in SBC

[Hudsheen#Fired]

Since we need a third thread mentioning this

[BirdofParadise]

Ever since Mark Hudspeth arrived on the UL campus in December, 2010, many fans have wondered how long he would stay.

Cajun Nation bought in right away to the dynamic personality of Hudspeth and responded by setting a new record for season ticket sales before he coached his first game. And, as the Cajuns had success, some fans immediately wondered if he’d last at UL more than one season before someone threw some bucks at him and scooped him up. Tulane? Southern Miss? Every school in America with an opening?

http://bit.ly/1mS4np6

[reddot]

My fan's mind is never east.

[CajunRebel]

"Since then the University had made a financial commitment to Hudspeth…twice. They’ve come up with a master plan for athletics that includes stadium expansion, new state of the art weight room, a multi purpose building to house, among other things, new digs for the coaches."

This is the best part for me. We're slowly but surely doing the program building behind Coach Hud, and we're finding a way to pay good coaches the money they deserve. So if Coach Hud ever leaves, we'll still have a strong foundation built for the new coach to stand on.

[TravlnCajun]

They need to realize that it's for the greater good. If Hud continues the ascension of the football program, money pours into the university. It's like the Tiger Woods effect on the PGA tour. He was making a bazillion dollars, but the sports popularity and growth made everyone else a ton of money too.

More importantly they need to realize the VAST MAJORITY of the money he is being paid is not coming from funds they can get. If Hud's not here "putting butts in seats", that money is simply not there.

[barisaxman]

http://bit.ly/1mS4np6

Great article, Jay! Thank You!! BTW, as much as we fans have rolled our eyes when you've talked to us about the "name" issue, facilities, coaches, and such.You've ALWAYS said that things would work themselves out when we start winning on a consistent basis, and we ARE seeing it happen!!

[ManAboutTown]

Did Jay mention buyout?
Can't click on link

[roarman]

My fan's mind is never east.

+1. Nice!

[Just1More]

Good article. And all made possible by the ever present demanding fan. All it took was a willing president. Not much more has developed at UL in this timeframe. a willing president. I credit everything I see at UL that has been moved in a positive direction to the highly energized, demanding and vocal fans. Even the dollars so far were contributed by an already willing financial system. It just needed people working at the university to allow it to happen. And now we have a well paid, really good football coach.

You can go back and read our posts on here. precisely describing the type of coach we needed to hire. We said, "younger, energetic coach that has been a successful head coach at a lower level. as opposed to a coordinator from a large, financially robust system.". We, the vocal fan, said, "get a real athletic fund started. one that has tiered benefits. and quit claiming 'we have a fund. just give to it'". and much more that they finally listened and did to the letter of what we typed. We said, "get the bus driver - football - going at a full tilt first and all else will rise as a result". and they listened and followed our orders. and we are where we are. We said on this site, "get a contract put together for Hud that challenges anything other than BCS school from grabbing Hud". and at some point later. following our demands. they did. We said, "get a contract that has buyout language - not that silly nonsense" - and we explained all of the reasons why and how you execute that kind of contract. and they did.

It is amazing how RP's most outspoken critical fans put together, precisely, the plans that have evolved to this date. and all UL had to do was listen and execute. just as we coached them on this site. They followed the orders in the chain of proper command. and great things have happened.

I applaud the fans of this spectacular university for having guided this ship out of the fog. I'm sure Jay meant to add that to his article on the contract with Coach Hud. "This is what the fans did.". It just sounded as if the university itself took credit for it. It was the demanding critical fan that thought of the line, drew the line, funded the line, and gave his right nut for the line. Thank you, you one-nutted warriors. I know what you did whether you get the credit or not.

[NewsCopy]

Hudspeth has coached the Cajuns to three straight 9-4 seasons, all ending with bowl victories. Hudspeth has also won a Sun Belt Conference title with the Ragin Cajuns. Farmer says the new contract "is a show of faith between the university and coach .

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[NewsCopy]

LAFAYETTE – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns head football coach Mark Hudspeth and University of Louisiana officials announced on Friday an agreement for a new six-year contract that will run through the 2019 season. The contract, which will include .

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[DocCajun]

Wow who would have ever thought we would have coach make pretty much 1 million in base salary 5 years ago

Never crossed my mind when we were paying Bustle $250k a year. We've come a LONG way in 5 years

[NewsCopy]

Hudspeth has coached the Cajuns to three straight 9-4 seasons, all ending with bowl victories. Hudspeth has also won a Sun Belt Conference title with the Ragin Cajuns. Farmer says the new contract "is a show of faith between the university and Coach .

The rest of the story .

[NewsCopy]

LAFAYETTE, LA — Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns head football coach Mark Hudspeth and University of Louisiana officials announced on Friday an agreement for a new six-year contract that will run through the 2019 season. The contract, which will .

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[NewsCopy]

Lafayette, LA (SportsNetwork.com) - The University of Louisiana announced head football coach Mark Hudspeth has come to terms on a new six-year contract that will run through the 2019 season. Hudspeth, who will be paid a base salary of $950,000 per year .

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